A major retrospective exhibition of photographer Martin Parr's work, titled 'Global Warning,' has opened at the Jeu de Paume museum in Paris. The show, which Parr helped plan before his death in December 2023, is on track to become the museum's most visited exhibition, showcasing his signature saturated, ironic, and unflinching observations of global tourism and consumerism.
The exhibition is significant as a posthumous career summation and a critical reevaluation of Parr's work. While often criticized in the UK as classist, he found great popularity in France. The curation reveals a darker, more accusatory edge beneath his playful style, particularly in images highlighting global inequality and environmental concerns, framing him as a complicit yet insightful chronicler of contemporary absurdities.