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The Ball of the Ogresses
Culture · Wednesday, October 28 · 12:00 · Paris
19 rue Léon, 75018 Paris
On the occasion of the Saison Méditerranée led by the Institut français, the ICI team continues its partnership with invited curator Sonia Recasens – started in 2024 with L’esprit du geste, the inaugural exhibition of the renovated ICI Léon spaces. This time she accompanies her new project, which takes as a starting point the legends surrounding Aïcha Kandisha, to explore the many figures of ogresses that populate the Mediterranean and beyond. The exhibition Le bal des Ogresses shifts the gaze from the fear inspired by Aïcha Kandisha to what r…
