# Philippe Chancel: Cactusmania

A solo exhibition at Polka Galerie in Le Marais, presenting photographer Philippe Chancel's new series on the cactus. The work grew out of a collective project the Musée Yves Saint Laurent Marrakech began in 2024. It is part of Paris Art Week 2026.

- Type: Show
- When: on view September 11 – October 31, 2026
- Where: Polka Galerie, 12 rue Saint-Gilles, 75003 Paris, Le Marais
- Artists: Philippe Chancel
- Part of: [Paris Art Week 2026](https://artweekguide.com/weeks/paris-2026)
- Event's own page: https://www.polkagalerie.com/fr/exposition-cactusmania-de-philippe-chancel.htm
- On Art Week Guide: https://artweekguide.com/events/philippe-chancel-cactusmania

## From the organiser

New series by photographer Philippe Chancel on the cactus, developed from a collective project begun by the Musée Yves Saint Laurent Marrakech in 2024.

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- **Until Oct 31** · [Trafic – Tribute to Peter Stämpfli](https://artweekguide.com/events/trafic-tribute-to-peter-stampfli) — Show at Galerie Georges-Philippe & Nathalie Vallois (33 rue de Seine), Saint-Germain-des-Prés. A group exhibition at Galerie Georges-Philippe & Nathalie Vallois in Saint-Germain-des-Prés, honouring the Swiss Pop artist Peter Stämpfli. It shows his work alongside pieces by Eulàlia Grau, Peter Halley, Emanuel Proweller, Daniel Spoerri and Jacques Villeglé, as part of Paris Art Week 2026.
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