NUIT BLANCHE 2026, exhibition at Centre d'art Ygrec-ENSAPC on June 6, 2026, from 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. ENSAPC / Akademie der Bildenden Künste München.
For Nuit Blanche, on June 6, 2026, Centre d'art Ygrec will host a group exhibition centered on the artistic research project Through a Glass, Darkly, jointly led by ENSAPC and Akademie der Bildenden Künste München. Conceived as a laboratory for creation and reflection, this initiative explores glass as a sensitive material, sometimes transparent and gleaming, sometimes opaque or matte, poised between memory and illusion, the visible and the invisible. Both fragile and sharp, glass becomes here a field for experimentation where sculpture, installation, image, and light intersect. Since November 2025, around twenty German and French students have shared workshops and collaborated on artistic research and practices between Munich and Paris, leading to an encounter between approaches rooted in glassmaking expertise as well as in the sharing of experiences and contemporary references. At the heart of the project is the discovery of exceptional glassmaking techniques in Bavaria: artisanal glassblowing, glass painting, and mosaic, opening up possibilities for sculptural, painting, and installation practices. The participants developed an approach to glass that is both material and formal — through various workshops — and conceptual, notably thanks to a seminar devoted to glass, enriched by visits to landmark sites of art, architecture, and glass heritage. The exhibition presented at Centre d'art Ygrec thus brings together a selection of works developed over the course of this year of collective research. Each proposal reflects a dialogue between craft practices, contemporary formal experimentation, and reflection on transparency, density, and the ability of glass to transform light into a true artistic language. The evening will also feature performances, sculptures, and paintings on view from 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. Through a Glass, Darkly invites the public to discover works by two European art schools brought together around a single question: how to unsettle the gaze.
Source: paris.fr — photo: Luis Strobl