Le Bon Marché Rive Gauche welcomes Chinese artist Song Dong

For its 11th artistic edition, Le Bon Marché Rive Gauche invites Chinese artist Song Dong, a leading figure in contemporary art, for an exhibition entitled ‘Objets divers et variés – 百货 (băihuò)’, running from January 10 to February 22, 2026. Renowned for exploring memory, family, and urban transformation, he breathes new life into everyday objects.

The artist, who has exhibited at major museums including New York’s Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), made a lasting impression with ‘Waste Not’, an installation composed of the personal belongings accumulated by his mother throughout her life. Through this gesture, he probes the sentimental and social value of objects, at the intersection of personal history and collective memory.

For the exhibition at Le Bon Marché, the store’s window displays will become a participatory artwork. Customers and employees are invited to lend an object purchased at Le Bon Marché, along with the story behind it. The pieces selected by Song Dong will coalesce into an installation rich in emotion and shared memories.

Two monumental installations will also take place beneath the central glass canopies, while an immersive experience will be offered on the store’s second floor. A call for participation has been open since early October 2025 and can be accessed via a QR code available on Le Bon Marché’s website.

With this exhibition, Song Dong reminds us that every object carries a story, and that, when woven together, these stories tell something of our shared memory.