Visions chamaniques. Arts de l’ayahuasca en Amazonie péruvienne
Musée du quai Branly – Jacques Chirac, Paris, 14 November 2023 – 26 May 2024.
I curated this exhibition, which was conceived as an extension of my anthropological research in the Peruvian Amazon. Visions chamaniques explored the relationships between visionary experiences and iconographic production through the case of ayahuasca.
Bringing together 105 works and documents, the exhibition brought Shipibo-Konibo arts, visionary painting, literary productions and audiovisual creations into dialogue. It showed how visions induced by ayahuasca are given form, interpreted and transmitted, and how their representations are transformed as this practice circulates, from the Peruvian Amazon to its contemporary reconfigurations internationally.
Press and reviews
2024-06-18 · Time Out Paris · Review (4/5, archive published after closing)
2024-04-11 · La Perle · Cultural press
2024-03-23 · il manifesto · International press / interview with Jan Kounen
Ayahuasca, il metaverso naturale
2024-03-22 · Le Point · Cultural selection
Quelle expo voir ce week-end à Paris ? – Trip d’ayahuasca au Quai-Branly
2024-03-08 · Lucydelic · Specialist press / review
2024-03-01 · TousLesMusées · Exhibition review
2024-02-29 · Culture-Tops · Review (4/5)
Visions chamaniques. Arts de l’ayahuasca en Amazonie péruvienne
2024-02-19 · Transfuge · Review
Venir planer au Musée du Quai Branly-Jacques Chirac avec l’exposition Visions chamaniques
2024-01-27 · El País · International press / interview with David Dupuis
Cuando las visiones inducidas por la ayahuasca inspiran a los artistas
2024-01-01 · danse.org · Review / report
Visions chamaniques. Arts de l’ayahuasca en Amazonie péruvienne
2023-12-27 · Télérama · Press / review
« Visions chamaniques », au Quai Branly : visite en six étapes hallucinées
2023-12-21 · The Art Newspaper France · Review
2023-12-19 · Le Journal des Arts · Review
2023-12-19 · Art Basel / Numéro art · Review / editorial collaboration
Au musée du quai Branly, un voyage dans les profondeurs de l’âme humaine
2023-11-23 · Enlarge your Paris · Press interview with David Dupuis
2023-11-23 · Paris Match · Magazine press (2 pages)
Artistes sous influence – Visions chamaniques. Arts de l’ayahuasca en Amazonie péruvienne
2023-11-21 · Arts in the City · Cultural press
Exposition Visions Chamaniques en images au Musée du quai Branly
2023-11-18 · Outremers360 · Press / AFP pickup
2023-11-18 · Le Figaro · Press / AFP pickup
Au Quai Branly, des « visions chamaniques » au cœur d’une exposition « hallucinogène »
2023-11-15 · AFP · News agency
2023-11-09 · Time Out Paris · Press / preview
Une expo sur les visions chamaniques débarque au Quai Branly (et ça s’annonce intense)
Radio and podcasts
2024-06-21 · Thérapies psychédéliques · Podcast / interview with David Dupuis
2024-03-24 · France Inter – Musique émoi · Radio / artist featured in the exhibition
Jan Kounen : « En écoutant Dvorak, je ferme les yeux et voyage en science-fiction »
2024-02-01 · Musée du quai Branly – Jacques Chirac · Audio / event
Les coulisses de l’exposition Visions chamaniques avec David Dupuis
2024-01-17 · France Culture / Radio France · Radio / quiz
2024-01-04 · RFI – Religions du monde · Radio / podcast / interview with David Dupuis
« Visions chamaniques » : de l’ayahuasca au Pérou à l’iboga au Gabon
2023-11-13 · FranceFineArt · Podcast / interview (12:57)
2023-01-01 · RFI – Vous m’en direz des nouvelles · Radio / interview with David Dupuis
Visions chamaniques
Video
2023-11-14 · Musée du quai Branly – Jacques Chirac · Institutional video
2023-11-01 · Capuli Magazine · Video / report
Visions chamaniques. Arts de l’ayahuasca en Amazonie péruvienne
Documentation
2024-02-01 · Inserm, le magazine · Institutional magazine
Exposition : Visions chamaniques. Arts de l’ayahuasca en Amazonie péruvienne
2023-11-14 · Musée du quai Branly – Jacques Chirac · Official page
Visions chamaniques. Arts de l’ayahuasca en Amazonie péruvienne
2023-11-14 · Musée du quai Branly – Jacques Chirac · Institutional documentation
2023-11-14 · Peruvian Ministry of Foreign Affairs · International institutional
Ouverture / présentation de Visions chamaniques à Paris
2023-11-01 · Musée du quai Branly – Jacques Chirac / RMN-GP · Catalogue
Catalogue Visions chamaniques. Arts de l’ayahuasca en Amazonie péruvienne
Ayahuasca and Art of the Amazon
Sainsbury Centre, Norwich, United Kingdom, 14 September 2024 – 2 February 2025.
