The Centre Pompidou is pleased to have devised a program of five performances in dialogue with the exhibition “Drawings Without Limits,” to be held at the Grand Palais from December 16th, 2025 to March 25th, 2026, in co-production with the Drawing Lab.

This series of five events forms a fluid, carefully coordinated trajectory in which the position of drawing is continually questioned and shifted.

Opening the program, Greek artist Georgia Sagri explores the body’s capacity for transformation. In her work, drawing precedes performance, functioning as a space where gestures take shape and emotions are deposited.

Next come two artists for whom drawing is intimately intertwined with performance. With Jimmy Robert, a tension unfolds between gesture and trace, as a roll of paper serves simultaneously as constraint and surface of inscription. The final marks raise questions about what remains of the performance.

The following event features British artist Juliette Blightman, who stages the space: suspended drawings, garment creations, a fashion show, and an original soundtrack together compose a performative space-time.

Drawing then extends into space, invading the walls with Diogo Pimentão, who transforms paper and graphite into sculptural structures.

To conclude the program, the artist Christine Herzer will maintain a continuous presence at the Drawing Lab, from opening until midnight, tirelessly weaving together writing and drawing.

The "Performances Dessin" program is a co-production of the Drawing Lab and the Centre Pompidou.

Curation :

Jean-Max Colard, Head of Words, Culture and Creation Department, Centre Pompidou

Alice Pialoux, programmer, Service de la parole, département culture et création Centre Pompidou

Rendezvous :

Georgia Sagri : Thursday, January 15, 7pm.

Jimmy Robert : Wednesday, January 21, 7pm.

Juliette Blightman: Sunday, January 25, 5pm.

Diogo Pimentão: Wednesday, January 28, 7pm.

Christine Herzer: Saturday, January 31, 11am to midnight.