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Opening reception for the Robert Burley exhibition, Grands lacs – L’horizon commun des mers intérieures, for Nuit Blanche, with special Saturday hours from 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. Free admission.
Opening reception on June 6, 2026, as part of Nuit Blanche. Straddling the border between Canada and the United States, making it disappear into its colossal fluid mass, the Great Lakes basin brings together millions of people along its shores, including Indigenous peoples from many First Nations in Canada and American tribes. An extraordinary source of surface drinking water, among the largest in the world; a place of movement and exchange, commerce, work, leisure, travel, and meditation, but also of exploitation, danger, and vulnerability; this immense basin has been observed from the diversity of its shores by Robert Burley, one of the most important Canadian photographers of our time. Here, the artist creates a body of work that is both entirely new and exceptional, in which the grandiose beauty of this elusive whole, at times soothing and at times unsettling, becomes a reflection on the power of contemporary images. Stripped of any anecdotal diversion and returning the Great Lakes to their original grandeur, Robert Burley’s photographs call to the viewer like enchanting sirens. In partnership with Biinaagami, Swim Drink Fish, and Canadian Geographic. This project has been awarded the Bicentenaire de la Photographie label by the Ministry of Culture and is part of the official Bicentennial program from September 1, 2026 to September 30, 2027.
Source: paris.fr — photo: Nuit Blanche 2026 poster