4Columns, 2025
French Theory Naomi Beckwith poststructuralism institutional critique Palais de Tokyo Contemporary Art American Art ECHO DELAY REVERB Francophone Thought
ECHO DELAY REVERB: American Art, Francophone Thought at the Palais de Tokyo traces how ideas associated with “French Theory”—from Barthes and Derrida to Foucault—have subtly shaped American art. Curated by Naomi Beckwith and collaborators, the exhibition shows how these concepts reverberated across studios and cultural spaces, appearing less as direct illustrations of theory and more as shifting echoes that artists absorbed, transformed, and set into motion.