Annette Messager: Histoires des oreillers

Annette Messager's heterogeneous practice spanning assemblage, taxidermy, embroidery, and installation, exploring fairy tales, mythology, and memory through everyday materials.

Why go

An IN FOCUS presentation of historical and iconic works, some rarely shown, surveying Messager's five-decade engagement with the romantic, grotesque, and phantasmagoric across diverse hybrid media.

What to expect

A selection of works spanning construction, documents, taxidermy, drawings, photographs, fabric, embroidery, sculpture, and installation—Messager's signature embrace of assemblage and theatrical display applied to themes of reminiscence and doppelgangers.

Things to know

• Messager's work ranges from personal and fictional to social and universal concerns.
• The exhibition highlights historical works, some of which have rarely been shown.
• Her practice spans five decades of hybrid forms including taxidermy, embroidery, and installation.
• Messager has consistently explored fairy tales, mythology, and doppelgangers throughout her career.
• The gallery describes her work as having affinities with romantic, grotesque, absurd, and phantasmagoric traditions.

Plan your visit

Paris location open Tuesday–Saturday, 10 am–6 pm. New York location (385 Broadway) also open Tuesday–Saturday, 10 am–6 pm; closed 19 June 2026.