"Wolfgang Tillmans's photographs and films of intimate proximity and everyday encounters found home in the expanses of the Pompidou's decanted library alongside open stacks and other remnants. They engaged in a process of slowing down and reflecting on public life, probing how we want to share our public spaces and inhabit time."
"Probably the largest monographic exhibition I've ever seen and definitely the most generous. He offered us his photographs, his archive, his videos, his art collection and a chance to make our own photocopies of his images."
"This stood out because it combined architectural daring, conceptual depth, institutional significance and sensory inventiveness. It wasn't just a big exhibition, it was a cultural moment that asked serious questions about how art works today, how museums work, how images work."
"I loved how the library became part of the experience-a living context rather than a backdrop. The installation was inseparable from the work: the hang, the desktop-screen pieces, the table works, the reflections, even the books on the shelves."
Wolfgang Tillmans's installation occupied the Pompidou's decanted library, using photographs, films, videos, archive material and parts of his art collection to create an immersive, domestic-scale environment. The work foregrounded intimate proximity and everyday encounters while inviting slower modes of looking and shared use of public space. Visitors could interact with reproductions and make photocopies, blurring boundaries between archive, artwork and audience. Curators and directors noted the exhibition's architectural daring, conceptual depth and sensory inventiveness, and praised the library's integration into the installation as inseparable from the artworks and essential to the experience.
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