Anne Deleporte: Soudain
Sorbonne Artgallery, University Panthéon-Sorbonne
December 1, 2025 – Januray 16, 2026
Paris, France
December 1 marked the opening of gallery artist Anne Deleporte’s newest solo exhibition at the University Panthéon-Sorbonne’s galleries in Paris, where the artist presents a continuation of her investigation into light and the ephemeral moments it creates. Informed by her own experience of surviving a lightning strike, the works trace energy, color, and rhythm across paper, capturing the momentary brilliance found in both storms and ink.
Art history is witness to the fascination certain artists hold for lightning. Georgia O'Keefe painted the phenomenon; Walter De Maria sought to provoke strikes with his lightning field in New Mexico. "Anne l'éclair", or "Anne Thunderbolt," carries lightning within herself. She knows not to get too close lest she be struck again, but her body and spirit recall their presence. She tracks their traces through the clouds and reveals their brilliant paths.
–excerpt from The Dazzling Nature of Anne Deleporte by François Noudelman, translated by Hélène Schlumberger
McClain Gallery extends our warmest congratulations to the artist.
