In partnership with PhotoSaintGermain, Beaux-Arts de Paris and École nationale supérieure de la photographie in Arles are joining forces to organize an exhibition entitled Paradis artificiels (Artificial Paradises), presented in various spaces at Beaux-Arts de Paris.
This exhibition takes the form of a journey through technology, with a particular focus on artificial intelligence and the upheavals it is causing in all strata of society. It explores the misuse of tools and technology as a field of possibilities, with prompts paving the way for new poetic and creative licenses. More broadly, the exhibition raises questions about artifice and a hallucinatory world where disasters, fake news, and seas of plastic populate social media as much as the pages of newspapers.
Artificial Paradises provides an overview of photographic approaches as practiced at the Beaux-Arts de Paris and the École Nationale Supérieure de la Photographie in Arles.
Curated by Audrey Illouz and Vincent Lambert, assisted by Geoffrey Soghomonian.
Beaux-Arts de Paris artists: William Basseux, Léonard Berthou, Lea Citi, Simon Deterre, Lea Farant, Eric Godin, Chia Huang, Anjeyanne Huynh, Shumeng Li, Melina Malheurty, Olivier Perusat, Ilona Plissonneau, Ingrid Portal, Colombe Thaller, Emmanuel van der Elst.
ENSP Arles artists: Ulysse Barry, Aure Baucher, Cécile Blaque, JINGDI, Mathis Clodic, Valentin Derom, Fiona Faivre, Orane Grunenwald, Eva Sustar, Morgane Ubaldi, Charlotte Van de Walle, Baptiste Vitorino, Samuel Vorms.
With the support of Neuflize OBC corporate foundation, patron of the Extra-Large Photography Chair at Beaux-Arts de Paris, and Dupon.photo.art.
Practical information
November 7 to 16
Cour Bonaparte and Cour vitrée
Free admission from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m.
14 rue Bonaparte, Paris 6
Photo credits: Chia Huang, Océan temporaire, 2018
Baptiste Vitorino, Sous le soleil, 2025