I also curated the exhibition Ayahuasca and Art of the Amazon, presented at the Sainsbury Centre as part of the Why Do We Take Drugs? season, devoted to the social, cultural and artistic uses of psychoactive substances.
The exhibition explored the place of ayahuasca in the social, ritual and artistic life of the western Amazon, as well as the visual and narrative forms through which visionary experiences are shaped, interpreted and transmitted. It also addressed the international circulation of ayahuasca and the transformations of its uses and representations in contemporary contexts.
Press and reviews
2025-01-02 · ArtDaily · Art press / release
Highs and lows of drug taking explored in radical exhibition programme at the Sainsbury Centre
2024-12-16 · Waldemar Januszczak · Review
2024-11-04 · Finito World · Photo essay / review
2024-10-15 · Concrete UEA · Review / university press
2024-09-15 · BBC News Norfolk · Press / BBC regional
‘Why people take drugs’ explored in art show
2024-09-13 · The Guardian · National press / feature
High society: art, artists and the global role of drugs in culture
2024-09-02 · Artlyst · Art press / preview
2024-08-28 · Crafts Council / Crafts magazine · Selection / preview
2024-07-02 · FAD Magazine · Art press / preview
Video
2024-12-04 · Sainsbury Centre / Vimeo · Institutional video
2024-12-01 · Sainsbury Centre / Vimeo · Institutional video
Documentation
2025-04-01 · The Courtauld · Professional feedback / talk
Curating the Why Do We Take Drugs? programme at the Sainsbury Centre
2025-01-01 · Shipibo-Conibo Center · Partner / artist documentation
Annual Report 2024/25 – mention of Ayahuasca and Art of the Amazon
2024-11-23 · Muddy Stilettos Norfolk · Review / cultural guide
2024-09-14 · Sainsbury Centre / New Exhibitions · Exhibition page / documentation
2024-09-14 · Musée du quai Branly – Jacques Chirac · Institutional documentation
2024-09-14 · October Gallery · Gallery / exhibiting artists
2024-09-14 · ArtRabbit · Editorial listing
2024-09-14 · MutualArt · Listing / art database
2024-09-13 · Govinda Gallery · Gallery article / exhibiting artists
2024-09-01 · Art in Norwich · Local cultural guide
2024-09-01 · University of East Anglia · Institutional guide
2024-01-01 · West Port Architects · Exhibition design documentation
Drogues
Musée de l’Homme, Paris, France, 18 November 2026 – 6 June 2027.
I contributed to this exhibition as a scientific adviser. Drogues offers a multidisciplinary approach to psychoactive substances, seeking to move beyond simplified representations and to account for the diversity of their uses, meanings and effects across societies and historical periods.
The exhibition examines the diversity of psychoactive substances and the social construction of the category of “drugs”, the reasons why humans consume them, and the issues raised by their production, circulation and commercialization. It also addresses social and political responses to substance use, including the history and principles of harm reduction, while giving particular attention to the experiences and voices of users.
Scientific curators: François Beck, Vincent Verroust and Alain Epelboin. Exhibition curators: Marie Merlin and Charlène Camarella.
These exhibitions extend my research on ayahuasca, visionary experience and psychedelic worlds: Research · Book · Scientific publications