PODES CONFIAR EN LO QUE VES UNA RETROSPECTIVA DE LEANDRO ERLICH EN GRAND PALAIS PARIS
A major retrospective of Argentine artist Leandro Erlich has opened at the Grand Palais in Paris, marking the first comprehensive survey of his work in France. The exhibition, which follows presentations in Buenos Aires, Tokyo, Miami, Milan, and Helsinki, includes both iconic immersive installations and new productions. Erlich is known for transforming everyday architecture into surreal, participatory environments—such as buildings that appear to be scaled virtually, houses suspended in air, and escalators tangled like yarn—that challenge viewers' perceptions of reality.
This retrospective matters because Erlich is one of the most distinctive and internationally celebrated figures in contemporary art, with his installations drawing record-breaking audiences across Asia, Latin America, and Europe. The show underscores how participatory, perception-based art can engage broad publics while maintaining conceptual rigor. By bringing together rarely assembled large-scale works in a single venue, the exhibition offers a rare opportunity to experience the full arc of Erlich's career and his ongoing exploration of illusion as a tool for understanding reality.