Talashi. Divers is the first retrospective dedicated

is the first retrospective dedicated to her in France since her death

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David II Teniers

reveals an exceptional collection of unexpected diversity

and gives rise to sensitive debates around the colonial past and demands for restitution

Talashi. Divers is the first retrospective dedicatedHow can we evoke a tragedy made paradoxically invisible by too many images? Photographer Alexis Cordesse, a veteran of war zones, took the opposite tack by collecting the rare images he carried into exile, in a suitcase, on a cell phone, which bear witness to the memory of uprooted lives. Fleeing Syria while taking personal images with you is a risk: if arrested, the photographs are seized and analyzed. The people in them become suspects for the