Curated by Hou Hanru

Paris has long claimed pride of place as Europe’s cultural heart, drawing intellectuals, authors, and artists from all over the world. At the Camden Arts Centre, writer and curator Hou Hanru (himself an emigre to Paris in the aftermath of Tiananmen Square), with assistance from the International Institute of Visual Arts, has gathered the work of nine fellow expats, including Chen Zhen, Sarkis, and Absalon, to examine the impact of a new wave of arrivals on the City of Light’s artistic culture. Included in the show are installations and objects, most commissioned for this exhibition, by artists from China, Israel, Iran, Switzerland, Japan, Finland, and Turkey, many of them previously unseen in England.

— Mark Van de Walle