From September 5 to November 2, 2025, Galerie Claude Bernard honors Boris Zaborov

Painter of memory and silence, Boris Zaborov is honored in a poignant and immersive retrospective.

Explore a body of work marked by exile and intimacy

Born in Minsk in 1935 and living in Paris since 1981, Boris Zaborov has developed a unique visual language, inspired by archival photos and personal memories.
His canvases, with their muted tones and dense materials, give life to effaced silhouettes, frozen faces and absent gazes, as if suspended in time. The exhibition offers a sensitive plunge into a world deeply marked by Soviet history and uprootedness.

A rare and precious exhibition

Galerie Claude Bernard, which has accompanied him since 1983, presents major works here, as well as drawings, notebooks and visual archives. An uncluttered display, respectful of the artist’s silence, the better to let his voice be heard.

More than a retrospective, it’s a tribute to an essential work, in which each canvas becomes a fragment of memory. Zaborov did not paint to represent, but to evoke oblivion, trace and passage.

Why is it relevant in Paris?

In a capital saturated with images and rhythm, this exhibition imposes a slow, meditative and profound gaze.
It offers a salutary counterpoint to the spectacular autumn exhibitions, and puts intimacy back at the heart of the artistic gesture.
Galerie Claude Bernard becomes a poetic refuge, perfect for a sensitive parenthesis at the start of the new school year.

Practical information

📅 Dates: September 5 to November 2, 2025
📍 Venue: Galerie Claude Bernard, 7-9 rue des Beaux-Arts, 75006 Paris
🕒 Opening hours: Tuesday to Saturday, 2pm-7pm
🚇 Access: metro line 4 (Saint-Germain-des-Prés)
🎟️ Free admission – no reservation necessary
🔗 Further information: galerieclaudebernard.com

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