Semiose

Françoise Pétrovitch⁠
Sur un os⁠, curated by Rahmouna Boutayeb & Numa Hambursin⁠
MO.CO Montpelier Contemporain (FR)⁠
Until November 2, 2025⁠

More info: urls.fr/4BMBMH
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The first floor of Françoise Pétrovitch's exhibition at MO.CO. hosts a sizeable series of wash drawings that conjure up strange landscapes occasionally reminiscent of Romantic or Symbolist aesthetics, and a gallery of tormented characters in the throes of aimless wandering. It also features largescale paintings, one of which, of monumental proportions, was⁠
produced for the exhibition. It is a testament to the luminous dimension which imbues Françoise Pétrovitch’s work, including when her intent is to capture the notion of the in-between.⁠
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Françoise Pétrovitch⁠
Escape, 2024⁠
Ink wash on paper⁠
120 × 160 cm / 47 1/4 × 63 in. ⁠
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📸 Aurélien Mole

[Last Days]⁠
Laurent Proux⁠
L'Arbre et la Machine⁠
📍 Musée de l'Abbaye, Saint-Claude (FR)⁠
🗓️ Until September 28, 2025⁠

More info: urls.fr/xNU_Gp
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The Musée de l’Abbaye in Saint-Claude is hosting a major solo exhibition of Laurent Proux, following his residency in the Jura region. Known for his international residencies and exhibitions in Paris, Berlin, New York, and beyond, Proux presents around forty works, half of them new, inspired by local industries and the region’s social heritage. His paintings often focus on the human body at work, highlighting the rarely represented world of labor in contemporary art. Alongside these depictions of workers, the exhibition also features imaginative scenes of bodies in natural landscapes—figures that merge, transform, or dissolve into organic forms. ⁠
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📸 Pierre Guénat