Paris Noir at the Centre Pompidou – An Intimate Visit with Ana Bloom

Paris Noir au Centre Pompidou – Une visite aux résonances intimes avec Ana Bloom

At the Centre Pompidou, Paris Noir traces more than a century of creation and struggle, through the works and commitments of Black artists who have helped shape the intellectual, political, and artistic scene of France.

From the Paris of Négritude to the contemporary movements of the African and Caribbean diaspora, the exhibition is a dense, moving, and essential journey.

We had the opportunity to visit this exhibition accompanied by Ana Bloom, visual artist and photographer, whose works are also imbued with the notions of memory, identity, and transmission.

A particularly powerful moment of this visit: Ana’s encounter with the panel paying tribute to Lamine Kouyaté, founder of the house Xuly Bët, whom she has known for over 30 years. A friend, a free spirit who has left his mark on Parisian and international fashion with his flamboyant and subversive creations.

Paris Noir ends soon, on June 30. If you are in Paris, don't miss this exhibition.
And for those who cannot attend, we are sharing some images with you, and a lot of emotion.


At Studio Matongé, we had the immense pleasure of bringing together the world of Xuly Bët with that of the painter JP Mika, through a collection of limited edition T-shirts hand-screened in Paris.
This project brings together three artists – JP Mika, Lamine Kouyaté, Ana Bloom – each of whom embodies, in their own way, an aesthetic of power, joy, and resistance.

✨ To discover or rediscover

Flash-back : essayage d'un T-shirt collector de l'exposition Beauté Congo à la Fondation Cartier. Réalisé par Lamine Kouyaté  avec les personnages des toiles de JP MIKA.

At Studio Matongé, we had the immense pleasure of bringing together the world of Xuly Bët with that of the painter JP Mika, through a collection of limited edition T-shirts hand-screened in Paris.
This project brings together three artists – JP Mika, Lamine Kouyaté, Ana Bloom – each of whom embodies, in their own way, an aesthetic of power, joy, and resistance.

✨ To discover or rediscover