Le Temps de la Parole with the Cité internationale des arts

As part of the off-site programming for the exhibition To Make Space for the World (October 8, 2026 – January 16, 2027), the Cité internationale des arts presents a series of talks activating Ibrahim Mahama’s installation Parliament of Ghosts. Mahama is currently an artist-in-residence at the Cité during his exhibition The Harvest Season at the Fondation Cartier. On this occasion, Bénédicte Alliot, Executive Director of the Cité internationale des arts, will be in conversation with Zahia Rahmani. 

Zahia Rahmani is a writer and art historian. At the INHA (Institut national d'histoire de l'art), she directs the "Histoire de l’art mondialisée" research program, dedicated to non-European critical and artistic practices. At the INHA, she has supported the work of numerous emerging historians and curators who have contributed to renewing contemporary art research. The author of an acclaimed literary trilogy (including Muslim: A Novel, winner of the 2020 Albertine Prize), she has led major projects such as Made in Algeria : Généalogie d'un territoire et Sismographie des luttes : Vers une histoire globale des revues critiques et culturelles. Her current research focuses on the colonization of landscapes and the history of the Parisian suburbs (banlieues).

The Cité internationale des arts is the world's largest artists' residency. Since 1965, it has brought together over 300 artists of all origins, generations, and disciplines simultaneously in the heart of Paris. It curates an artistic and cultural program that highlights the work of resident artists while affirming the role of the residency as a site for dialogue and experimentation.