Curators Morad Montazami, Madeleine de Colnet (Zamân Books & Curating) and Caroline Courrioux (Villa Médicis)
From 9 October 2026 to 18 January 2027, the Académie de France à Rome – Villa Médicis presents the exhibition Soleil noir, pétrole et art contemporain, which extends the cycle of elements initiated by the Villa Médicis in 2022.
After Histoires de pierres, inspired by Roger Caillois, then Le Chant des sirènes devoted to water, this new exhibition addresses, through oil, the question of the work of art in the era of global warming and of our civilisation that is burning.