Ibrahim Mahama brings The Harvest Season to Paris
Ghanaian artist Ibrahim Mahama opens his first major exhibition in Paris on 22 October 2026.
The show is titled 'Ibrahim Mahama, The Harvest Season'. It runs until 28 February 2027 at the Fondation Cartier in Paris, the contemporary art centre now showing at the Palais-Royal, 75001 Paris, according to its programme listing. Fondation Cartier
Mahama was born in 1987 in Tamale, Ghana. The core of the Paris show is in Ghana, ARTnews reported on 17 October 2026.
He conceived the exhibition as a living entity in resonance with the art centres he founded in Tamale in northern Ghana. In plain terms, the Paris display is built to stay connected to the workshops, stores and people in Tamale rather than stand alone. That link includes the Red Clay art centre in Tamale, the working base for studio production, display and research that Mahama founded.
He is not showing alone. Mahama invited nine artists and collectives to join him in the exhibition, the foundation said in an update on 16 October 2026. Fondation Cartier That makes the Paris date part solo show, part group show. Expect more names on the wall than one.
Programming around the show also features his Parliament of Ghosts, an installation, a work made to fill and shape the space that holds it. The foundation lists the work in its public programme, including sessions aimed at young audiences. Visitors do not need specialist knowledge to follow it. Follow the object, the label and who made what.
Here are the practical details. Admission is 15€ full price and 10€ reduced price. The venue address is listed as Palais-Royal, 75001 Paris. An opening-weekend talk is scheduled for Saturday, 24 October 2026, from 11:00 to 18:30.
What makes this stand out is the supply chain. Work developed with collaborators in Tamale has been packed, shipped and rebuilt in central Paris, with other artists invited into the same rooms. For fans, this means a first chance to see that Tamale system operating at full scale in France. For newcomers, it is a straightforward way in: one artist, one building, many hands.
