Annette Messager: In Focus Presentation

Annette Messager's heterogeneous practice spanning assemblage, taxidermy, embroidery, and installation, drawing on fairy tales, mythology, and memory.

Why go

Messager's work embraces everyday materials and theatrical display across diverse media—construction, documents, taxidermy, photographs, fabric, and sculpture—exploring the romantic, grotesque, absurd, and phantasmagoric.

What to expect

A solo presentation of works across Messager's varied media including assemblage, taxidermy, drawings, photographs, fabric, embroidery, sculpture, and installation, organized around themes of fairy tales, mythology, and doppelgangers.

Things to know

• Messager's practice spans construction, documents, language, objects, taxidermy, drawings, photographs, fabric, embroidery, and installation
• Her work ranges from the personal to the fictional, the social to the universal.
• She has explored fairy tales, mythology, and doppelgangers throughout her career.
• Messager often uses reminiscence and memory as a vehicle for inspiration.
• Her hybrid forms draw on traditions including the romantic, grotesque, absurd, and phantasmagoric.

Plan your visit

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