Le BAL is an independent place dedicated to exhibitions, publications, ideas and education, centered on the contemporary image in all its forms: photography, video, film and new media. It has around 350 m² of exhibition space divided across two floors; a bookshop, LE BAL Books; and café, Le Bal Café.
The building is a former 1930s dance hall called Chez Isis. LE BAL co-publishes two or three books each year, including L’Anti-collection, a limited-edition artist’s book which it jointly publishes with the Centre national des arts plastiques, and Les Carnets du Bal. LE BAL’s educational platform, La Fabrique du Regard, has run programmes since 2008 for young people aged 8–18, especially from disadvantaged areas of Paris and its suburbs, to critically look at images.
Contacts & Details
OPENING TIMES:
Wed 12pm – 8pm;
Thu – Sun 12pm – 7pm
ADMISSION:
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T: +33 1 44 70 75 50
M: contact@le-bal.fr
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Le BAL ADDRESS
6 Impasse de la Défense, 75018
ESTABLISHED
2010
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Past Exhibitions
Exhibitions
Yasuhiro Ishimoto: Lines and Bodies
Curators: Diane Dufour, Mei Asakura
Yasuhiro Ishimoto (1921-2012) is a remarkable yet little-known figure...
19 Jun 2024 - 17 Nov 2024
Le BAL
Paris
Exhibitions
À partir d’elle. des artistes et leur mère
12 Oct 2023 - 25 Feb 2024
Le BAL
Paris
Exhibitions
Renverser Ses Yeux
Arte Povera and Beyond 1960-75: Photography, Film, Video
11 Oct 2022 - 29 Jan 2023
Jeu de Paume
Paris
Exhibitions
Wang Bing: The Walking Eye
An immersive installation dedicated to one of the greatest contemporary filmmakers
26 May 2021 - 14 Nov 2021
Le BAL
Paris
A unique ensemble of photographs by Sigmar Polke dating from the 1970s, an emblematic period featuring...
13 Sep 2019 - 22 Dec 2019
Le BAL
Paris
Exhibitions
Dave Heath: Dialogues with Solitude
This is the first major presentation of the American photographer’s work in France, bringing together...
13 Sep 2018 - 23 Dec 2018
Le BAL
Paris
Exhibitions
Magnum Analog Recovery
LE BAL presents “Magnum Analog Recovery”, a group exhibition curated by Diane Dufour and Julie...
29 Apr 2017 - 27 Aug 2017
Le BAL
Paris
Exhibitions
Stéphane Duroy: Again and Again
Le BAL presents “Again and Again”, a solo exhibition by Stéphane Duroy. After about 40...
06 Jan 2017 - 09 Apr 2017
Le BAL
Paris
LE BAL presents the first exhibition dedicated to the famous Japanese magazine, which greatly influenced...
14 Sep 2016 - 11 Dec 2016
Le BAL
Paris
