The artists have taken up the Monumenta challenge at the Grand Palais in Paris, with the creation of a utopian and mysterious city, both monumental yet intimate.
This new installation is inspired from the Renaissance, Romanticism, and modern science, and is the synthesis of a long artistic career. Infused with the artists’ Soviet origins, "The Strange City" takes visitors on a journey through dream and reality.
This year, Monumenta takes on the form of an initiatory journey in which Kabakov questions the human condition and “the great visions of progress, science, and human optimism that could have led to the brink of disaster.” (Ilya Kabakov)