Exhibition

Simone Fattal. Cities at the Bottom of a Lake

The Musée d'Art moderne de Paris is dedicating its first monographic exhibition in a Parisian museum to Simone Fattal, running from September 18, 2026, to January 24, 2027. Titled 'Cities at the Bottom of a Lake,' it gathers over a hundred works covering more than fifty years of création, from early landscape painting...

Simone Fattal. Cities at the Bottom of a Lake
Paris

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Venue

Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris

Paris

Dates

18 September 2026 to 24 January 2027

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The Musée d'Art moderne de Paris is dedicating its first monographic exhibition in a Parisian museum to Simone Fattal, running from September 18, 2026, to January 24, 2027. Titled 'Cities at the Bottom of a Lake,' it gathers over a hundred works covering more than fifty years of création, from early landscape painting...

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Visit description

The Musée d'Art moderne de Paris is dedicating its first monographic exhibition in a Parisian museum to Simone Fattal, running from September 18, 2026, to January 24, 2027. Titled 'Cities at the Bottom of a Lake,' it gathers over a hundred works covering more than fifty years of création, from early landscape painting. The Musée d'Art moderne de Paris is dedicating its first monographic exhibition in a Parisian museum to Simone Fattal, running from September 18, 2026, to January 24, 2027.

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Because at over 80, Simone Fattal is one of the most recognized artists of her generation and had never had a monographic exhibition in a Parisian museum. Because a hundred works are enough to understand an entire trajectory, from pre-war Lebanon to Paris. An.

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On Expo Paris, Simone Fattal. Cities at the Bottom of a Lake is most useful when it is read not only as a single event but as part of a broader route through Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris, where exhibitions, artists and editorial themes can be compared quickly in English. This page becomes easier to place when it is connected to the strongest editorial routes already available on the site.

How it connects

For an English reader, the point of this page is also practical: it clarifies the venue, dates and booking context, then opens clear paths toward related exhibitions, artists and subjects so that the visit does not remain isolated. 3 related exhibition pages are already close enough to help compare tone, period or venue.

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Affiche officielle — exposition-simone-fattal-au-mam-paris-musée-d-art-moderne-de-paris-2026-09-18 mam.paris.fr
Simone Fattal. Cities at the Bottom of a Lake visual 2
Exposition Simone Fattal au MAM Paris: mythes, exil et villes englouties Sortiraparis.com

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