Saint-Eustache Church
Paris
Exhibition
Lydie Arickx, Le Souffle
From July 10 to September 29, 2026, Saint-Eustache church hosts « Le Souffle », a monumental installation by Lydie Arickx. Suspended in the main nave, the work stands seven metres tall by six metres wide, weighing 450 kilograms of laser-cut aluminium, perforated like lace and painted in vivid red. Coral of the depths,...
Paris
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10 July 2026 to 29 September 2026
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From July 10 to September 29, 2026, Saint-Eustache church hosts « Le Souffle », a monumental installation by Lydie Arickx. Suspended in the main nave, the work stands seven metres tall by six metres wide, weighing 450 kilograms of laser-cut aluminium, perforated like lace and painted in vivid red. Coral of the depths,...
Lydie Arickx suspends in the nave of Saint-Eustache a 7-meter tall, 450-kilogram red aluminum coral, laser-cut. Between tree of life and threatened ecosystem, 'Le Souffle' dialogues with the Gothic and Renaissance archi...
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On Expo Paris, Lydie Arickx, Le Souffle is most useful when it is read not only as a single event but as part of a broader route through Saint-Eustache Church, 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.
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A monumental contemporary work, free to the public, set in one of Paris's most magnificent nave spaces, just steps from the Bourse de Commerce and the Halles: this combination is rare. And it lasts only one summer—after September 29, 2026, the coral will retu...
The viewpoint from the church entrance remains the most spectacular: the work stands out in silhouette against the vaults. The second major moment is purely optical: depending on where one stands, the sculpture shifts f...
Saint-Eustache has hosted living art for a long time, but Arickx does not place a decorative object there. The branching coral is made of interlaced human bodies: threatened life takes on human form, and the nave becomes the resonant box o...
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From July 10 to September 29, 2026, Saint-Eustache church hosts « Le Souffle », a monumental installation by Lydie Arickx. Suspended in the main nave, the work stands seven metres tall by six metres wide, weighing 450 kilograms of laser-cut aluminium, perforated like lace and painted in vivid red. Coral of the depths,.
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A monumental contemporary work, free to the public, set in one of Paris's most magnificent nave spaces, just steps from the Bourse de Commerce and the Halles: this combination is rare. And it lasts only one summer—after September 29, 2026, the coral will retu. The viewpoint from the church entrance remains the most spectacular: the work stands out in silhouette against the vaults.
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On Expo Paris, Lydie Arickx, Le Souffle is most useful when it is read not only as a single event but as part of a broader route through Saint-Eustache Church, 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.
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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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