CONTEMPORARY ART EXHIBITION "DISAPPEARING FOR A FEW CENTURIES AND RETURNING"

From Saturday, March 14, 2026, to Monday, August 31, 2026

"Disappearing for a Few Centuries and Returning" by Sara Ouhaddou, a contemporary art exhibition in dialogue with the permanent collection of the archaeological site Lattara-Henri Prades Museum, from March 14 to August 31, 2026.

Archaeology and Contemporary Works

Opening the doors of archaeological collections to contemporary creation is one of the specificities of the Lattara-Henri Prades archaeological site, which invites an artist each year to immerse themselves in the museum's permanent exhibition. The resulting exhibition establishes a fruitful dialogue between contemporary artworks, most of which are produced for this occasion, and those discovered during archaeological excavations.

Sara Ouhaddou is an artist who lives and works in France and Morocco. In her artistic practice, she explores traditional know-how while always tracing the original history of each craft studied: its gestures, its circulations, its influences.

In the face of archaeological objects from the ancient Mediterranean world, Sara Ouhaddou's perspective overlays another geography: that of the Arab world, North African Mediterranean, migrations, and ancient dialogues between the two shores. She adds an unprecedented collaboration with the museum team, drawing inspiration from the intimate relationship maintained daily with the objects, often far from the public's gaze.

In this exhibition, conceived as a role-playing game where the researcher becomes the artist, the artist-researcher, the curator-director, the explorer-curator, and the archaeologist-craftsman, she places knowledge at the service of creation, to nourish the works and extend the movement of objects through time.

An exhibition produced in partnership with MO.CO Montpellier Contemporain.

Opening Hours:

Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, from 10 AM to 12 PM and 1:30 PM to 5:30 PM
Saturday, Sunday, and public holidays, from 2 PM to 6 PM (from November 1 to March 31) and from 2 PM to 7 PM (from April 1 to October 31).
Weekly closure on Tuesday.
Exceptional closures: May 1, July 14, and August 15.

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