# Moteur imaginaire (Imaginary Engine): From masterpieces of the Collection Renault to artists of today

The opening exhibition of Large, a new contemporary art centre founded by Emerige and Laurent Dumas on the former Renault factory site, in a building by RCR Arquitectes with CALQ. Cecilia Alemani curates about 120 works by 55 artists, including 17 new commissions, on humans, factories and machines.

- Type: Museum
- When: on view October 17, 2026 – March 7, 2027
- Where: Large, cultures contemporaines (Île Seguin), Pointe des Arts, Île Seguin, 92100 Boulogne-Billancourt
- Artists: Théo Mercier, Sara Sadik, Bianca Bondi, Clément Cogitore, Bertrand Lavier, and Oliver Beer
- Part of: [Paris Art Week 2026](https://artweekguide.com/weeks/paris-2026)
- Event's own page: https://www.groupe-emerige.com/actualites/large-un-nouveau-modele-hybride-de-centre-dart-contemporain-pour-le-grand-paris/
- On Art Week Guide: https://artweekguide.com/events/moteur-imaginaire-imaginary-engine-from-masterpieces-of-the-collection-renault-to-artists-of-today

## From the organiser

Inaugural exhibition of Large, the new contemporary art centre founded by Emerige and Laurent Dumas on the former Renault factory site, in a building by RCR Arquitectes with CALQ. Curated by Cecilia Alemani, it brings together about 120 works by 55 artists – masterpieces from the Collection Renault and 17 new commissions from artists including Théo Mercier, Sara Sadik, Bianca Bondi, Clément Cogitore, Bertrand Lavier and Oliver Beer – on humans, factories and machines.

## Also on Saturday 17 October

- **Until Dec 19** · [Alma Allen](https://artweekguide.com/events/alma-allen) — Show at Perrotin Paris Marais (impasse Saint-Claude), Le Marais. A solo exhibition of sculpture by American artist Alma Allen at Perrotin's Marais space on impasse Saint-Claude. The works are in stone, wood and metal, and each begins as a hand-worked model in string, clay or wax. Part of Paris Art Week 2026.
- **Until Jan 23, 2027** · [Robert Indiana: Alchemy](https://artweekguide.com/events/robert-indiana-alchemy) — Show at Almine Rech Paris, Le Marais. Almine Rech's first monographic show of Robert Indiana, organised with The Robert Indiana Legacy Initiative, looks at how he turned found materials into paintings and word sculptures. A monumental LOVE WALL sculpture is on view at the same time in Art Basel Paris' public programme.
- **Until Nov 21** · [Aysha E Arar: Shahrazad / شهرزاد](https://artweekguide.com/events/aysha-e-arar-shahrazad) — Show at Sans titre, Le Marais. Aysha E Arar's second solo show at Sans titre, in Le Marais, takes the storyteller of the Thousand and One Nights as its starting point. The exhibition, *Shahrazad / شهرزاد*, looks at storytelling as a space of survival, freedom and transformation. It is part of Paris Art Week 2026.
- **Until Nov 28** · [Daisuke Fukunaga: Waiting as Time Shifts](https://artweekguide.com/events/daisuke-fukunaga-waiting-as-time-shifts) — Show at Crèvecœur (Beaune), Saint-Germain-des-Prés. A solo exhibition of paintings by Japanese artist Daisuke Fukunaga, shown at Crèvecœur's Left Bank space in Saint-Germain-des-Prés. It forms part of Paris Art Week 2026 and stays on view until 28 November.