# Open Space \#19: Mohammad Alfaraj – I'd rather be a dragonfly than a lion

Mohammad Alfaraj, a Saudi artist born in 1993 who lives in the Al Ahsa oasis, has his first solo show in a French institution in Gallery 8. It presents new stop-motion animated videos of fables he writes and performs, set within an installation of objects, photographs and drawings. Entry is with a ticket for the Gustave Fayet exhibition.

- Type: Museum
- When: on view October 9, 2026 – January 18, 2027
- Where: Fondation Louis Vuitton – Gallery 8, 8 avenue du Mahatma Gandhi, Bois de Boulogne, 75116 Paris
- Artists: Mohammad Alfaraj
- Part of: [Paris Art Week 2026](https://artweekguide.com/weeks/paris-2026)
- Event's own page: https://www.fondationlouisvuitton.fr/fr/evenements/open-space-19-mohammad-alfaraj
- On Art Week Guide: https://artweekguide.com/events/open-space-19-mohammad-alfaraj-i-d-rather-be-a-dragonfly-than-a-lion

## From the organiser

First solo show in a French institution by Saudi artist Mohammad Alfaraj (born 1993), who lives in the Al Ahsa oasis: new stop-motion animated videos telling poetic fables he writes and performs himself, within an installation of objects, photographs and drawings. Access with a ticket for the Gustave Fayet exhibition.

## Also on Friday 9 October

- **Until Mar 8, 2027** · [Gustave Fayet, Collector – Creator. Icons of Modern Art](https://artweekguide.com/events/gustave-fayet-collector-creator-icons-of-modern-art) — Museum at Fondation Louis Vuitton, Bois de Boulogne. An exhibition across the whole Fondation Louis Vuitton building on Gustave Fayet (1865–1925), collector, artist and decorative-arts designer. It brings together over 250 works from his dispersed collection, including Van Gogh, Gauguin and Redon, plus 325 of Fayet's own creations. RSVP needed.
- **Until Nov 29** · [Eaux Vives – Caroline Desnoëttes](https://artweekguide.com/events/eaux-vives-caroline-desnoettes) — Museum at Collège des Bernardins, Latin Quarter. An exhibition at the Collège des Bernardins in the Latin Quarter, centred on a monumental polyptych of five bas-reliefs in hand-dyed mulberry-fibre paper. A sound and light piece, made with scientists, accompanies it and looks at water as the source of life, across art, science and theology.
- **Until Oct 29** · [Runo B](https://artweekguide.com/events/runo-b) — Show at Galerie Pron, Champs-Élysées / Matignon. A solo exhibition of work by Runo B at Galerie Pron, in the Champs-Élysées / Matignon area. It runs as part of Paris Art Week 2026.