Exhibition guide

Throughout the summer, come and discover the works of three contemporary art artists in the 13th arrondissement!

Visit details

  • Dates: From Wednesday June 3, 2026 to Monday August 31, 2026:
  • Venue: Médiathèque Jean-Pierre Melville, 79 rue Nationale, Paris
  • Price: free
  • Audience: Public enfants, jeunes et adultes.
  • Source: Event page

About the exhibition

Echoing the collection of documents

devoted to Asia from the Melville media library, the Contemporary Art Fund of the

Ville de Paris invites you to discover 3 artists from its collection, witnesses

of artistic exchanges between the French capital and the Land of the Rising Sun.

The public will be able to discover

the first time 4 small paintings by the Japanese artist Toshio

Bando(1895-1973). Born in 1895 in Tokushima, he moved to Paris in 1922.

alongside his friend and compatriot Léonard Foujita, he frequents the neighborhood of

Montparnasse and its active artistic scene. In 67, shortly before his death, he made

donation to the City of Paris of four small paintings, a still life and three

portraits of animals, birds and cats. Large

lover of pets, Toshio Bando has produced numerous portraits

expressive and sensitive of his companions.

In parallel with his works

modern, the hanging highlights two contemporary artists. Taro Izumi is

a Japanese artist born in 1976 in Nara. In 2009, in residence in Paris, he toured

the video Napoléon, inspired by his discovery of the tourist center of

the capital. In contrast, Céline Vaché-Olivieri is a French artist born in

1978 in Paris. In her series Contrebande, she draws inspiration from the technique

Japanese textile folding and knotting of furoshiki.

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The Contemporary Art Fund is a cultural service managed by the Cultural Affairs department of the City of Paris. Heir to the municipal collections established since 1816, it is rich in more than 23,400 works, including more than 4,800 from the contemporary period.

This collection, complementary to that of the Parisian museums, today has a very particular vocation: that of going beyond its walls, to irrigate the Parisian territory, to meet multiple audiences.