Musée national Picasso-Paris will present an exhibition devoted to Henry Taylor from 8th April to 6th September 2026, the one of the major figures in contemporary American painting. This exhibition, designed in collaboration with the artist himself, will cover his entire artistic career while continuing to explore the reception of Pablo Picasso on the American scene—following exhibitions dedicated to Faith Ringgold (2023), Jackson Pollock (2024) and Philip Guston (2025), and preceding the major retrospective devoted to the Harlem Renaissance movement (spring 2027).
The exhibition, laid out across two floors and thirteen rooms, brings together around one hundred works, paintings, sculptures, installations, and painted objects – through which Henry Taylor explores the richness and complexity of the human experience. Whether portraying friends, loved ones, unnamed passersby, or well-known figures, Taylor’s portraits and compositions offer a multilayered vision of contemporary life in America. His work is original, expressive, and deeply resonant: he weaves visual narratives that speak to individual journeys and broader social currents, blending personal experience, collective memory, and thoughtful dialogues with art history. References to inspiring figures such as David Hammons, Philip Guston, and Pablo Picasso highlight Taylor’s dynamic engagement with the past as he reimagines it for the present. Henry Taylor, who has become one of the leading figures in African American painting alongside Kerry James Marshall, has been the subject of numerous exhibitions in the United States and abroad.
including a major retrospective at the Whitney Museum in New York in 2024. His works feature in leading public collections, notably at the Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles, and MoMA. This exhibition at the Musée national Picasso-Paris is the artist’s first retrospective in France.
Henry Taylor at Musée national Picasso-Paris from 8th April to 6th September 2026. Find more information and tickets here.
Images © Henry Taylor Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth
