Ibrahim Mahama at Fondation Cartier: materials, memory, politics

At Fondation Cartier in Paris, Ibrahim Mahama presents a collective project built with nine contributors from the contemporary art field. The exhibition Le Temps des récoltes was announced on 26 October 2026 and unfolds as a shared artistic proposition rather than a single-author display.

For artists and for viewers interested in painting and drawing, the most striking aspect is the way the show seems to work through accumulation, overlap and visual friction. The mix of forms and materials suggests a practice where composition is also a way of thinking about history and power.

The exhibition is described as bringing together “objects and ghosts of colonialism,” which points to more than a historical theme: it is about what artworks can make visible through traces, gaps and tensions. Set across three levels, the show invites visitors to follow how material choices can turn an exhibition into a reading of the political present.