As part of the program Penser le Présent, Wolfgang Tillmans will conduct the final seminar in his series, titled On My Mind – Extended, at the Beaux-Arts de Paris. On this occasion, the artist will bring together extracts from previous talks in the series, including a focus on museum labels photographed over several decades, as well as subjects he has not yet had time to address, such as ‘Terreur de Luxe’ and ‘Folds’.

Wolfgang Tillmans has been a visiting professor at Beaux-Arts de Paris throughout the 2025-2026 academic year. In addition to around 150 individual one-hour tutorials, he conceived a seminar series for students entitled On My Mind. Each session centred on a specific enquiry, and Tillmans invited participants to explore a collection of images, usually distinct from his own work and conceived instead as a kind of visual notebook. Though arranged typologically (such as ‘How Things Age’ or ‘Corners’), these image groups offered insights into the artist’s thought process and way of seeing.

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