Photo Credit © Thibaut Voisin

Ep.282 Jeanne Barral is a curator at the Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, in Paris, France. She has curated several exhibitions, such as Fabrice Hyber’s “La Vallée” at the Fondation Cartier in 2022 and in 2025 at the PSA in Shanghai, and « The Harvest Season » in 2026 in the new building of the Fondation in Paris. Prior to that, as an artist liaison at gallery Mennour in Paris, she has organized solo shows of Ann Veronica Janssens, Huang Yong Ping, Petrit Halilaj, and Bertrand Lavier, while while fostering their artistic development.

As an independent curator, she co-curated Sophie Calle’s 2017 retrospective, “Missing,” in San Francisco as well as numerous group and thematic exhibitions at le DOC, Le Consulat, the Chloé Salgado Gallery, and in rural settings.

Barral has a Masters in Curating Contemporary Art from La Sorbonne, Paris. Alongside her independent curatorial practice, she is also a published arts writer. Her work explores the relationship between art and personal experience. Her book, Actéonne – Naissance d’une statue (2022), reflects her collaboration with Martial Raysse and the ambivalent roles of model and artistic subject.

She played a key role in the campaign to save the Lilas maternity hospital, a feminist institution in Seine-Saint-Denis known for its progressive approach to women’s rights and healthcare.

Fondation Cartier https://www.fondationcartier.com/en/program/exhibition/ibrahim-mahama-the-harvest-season

Sortiraparis https://www.sortiraparis.com/en/what-to-visit-in-paris/exhibit-museum/articles/346597-harvest-season-the-major-exhibition-to-discover-this-autumn-at-the-cartier-foundation

Paris je T’aime https://agenda.parisjetaime.com/en/harvest-time-exhibition-fondation-cartier-2026/

Unidivers https://unidivers.fr/paris-ibrahim-mahama-recoltes-fondation-cartier/

Hube Magazine https://hubemag.com/fondation-cartier-will-present-ibrahim-mahama-project

LinkedIn https://fr.linkedin.com/in/jeanne-barral-1a001150

Prazzle Arts https://www.prazzlearts.com/editorial/1898/fondation-cartier-paris-to-host-ibrahim-mahamas-the-harvest-season-exhibition-october-2026

Mennour https://mennour.com/

SciencesPo https://www.sciencespo.fr/en/events/exceptional-masterclass-with-artist-fabrice-hyber-and-curator-jeanne-barral/

Museum Connections https://www.museumconnections.com/en/articles/b3eb2b71-9886-f111-b337-000d3a3a1397/interview-with-jeanne-barral-fondation-cartier-

Red Clay, Tamale, 2025
photo © Ernest Sackitey, courtesy Red Clay

Ibrahim Mahama, Parliament of Ghosts, 2025,
wooden Ashanti stools, Red Clay, Tamale
© Ibrahim Mahama photo © Ernest Sackitey, courtesy Red Clay

CATPC, The Inhabited Sacred Forest, 2026
cotton thread embroidery on plastic fiber, 180 × 300 cm
Ced’Art Tamasala, Plamedi Makongote, Matthieu Kasiama, CATPC photo
© Alphonse Bukumba, courtesy the artists and KOW, Berlin