Rachel Hardouin Gallery: three exhibitions exploring absence, nostalgia, and melancholy in Paris

The galerie Rachel Hardouin in Paris presents three exhibitions united by a shared artistic inquiry into absence, nostalgia and melancholy, featuring works by Éléonore Guiraud, Chloé Bertschy and Alessandro Ferraro Manzotti, running from Monday, April 27 to Saturday, May 2, 2026. In this collective showcase, visitors encounter a dialogue across mixed‑media drawing, photography and installation, exploring absence, memory and personal or environmental traumas. The opening on April 28 at 6:00 PM will be held with the artists in attendance. Note also that a lecture on solastalgia is planned for Wednesday, April 29 at 6:00 PM.

The exhibition US 13-26, led by Éléonore Guiraud and Chloé Bertschy, pairs multi-technique drawing with photography and links artistic creation to the emotions stirred by absence. The project also explores art as “a possible therapy to overcome the traumas tied to being missed.” Through its subject, this exhibition addresses the effects of emptiness, memory, and the wounds left by what is no longer there, presented through a two-voice visual approach.

Meanwhile, Alessandro Ferraro Manzotti presents casa mia ha un sapore di mandorle, an exhibition built around photography, installation, and a book signing. The project extends with a conference on solastalgia scheduled for Wednesday, April 29 at 6 p.m., featuring Joana Matos, child and adolescent psychiatrist, Camille Guichard, filmmaker and photographer, and Alessandro Manzotti. The discussion will explore traumas linked to climate and environmental changes, tying together contemporary creation, mental health, and our evolving perception of a transforming world.

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Gathered under one roof, these three exhibitions offer different perspectives on themes tied to absence, memory, and the upheavals of our times. Spanning drawings, photography, installations, and a public talk, this gathering at the galerie Rachel Hardouin invites visitors to explore these worlds freely and craft their own reading of the works.

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