100% L'EXPO is a free, not-to-be-missed art festival running from April 10 to May 11, 2025, at the Grande Halle de La Villette. The exhibition brings together a host of young artists just out of school, for an unprecedented discovery of the art of tomorrow.
It's become a tradition in the art world: every year, La Villette welcomes young artists to a free festival open to all. 100% L'Expo is a cultural event featuring installations, sculptures and photographs, representing the work of tomorrow's leading artists. And this year, this major exhibition awaits you from April 10 to May 11, 2025.
A highlight of the festival, 100% L'EXPO brings together some forty young artists who have just completed their studies for a multi-disciplinary group show combining visual arts, installations, film, video, design, photography, fashion and performance... For these artists, it's a great opportunity to meet visitors, and for art schools, it's a great opportunity to showcase their courses and career prospects.
Once again this year, some forty young talents, fresh out of French art schools, will be showcased. The Expo takes place at the Grande Halle, and is complemented by various artistic and festive events.
To respect our environment, the scenography of 100% L'EXPO is entirely made up of recycled elements, in line with the eco-responsible approach so dear to the institution and to these artists who often wonder about our future and that of the planet.
In addition to the art trail set up at La Villette, this 7th edition features a variety of shows and events:
- Icio Chichava
Vejo Anjos que atravessam o sol na minha sala
Performance
In a hybrid creation performed as a duo, Mozambican dancer and choreographer Idio Chichava takes a sensitive look at the new masculinity. Vejo Anjos que atravessam o sol na minha sala (I see angels crossing the sun in the room) embraces dance, sound architecture and set design. At the heart of a space created from recycled materials and everyday consumer objects, Idio Chichava and Lulu Sala engage in an intense, complicit corps-à-corps, reflecting the diversity of Mozambican society and the lines of force that pierce it.
April 10 and 11, 2025, 7pm
Running time 50 min
Admission free with reservation
- Annabel Guérédrat
Let's go back to the river
Performance
Choreographer Annabel Guérédrat has imagined her new duo performance as a procession, a long ritual of healing inspired by Caribbean Amerindian shamanic teachings. Continuing her interest in the body politic and social posture of black and mixed-race women in the Caribbean, Annabel Guérédrat opens a new chapter in her career with Let's go back to the river. She conceives this dance performance as a vision quest and a coronation to Oxun, the deity ruling over freshwater, associated with spiritual and material wealth and women's emancipation. To elaborate this healing ritual, where Caribbean shamanic teachings mingle with Afro-descendant rituals, two performers embrace the collective history of Caribbean women and mothers.
April 24 and 25, 2025, 7pm
Estimated duration 3 to 4 hours
Free admission with reservation
- Guided tours
Anaïs Montevecchi is a specialist in the mediation of contemporary art. In 2009, she launched the project Les galeries pour tous (Galleries for all) in 2013, tailor-made guided tours to share her passion with as many people as possible. Since then, she has accompanied the public to discover the creative spaces of Greater Paris, artists' studios, art centers, foundations... Always keen to promote young artists, she is responsible for the children's section of the 2025 edition of 100% L'EXPO and, with her team, leads guided tours for school groups at weekends and during the week.
Sat & Sun, 2.15pm - 6.15pm
RDV in the reception hall
Departure every 30 minutes
Free without reservation
- Visitors' booklet for young visitors
Through a series of fun activities, young visitors are invited to discover some of the artists featured in 100% L'EXPO.
Available at the entrance
- Weekend performances April 19 and 20
100% L'EXPO is a showcase for French know-how incontemporary art. Let's make the most of it, folks!
