Everyone’s looking for their cat: a street-art exhibition centered on felines at Fluctuart

New street art exhibition on the barge Fluctuart. Following a collective installation by 72 urban artists assembled around a metro map theme, the floating urban art center shifts its focus and this time turns to felines. Titled “Chacun cherche son chat,” this free exhibition will run at Fluctuart from May 7 to August 23, 2026 and is sure to tug at your heartstrings—and more. For the cat can be as gentle as it is wild. Though it has become, unintentionally, a social media darling, the cat has long since established itself as a privileged companion for artists, embodying a certain independence and freedom.

For "Chacun cherche son chat", Fluctuart has invited around a dozen street artists to explore the many facets of the feline, a figure that has leapt through imagination and across eras. For the occasion, get ready to admire works by Ardif, Kesadi, Kraken, Madame, or Veks Van Hillik and Wenna. Each artist has claimed the cat and oriented us into their own artistic universe.

“With Chacun cherche son chat, I chose a figure both familiar and universal.” […] “Inviting these artists from urban art to take hold of this figure was to forge a dialogue between an ancient symbol and contemporary practices. The cat becomes here a playground for graphic exploration, a narrative character, a pop icon, or an almost philosophical presence.” explains Eva Quintard, exhibition curator, in a press release.

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Everyone’s on the hunt for their cat: the guest artists in the exhibition

• Agrume
• Ardif
• Clet
• Kesadi
• Kraken
• Madame
• Mosko
• Ruben Carrasco
• Scaf
• Veks Van Hillik
• Wenna

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