The works of renowned painter Baya Mahieddine are on display at the Grande Mosquée de Paris as part of the exhibition “Until All Is Color” from December 13, 2025, to January 12, 2026. A collection of “still lifes full of life” offering a fresh look at the genius of one of the greatest names in contemporary Algerian art.
At the heart of the Grande Mosquée de Paris, overlooking the Andalusian gardens that attract hundreds of tourists each day, another oasis emerges from the Emir Abdelkader Hall. An oasis made of gouaches bursting with flowers, animals, and plants of every kind. Around fifteen still lifes in total, striking for their vitality, movement, and colors — the unmistakable signature of one of the monuments of contemporary Algerian art: the painter Baya.
“I prefer to call these still lifes ‘living natures,’ because in Baya Mahieddine’s work, color, the frontal quality of the compositions, and the absence of naturalistic perspective give objects an almost animated presence, breaking away from the idea of a fixed genre,” explains exhibition curator Yasmine Azzi-Kohlhepp.
