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Huang Yong Ping, La Maison d’augures: an Inner Reflection

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  • Thu 21 May 2026, 18:00
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Huang Yong Ping, La Maison d'augures, 1989-1992, Collection Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain
Huang Yong Ping, La Maison d'augures, 1989-1992, Collection Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain. © Archives Huang Yong Ping / Adagp 2026, Paris

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Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain

2, place du Palais-Royal

75001 Paris

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Duration : 45 min

Among the works by Huang Yong Ping held in the Fondation Cartier’s collection, La Maison d’augures (1989–1992) is one of his most iconic pieces. The work takes the form of a vast tent housing various divination tools. Each of these instruments refers to the Yi Jing, the oldest Chinese book of divination. 

Inspired by both traditional Chinese Thought and Western avant-garde movements, the work of Huang Yong Ping (1954–2019) highlights the importance of reciprocal influences between cultures. Upon his arrival in France, by employing divination as a method, Huang Yong Ping introduced an external force into the creative process, allowing the work to emerge according to logics beyond the artist’s control and enabling him to maintain a distance from the dominant currents of Western art. In 1992, he realized that this external force itself called for questioning. La Maison d’augures marks precisely this moment of shift. 

La Maison d’augures will be on special display at the Fondation Cartier starting April 21, 2026, as part of Exposition Générale. To mark the occasion, a gallery talk traces the history of this work and explores its various components. 

Portrait de Sandra Adam

Sandra Adam-Couralet

Sandra Adam-Couralet is an exhibition curator, art historian, and art critic. Since 2021, she has served as curator of the Collection at the Fondation Cartier. Among other projects, she has worked on the exhibitions Siamo Foresta (Triennale, Milan, 2023) and Exposition Générale (Paris, 2025). 

Previously a curator at the Palais de Tokyo, she notably organized the group exhibition Enfance (2018, dramaturgy: Clément Cogitore). In 2016, she served as curator and associate artistic director of Nuit Blanche, organized by Jean de Loisy and the Palais de Tokyo. 

Between 2013 and 2017, Sandra Adam-Couralet was co-producer of the weekly program “Les Regardeurs” on France Culture. Between 2016 and 2019, she served as a columnist on Arnaud Laporte’s program “La Dispute.” 

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