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Yasuhiro Ishimoto. Chicago, Beach,1948-1952 © Kochi Prefecture, Ishimoto Yasuhiro Photo Center from june 19 to november 17, 2024 From June 19 to November 17, 2024, LE BAL presents a remarkable figure in the history of Japanese photography, yet little known in France: Yasuhiro Ishimoto (1921-2012). For the first time in Europe, the exhibition, organized in close collaboration with the Ishimoto Yasuhiro Photo Center at the Museum of Art, Kochi, Japan, brings together 169 rare prints, most of which are vintage and made by Ishimoto himself. The exhibition focuses on the first decades of his work, between Chicago and Japan. A key figure of the 1950s and 1960s, he was considered "visually bilingual" for his ability to combine the formal approach of the New Bauhaus with the quintessence of Japanese aesthetics. This unique alchemy is the result of an extraordinary journey. Trained at the Institute of Design from 1948 to 1952, Ishimoto embodies the first generation of photog...

    15/06/2023 -> 24/09/2023 LE BAL 6, Impasse de la Défense Paris From June 15 to September 24 2023, LE BAL will present the work of Belgian photographer and European pioneer of colour photography Harry Gruyaert. The exhibition brings together for the first time a large selection of vintage Cibachrome prints, creating an unprecedented journey through the work of this great figure of contemporary photography. More information: HERE Discover more exhibitions: HERE

If you are in France don't miss the exhibition "S'il y a lieu, je pars avec vous" September 11, 2014 - October 5, 2014 © Antoine d’Agata / Galerie Les Filles du Calvaire / Magnum Photos « The highway is a loop. From a starting point, you always go back. Sophie Calle, Julien Magre, Stéphane Couturier, Alain Bublex, Antoine d’Agata, here they are, five artists who have hit the road in response to LE BAL’s invitation and with VINCI’s support. Looking for a story, often their own. Anonymous and yet so familiar, the highway became their creative land, their intimate playground. For all of them and for sure, an invitation to find themselves, to get lost... s’il y a lieu. » LE BAL 6, Impasse de la Défense, 75018 Paris Le Bal