French artist Mimosa Echard presents "Facial," a new exhibition at Amant in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn, running through February 16, 2026. The show features a series of palimpsest-like canvases and a video work of Times Square, inspired by Echard's pedestrian observations of New York City. Key motifs include ginkgo trees—which she links to survival, ancient sexuality, and the city's olfactory character—and the repetitive eye imagery found on beauty salon facades, which she interprets as a form of "sweet surveillance." Echard, who won the Prix Marcel Duchamp in 2022, created the works during a two-month residency in the neighborhood, drawing on her characteristic blend of botanical and digital themes.
The exhibition matters because it marks a significant new body of work from a leading figure in France's ascendant, internet-savvy generation of artists. Echard's focus on the overlooked visual and sensory details of urban life—from ginkgo seeds to surveillance cameras—offers a fresh, critical perspective on how New Yorkers navigate public and private space. By centering the beauty salon as a feminine, surveilled environment, "Facial" continues Echard's exploration of cycles, biology, and technology, reinforcing her reputation as a conceptually rigorous artist who bridges the natural and digital worlds.