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Consortium Museum in Dijon has announced 'L'Almanach 26', the fifth edition of its recurring international exhibition series, with Daniel Dewar and Grégory Gicquel among the participating artists. Their section, titled 'The Wet Room', runs as part of the exhibition at Consortium Museum from 3 July 2026 to 21 March 2027. The project is presented within the museum’s format that invites artists to occupy one of its 15 gallery spaces, with each edition bringing together a subjective cross-section of international creation.
According to the museum, 'L'Almanach' was created by Consortium Museum in 2014 and is presented every two to three years. The series is open in theme and gathers artists from around the world, with works spanning painting, sculpture, photography, video and installation. Some of the works are produced specifically for each edition. For 'L'Almanach 26', the curators are Franck Gautherot, Seungduk Kim, Stéphanie Moisdon and Éric Troncy.
Dewar and Gicquel, who met while studying at the École des Beaux-Arts de Rennes, have worked together ever since. The source material identifies the duo’s practice as grounded in artisanal and sculptural techniques, including wood and stone carving, textile and ceramics, which they learned in large part independently. Their work received the Marcel Duchamp Prize in 2012. For 'L'Almanach 26', the museum says they have created an ensemble consisting of a monumental silk painting and several series of high-fire stoneware ceramics.
The silk painting is described as having been made in their studios through a process that allows water and pigments to circulate freely through the fabric. The inks spread into the fibres, producing textures and gradients that evoke aquatic movement. Installed on the walls, the composition brings together local freshwater species and plants, including mirror carp, catfish, buttercups, duckweed and pondweed. The museum notes that the smooth surface of the silk echoes fish skin, while the hanging fabric suggests a current moving through the exhibition space.
That watery environment continues in the ceramics, which include pots, jars, a pitcher, a washbasin and a bidet, all objects capable of holding liquid. The glazed surfaces are described as glossy and sometimes dripping, with snails and fragments of human bodies appearing across the sculptures. A wall-mounted basin is presented as a key to reading the installation: hand-modelled as a copy of an industrial object designed to channel water, it points to the ways humans try to organize and transform the natural elements around them.
The exhibition brings together artists from different countries and generations, including Matt Dillon, Ángela Ferrari, Barnabé Fillion, Gabriele Garavaglia, Hao Liang, Cooper Jacoby, Allen Jones, Jenna Kaës, Shahryar Nashat, Shigeo Otake and Autumn Ramsey. Consortium Museum describes the project as an international exhibition open to interpretation, allowing visitors to engage freely with the curatorial choices rather than through a fixed theme. 'L'Almanach 26' is on view at Consortium Museum, Dijon, from 3 July 2026 to 21 March 2027.
