Diego Marcon
Prom
Exhibition from 01 Apr 2026
In 30 days
Free entry, no booking
Monday Closed
Tuesday Closed
Wednesday 11am - 7pm
Thursday 11am - 7pm
Friday 11am - 7pm
Saturday 11am - 7pm
Sunday 11am - 7pm
He blends the architectural codes of late Renaissance Italian theatre – a place of social performance where people come as much to see as to be seen – with the minimalism, comfort and accessibility of modern cinemas, which represent an evolution in our relationship with images and entertainment.
The exhibition presents four films made using a combination of animation techniques, props and animated figurines: The Parents' Room (2021), Dolle (2023), La Gola (2024) and Krapfen (2025) *. Each explores the mechanisms of emotion production by drawing on different film genres such as musicals, burlesque, melodrama and horror films. All are rooted in the intimacy of the home, questioning the norms and taboos that govern human relationships. The characters, often ambivalent, evolve in grotesque, sometimes violent situations that provoke both discomfort and empathy. However, the artist imposes neither morality nor conclusion, avoiding any form of resolution.
For the first time, Diego Marcon unveils some of the objects created and used in the making of his films. Exhibited behind the scenes, animatronics, prosthetics, furniture, and sets shatter the illusion of the moving image and question our perception of truth and the trust we place in images.
Diego Marcon’s work evokes feelings of empathy and vulnerability, without moralizing or offering a fixed conclusion. The exhibition, presented at Lafayette Anticipations, brings together his films set in domestic and private spaces. These intimate, closed-off worlds explore relationships between individuals and probe the power dynamics that shape them.
The title of the exhibition, Prom, is a nod to the American ritual of the high school prom, a popular celebration that marks the transition to adulthood.
His work draws on different cinematic vocabularies, notably from musicals, melodramas, horror films, and slapstick comedies.
* Krapfen is the result of a co-production between the Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo in Turin, Lafayette Anticipations in Paris, the New Museum in New York, the Renaissance Society in Chicago, and the Vega Foundation in Toronto.
Curator: Rebecca Lamarche-Vadel
Architects: Andrea Faraguna, Camilla Morandi et Ari Diamond-Topelson
Cover image: Diego Marcon, Krapfen, 2025 [Still], digital video, colour, sound © Diego Marcon. Courtesy the Artist, Sadie Coles HQ, London, and Galerie Buchholz, Berlin/Cologne/New York. Produced by Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Lafayette Anticipations, New Museum, The Renaissance Society, The Vega Foundation
In partnership with Libération, M Le Monde Magazine, Les Inrockuptibles and Le Bonbon. Thanks to Dulac Cinéma.
Free entry, no booking
Monday Closed
Tuesday Closed
Wednesday 11am - 7pm
Thursday 11am - 7pm
Friday 11am - 7pm
Saturday 11am - 7pm
Sunday 11am - 7pm
