Exhibitions on tour

Mickalene Thomas: All About Love

Grand Palais, Gallery 7.2
From 17 December 2025 to 5 April 2026

All About Love is a monographic exhibition by American artist Mickalene Thomas (1971, New York), the first African-American artist to be honoured with a major solo exhibition at the Grand Palais.

Internationally recognised for her bold and multidimensional practice, Thomas explores the visibility and representation of black women in art, history and popular culture. Through a vibrant synthesis of painting, collage, photography, video and installation, she reinvents the classical portrait with a unique queer and black feminist perspective.

All About Love invites the public to enter a world of love, leisure and liberation, where beauty, intimacy and self-control redefine the historical view of art.

Following acclaimed exhibitions at The Broad (Los Angeles), The Barnes Foundation (Philadelphia), The Hayward Gallery (London) and Les Abattoirs (Toulouse), this retrospective is the most ambitious presentation of Mickalene Thomas's work in Paris.

Curators
Rachel Thomas, Chief Curator, Hayward Gallery
Lauriane Gricourt, Director, Les Abattoirs, Musée – Frac Occitanie Toulouse
Erin Jenoa Gilbert, Independent Curator

Scenography
Nicolas Groult and Valentina Dodi

Exhibition organised by the GrandPalaisRmn, the Hayward Gallery, London, and Les Abattoirs, Musée – Frac Occitanie Toulouse

Access
Entrance on Square Jean Perrin
17 Avenue du Général Eisenhower 75008 Paris
Metro lines 1 and 13: Champs-Élysées - Clemenceau
or line 9: Franklin D. Roosevelt

Information and reservations
www.grandpalais.fr