Spotlight on... Friends in Love and War — L’Éloge des meilleur·es ennemi·es au macLYON

Discover this exhibition on the theme of friendship through the words of Marilou Laneuville, Head of Exhibitions and Publications at the Musée d'Art Contemporain de Lyon, and Melanie Pocock, Artistic Director of Exhibitions at Ikon Gallery. Together, they explore friendship, art, and the relationship between France and the United Kingdom.

The unique collaboration between three cultural institutions—the macLYON, the Ikon Gallery in Birmingham, and the British Council—launched the British Council's UK/France Spotlight on Culture 2024 programme #TogetherWeImagine. It showcases over 20 artists from the British Council Collection and the macLYON collection.

At Ikon Gallery from 2 October 2024 to 23 February 2025, in celebration of Ikon’s 60th anniversary.

With Fluxus Art Projects and the British Embassy in Paris.

Production: Thomas Martinez & Lucie Leclerc-vasallo
Montage/Editing: Thomas Martinez

WITH
Marilou Laneuville, Head of Exhibitions and Publications at macLYON
Melanie Pocock, Artistic Director of Exhibitions

Sonia Boyce © Adagp, Paris, 2024
Pogus Caesar © Adagp, Paris, 2024
Patrick Caulfield © Adagp, Paris, 2024
Tracey Emin © Tracey Emin. All rights reserved / Adagp, Paris, 2024
Marie-Anita Gaube © Adagp, Paris, 2024
Lola Gonzàlez © Adagp, Paris, 2024
Markéta Luskacová © Adagp, Paris, 2024
Goshka Macuga © Adagp, Paris, 2024
Gordon Matta-Clark © Adagp, Paris, 2024
Niek van de Steeg © Adagp, Paris, 2024
Fabien Verschaere © Adagp, Paris, 2024
Tereza Bušková © Adagp, Paris, 2024
Exhibition scenography by Studio Basal
Music by Bela Emerson from Clipping The Church by Tereza Bušková