Galerie Anne-Laure Buffard
Adrianna Wallis / Diane Esmond
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"Il restera la gravité"
Adrianna Wallis, Bijou Bougie, 2012. Courtesy of Anne-Laure Buffard and the artist.
Il restera la gravité is the first gallery exhibition of French artist Adrianna Wallis, recognized for her exhibitions and performances exploring the notion of memory at the intersection of personal and collective histories, as seen in Les lettres ordinaires at the Musée des Archives nationales, 11 petites soucoupes at the MAHJ, and her upcoming participation in the group exhibition Les vies minuscules (Centre Pompidou – Panthéon).
Realized with the support of the Centre National des Arts Plastiques, this exhibition is an ambitious project that brings together key elements of the artist’s work developed over several years and the artworks of her grandmother, painter Diane Esmond. In 2021, Adrianna discovered a long-suppressed family story: three historians successively contacted her regarding paintings looted from her grandmother’s studio during World War II. This revelation profoundly affected Adrianna Wallis, who realized that, since childhood, she had only objects and narratives to access an entire chapter of her past.
Through this discovery, she has instinctively explored the emotional relationship we maintain with the objects around us, through a body of pictorial, sculptural, and installation works. These works form the core of the exhibition Il restera la gravité, which will take place across the two spaces of Galerie Anne-Laure Buffard, at 6 and 13 rue Chapon, in dialogue with a selection of previously
unseen drawings and paintings by Diane Esmond.
Solo show of Adrianna Wallis
From May 5 to June 16, 2026
With the support of the 
Centre national des arts plastiques.
Rendez-Vous
Friday 23 May 2025 from 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm
Night opening – Galerie Anne-Laure Buffard
Friday 29 May 2026 from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm
Cocktail – Galerie Anne-Laure Buffard
Saturday 30 May 2026 from 3:30 pm to 6:00 pm
Three rounds of guided tours – Galerie Anne-Laure Buffard
Paris, France 6 Rue Chapon
75003 Paris, France 01 45 31 72 51 annelaurebuffard.com
The gallery
Founded in 2022, Galerie Anne-Laure Buffard represents a select stable of international artists to whom it offers tailor-made support for collectors and museums alike, forging privileged relationships with festivals (Les rencontres d'Arles, Bratislava Biennale, 100% Villette, Photo Phomn Pehn. ...) and institutions (Victoria and Albert Museum, Huis Marseille in Amsterdam, MEP, BNF, Musée Guimet, Amis de Pompidou...), accompanying each project with a bilingual publication signed by renowned authors from the art scene (Fiona Rogers, Guillaume Logé, Grégoire Prangé, Michel Poivert, Nanda van den Berg...).
With a particular penchant for issues of representation and narrative, Galerie Anne-Laure Buffard represents artists from different generations and in a variety of practices - painting, sculpture, photography, poetry, video, installation and digital art - acknowledging the porosity of approaches and mediums in contemporary art. From the outset, the gallery has participated in leading international fairs such as Paris Photo, Art Paris, Art Brussels and Asia Now.
Gallery artists
Elie Bouisson, Gilles Caron, Pauline-Rose Dumas, Yoshimi Futamura, Ilanit Illouz, Nhu Xuan Hua, Park Chae Biole, Park Chae Dalle, Pierre-Elie de Pibrac, Antoine Ronin, Bachelot & Caron
