In fall 2026, the Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain presents The Harvest Season, a major exhibition by Ghanaian artist Ibrahim Mahama. Conceived as a living entity inspired by the art centers Mahama has established in Tamale, northern Ghana, the exhibition transforms the Fondation Cartier’s new building through site-specific commissions and immersive installations. Together, the participating artists explore themes of memory, identity, labor, ecology, and the transmission of collective knowledge.
Among the featured presentations is a selection of works by German-Ghanaian artist Zohra Opoku (b. 1976). Since relocating to Accra in 2011, Opoku has developed a textile-based practice that combines screen printing, embroidery, and personal photography to examine how political, historical, and cultural contexts shape identity. Her presentation includes earlier and recent works, alongside new pieces created specifically for The Harvest Season, an exhibition that reflects on creation as a cyclical process in which history informs collective futures.
Exhibition curators:
Aby Gaye-Duparc (Ibrahim Mahama)
Jeanne Barral (Associate artists)
Associate curator: Chiara Agradi (James Barnor)
Exhibition dates:
October 22, 2026 - February 28, 2027
Zohra Opoku in conversation:
3:30 PM: Transnational Solidarities and the Legacy of the - Non-Aligned Movement
Zohra Opoku and Tjaša Rener, exhibiting artists; and Zola Chichmintseva-Kondamambou, curator and cultural mediator
4:30 PM: Textiles, Craftsmanship and Transmission
N’Goné Fall, exhibition curator; Zohra Opoku and Dorothy Akpene Amenuke, exhibiting artists; and Bernard Akoi-Jackson, artist and professor at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST)
