Exhibition : Leandro Erlich at the Grand Palais - From June 2 to September 6, 2026
Categories : Exhibitions, published on : 8/11/26
From June 2 to September 6, 2026, at the Grand Palais in Paris, Leandro Erlich sweeps us into a whirlwind of illusions and metamorphoses.
Do you believe what you see?
After captivating millions of visitors in Tokyo, Miami, and Milan, an exhibition dedicated to Leandro Erlich arrives for the first time in France at the Grand Palais in Paris.
From one work to another, perspectives shift, architectures are disrupted, and reality transforms before your eyes.
Known for his spectacular installations in public spaces, Leandro Erlich explores the mechanisms of perception. At the intersection of installation, sculpture, and architecture, his immersive works - conceived at a human scale - take the form of dispositifs activated by the viewer’s presence. By moving through and observing, each visitor becomes part of the experience.
The artist draws on techniques borrowed from illusionism and trompe-l’œil: mirrors, appearances, shifts in scale, and perspective effects.
Using elements from everyday life, he creates situations that unsettle reference points and transform our relationship to space.
Conceived in collaboration with curator Fabrice Bousteau, the exhibition unfolds as a progressive journey composed of fourteen monumental and iconic installations: levitating boats, weightless clouds, modernist architectures transformed into infinite labyrinths, as well as a Haussmann-style building tipped onto its side that visitors can climb.
Several installations, specially conceived for this retrospective, play with the inversion of perspective. What is perceived from the outside is transformed once inside. Viewpoints shift, and points of reference become unstable.
Punctuated with artistic, literary, and architectural references, the exhibition also traces the artist’s trajectory and questions the way we perceive reality.
Opening dates and times:
From June 2 to September 6, 2026
Monday to Sunday from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Late night opening until 10 p.m. on Fridays
Admission:
Full price: €19
Reduced price: €16
Free: under 5 years old
How to get to the Grand Palais from the Hotel Jardin Le Brea?
Grand Palais - 17 Avenue du Général Eisenhower 75008
- From the Hotel Jardin Le Bréa, take metro line 12 at Notre-Dame-des-Champs (5 min walk), towards Mairie d'Aubervilliers, Concorde station, the Grand Palais museum is then a 15 min walk away,
or take bus line 83 at Guynemer-Vavin (5 min walk), towards Invalides and get off at the same stop, Invalides. Then, you just have to cross the Alexandre III bridge (10 min walk) and you will arrive at the Grand Palais.
The total travel time from our hotel via the two routes is approximately 20-30 minutes.
Practical information
Credits : Bâtiment, 2004. Digital print on linoleum, lights, iron, wood, and mirror Le Centquatre, Paris, 2011
