The 17th Lyon Biennale Gets Personal
After an election dominated by far-right rhetoric, curator Alexia Fabre’s eclectic network of artists presents an inclusive vision of French culture
Gözde İlkin, The Majority of Accent (detail), 2018–2024, painting on textile, embroidery and seeds on printed fabric, 4.8 × 2.9 m. Courtesy: the artist
The 17th Lyon Biennale kicked off at the end of September to great pomp. As guest curator Alexia Fabre announced to a crowd of journalists, this year’s edition is informed by ideas of personal relations, altruism and welcoming the other – vague but not irrelevant topics given how close France came to electing the far-right National Rally Party in July of this year.
