Do you believe what you see?

A Haussmannian building that can be climbed, lying horizontally. Boats that levitate. A cloud that lands in the next room. Welcome to the world of Leandro Erlich. For thirty years, the Argentinian artist has sown doubt in our minds by repurposing everyday objects – staircases, elevators, facades, mirrors, – to make them visually impossible.

The Grand Palais is dedicating a major retrospective to him this summer: fourteen monumental installations, conceived as a film in several sequences (from darkness to light, from intimacy to sharing), which make us veritable actors. The Erlich effect is well known: we enter intrigued, we laugh watching others struggle, we photograph his children walking on suspended boat hulls, and we leave with our heads spinning. And behind the play, a more serious question: what if we never saw the world as it is, but as our brain expects to see it? In an age of manipulated images and lying screens, Erlich's work takes on an almost political relevance. It teaches us to doubt again, for real, and with a smile.

GRAND PALAIS
From June 2 to September 6, 2026
1 avenue Winston Churchill, 75008 - Metro Franklin D. Roosevelt (Line 9)
Mon. to Sun. 10am-8pm, Fri. until 10pm
Price: €19 - Reduced price: €16 - Free for children under 5