Daniel Buren
Carte blanche à Daniel Buren, Plantations, travaux in situ
17 July–1 November 2026
Musée des impressionismes, Giverny, France
In the summer of 2026, the museum grants carte blanche to artist Daniel Buren (born 1938). The reputation of this French contemporary artist extends far beyond national borders. He employs his distinctive visual motif: white and colored vertical stripes measuring 8.7 cm, in order to reveal and highlight the site and its context through in situ works.
Developed worldwide in public spaces, from early fly-posting interventions in the late 1960s to major public commissions, as well as in art institutions, museums and galleries, Buren’s in situ works engage with perspective, colour, space, light, movement…
With Plantations, in situ works, Daniel Buren presents a new creation that extends from the gardens into the museum itself, creating a dialogue between the environment of Giverny and the works in the collection. On the occasion of the centenary of Claude Monet’s death, the artist pursues some of the fundamental intuitions of the Impressionist painters, who were fascinated by the ever-changing effects of color and light in nature. Whereas Monet and Caillebotte captured the shimmering movements of water, landscapes, and sky, Buren places his colors within the very space we move through, transforming perception into a constantly shifting and ever-renewed experience.
Within the galleries, the exhibition unites masterpieces from the museum’s collection — spanning from Impressionism to contemporary creation — with Daniel Buren’s installation, in a carte blanche devoted to color.