Sophie Calle - À toi de faire, ma mignonne

Sophie Calle is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the death of Pablo Picasso in her own way, by taking over the entire four floors of the Hôtel Salé with a unique exhibition proposal. Organized in four stages corresponding to the four floors of the museum, the exhibition À toi de faire, ma mignonne takes the opposite view of the multiple events of the "Picasso Celebration 1973-2023" which honor the Spanish artist. Sophie Calle's exhibition takes a curious and offbeat look at a choice of emblematic works by Picasso whose images or memory the artist summons through a personal story which takes place on the ground floor of the museum. With this exhibition, which unfolds independently of Picasso over the stages and takes on a readily retrospective character, Sophie Calle explores some of the themes that are central to it such as the deprivation of the gaze or disappearance by having recourse to the archive and the writing as sources and raw materials for its creation. Taking up the challenge of the invitation,
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