Echo Delay Reverb: American Art, Francophone Thought – Palais de Tokyo

Echo Delay Reverb: American Art, Francophone Thought at Palais de Tokyo (22 Oct 2025 – 15 Feb 2026) is an ambitious group exhibition curated by Artistic Director Naomi Beckwith, exploring the transatlantic circulation of theory and artistic practice between French-speaking intellectual traditions and American art. The show presents works by over sixty artists whose practices engage with philosophical, political, and poetic ideas from French and Francophone thought, tracing connections from the 1970s to today. Featured artists include Allora & Calzadilla, Laurie Anderson, Firelei Báez, Siah Armajani, Lynda Benglis, Tom Burr, Theresa Hak Kyung Cha, Paul Chan, Jimmy DeSana, Vivienne Dick, Mark Dion, Torkwase Dyson, Hedi El Kholti, Andrea Fraser, Hal Fischer, Coco Fusco, Charles Gaines, Ellen Gallagher, Andrea Geyer, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Dan Graham, Renée Green, Adler Guerrier, Hans Haacke, David Hammons, K8 Hardy, Hock E Aye Vi / Edgar Heap of Birds, Sky Hopinka, Juliana Huxtable, Char Jeré, Joan Jonas, Mike Kelley, Mary Kelly, Caroline Kent, Glenn Ligon, James Luna, Tala Madani, Tiona Nekkia McClodden, Julie Mehretu, Meleko Mokgosi, Wangechi Mutu, Lorraine O’Grady, Pope.L, Walid Raad, Kameelah Janan Rasheed, Martha Rosler, Cameron Rowland, Beatriz Santiago Muñoz, Allan Sekula, Paul Mpagi Sepuya, Cindy Sherman, Amy Sillman, Lorna Simpson, Kiki Smith, Oscar Tuazon, Fred Wilson, Cici Wu, Anicka Yi, among others. The curatorial team includes James Horton, Amandine Nana and François Piron, assisted by Vincent Neveux, Romane Tassel and Morgane Padellec. A companion book, edited by Beckwith with Elvan Zabunyan, further examines the ideas and exchanges at the core of the exhibition.