The Laughter of Medusa

Artists: Lucile Boiron, Marilou Poncin, Lucie Rosická,Kateřina Vincourová
Curators: Richard & Lenka Bakes
28. 5. – 4. 7. 2026
Opening: 28. 5. 18:00
Centre tchèque de Paris

She has serpent eyes — deep green and piercing — and for three thousand years, no living man has ever truly seen her. And yet, she whispers into the ears of women all over the world — teaching them how to laugh. 🐍 Medusa moves through stories as a presence that is at once serene and untamable, whose gaze seems to transform whatever it touches.
Coming soon to the Czech Centre Paris, an exhibition centered on the figure of Medusa, where myth becomes a starting point for rethinking the female body. ✨
Inspired by Hélène Cixous’s seminal essay The Laugh of the Medusa (1975), the exhibition presents works by four Czech and French artists — Lucile Boiron, Marilou Poncin, Lucie Králík Rosická, and Kateřina Vincourová — who offer a new perspective on this mythical figure and extend a reflection on ways of representing the female body through a feminist lens. 📖
Co-organized by the Czech Centre Paris and Berlínskej model, and curated by Richard Bakeš and Lenka Bakeš, the exhibition is part of the Paris Gallery Weekend.
The opening reception will take place on Thursday, May 28 at 6:00 PM, in the presence of the artists and curators — an evening not to be missed.