At the [mac], musée d’art contemporain – which has named its exhibition after a composition by Mussorgsky, Pictures at an Exhibition – the set of works assembled will be of the kind offered by fine arts museums: paintings of course, but also drawings and photographs. Under a guise of conventional arrangements, we find an array of objects that are often undermined. We must stress that the intention is not to illustrate some apt theme, but rather, through sport, to question certain regimes of representation, grasping the very thing that sport is liable to say about art. Welcomed outside by Stefan Rinck’s imposing sculptures, and inside by Barry Flanagan’s monumental bronze work from the British Council Collection (a partner of the project), visitors are invited to contemplatively dive into a history of modernity (postmodernity) in painting through the prism of sport. The exhibition offers small artist monographs dedicated to masters of the medium, from Guillaume Bresson to Jean Bedez by way of Mariam Abouzid-Souali, Adam Adach, Raoul De Keyser, Guillaume Pinard and Christian Babou.

Curators: Jean-Marc Huitorel & Stéphanie Airaud

Artists list: Mariam Abouzid Souali, Adam Adach, Noel W Anderson, Christian Babou, Jean Bedez, Julien Beneyton, Guillaume Bresson, Johanna Cartier, Nina Childress, Raoul De Keyser, Barry Flanagan, Jef Geys, Pierre Gonnord, Jacques Julien, Frédéric Lefever, Guillaume Pinard, Antonio Recalcati, Stefan Rinck, Pascal Rivet, Alain Séchas, Jérémie Setton, Susanne Strassmann, Maryline Terrier, Yves Trémorin.