It was under the dual seal of rebirth that Wahib Chehata began his career as an artist. Having worked in various roles related to art direction and honed his eye in the publishing and production sectors, he took the plunge in the early 2010s with a very clear vision of what his work should be. Drawing inspiration from Renaissance painting, he sought to create new works that were more than mere images. What Renaissance artists and architects proposed at the turn of the 15th century, through the use of perspective and the reappropriation of classical subjects, was a re-examination of humanity’s place within the prevailing conception of the world.

The Hamid Khellafi Gallery is delighted to present two major works by Dalila Dalléas Bouzar at the AKAA – Also Known As Africa 2025 art fair in Paris.

Encountering the world begins with the hands. Although Dalila Dalléas Bouzar has gained recognition in recent years for her engaged performances, textile installations and embroidery work, drawing and painting remain at the very heart of her practice. Everything begins with the body – her own and that of others – which she activates, sets in motion, and represents.

The 1-54 London art fair has invited the Hamid Khellafi Gallery to present its exhibition Do you hear the landscape? at the Afreximbank stand, bringing together Algerian artists through painting, photography and video. The exhibition explores the landscape as a mirror of the self and as a place of collective memory, resistance and resilience.

For her first carte blanche, Galerie Hamid Khellafi invites artist Dalila Dalléas Bouzar to take over the space with a collective and socially engaged project. For this temporary exhibition, the artist brings together M’Barka Amor and Charlotte Yoga to engage in dialogue with her universe, through a confrontation of sensitive and political practices. This carte blanche marks a desire to create a space for conversation between different mediums and perspectives, around the notions of body, history and memory.

Whilst the gallery is closed for the summer, a work of art – a sculpture that looks more lifelike than life itself – takes centre stage at the Summer Group Show.

Next Level. The Hamid Khellafi gallery changes its level for a summer. After the opening of its cycle dedicated to Algerian artists in February 2025, and the first solo exhibitions of Chemsedine Herriche, Adlane Samet and Mehdi Djelil, the gallery inaugurates a new stage with Summer Group Show, an evolving group exhibition. It marks a turning point in programming: a transition from the singular to the multiple, from the monograph to the multi-voice conversation.

Painting survived the flood. As an introduction, Mehdi Djelil, known as Bardi, likes to recall the story that discipline carries with her from the caves and negative hands. He sees even modern art reviving this quest for an innocent gaze, a way of speaking to the intelligence through the eyes, first and foremost through color and line.

In the first gesture, something is decided that has no shape yet. It’s a color, an energy, a way of rubbing, tapping, pressing, brushing. These are raw emotions. The term is important. Adlane Samet has no plan when he starts a painting. He determines the format and the technique, charcoal or acrylic, which in turn will give rise to subjects, figures, something of a dramaturgy.

It is undoubtedly expected that a gallerist shows what he likes and the artists he believes in. However, the open window Hamid Khellafi offers on Algeria for the years 2025-2026 is of a different kind of commitment. Through this cycle of exhibitions, which presents around twenty artists without any medium limitations, he introduces us to the richness and diversity of the contemporary Algerian and Franco-Algerian art scene...

The first exhibition in a series dedicated to showcasing the richness and vitality of contemporary Algerian artists, Industrial Moons brings together several works by Chemsedine Herriche. Living and working in Paris, the Franco-Algerian artist focuses on memories in particular and on forms of archaic resonances that may be shared. His work, playing with ellipses, unfolds like a fragmented narrative, a contemporary story in search of origins.

For his first solo exhibition, photographer Yann Weber brings together multiple heroines and heroes at the Hamid Khellafi gallery, their magnetic presence and organic aura enhanced by his lens. Marked by great sensuality, his work opens a new window onto the glittering and often fantasized world of pop culture through a personal and intimate approach.

For this new autumn exhibition, the Hamid Khellafi Gallery has chosen to highlight a fascinating facet of the multidisciplinary artist Maurice Marty, revealing the full richness and depth of his pictorial work. An artist renowned for his work on metal design pieces, and with a background as a designer and architect, Marty is a creator whose diverse influences fuel a unique approach to art. Having dedicated an exhibition to him last summer, centred on his talents as a designer, the Gallery has this time decided to focus on his work as a painter, with particular attention paid to his iconic series ‘Les Lueurs’…

A bolt, then another. The assembly line speeds up and, in a few minutes, one of the most memorable sequences of Modern Times is created. While Charlie Chaplin turned a mechanical operation into a comedic device, he also outlined a world where production is fragmented, made in series, and assembled. The design of objects becomes the domain of the industrial designer, part engineer, part draftsman.

This second phase of the exhibition will allow the public and collectors to grasp the essence of Haddi's work in his most unusual shots and full of a street and an urban soul, but also irony and sensuality that highlight the artist's multifaceted personality, as well as fashion.

A photographer of movement, of dance, capturing its sensuality as much as its technique, the beauty and the pain of contorted bodies, which convey vivid sensations and emotions to the audience, Yang Wang conveys all the beauty and complexity of his work on dancers.

Michel Haddi's shots were exhibited in the Milan Art Gallery 29 Arts in progress located in Via San Vittore 13. A path divided into two phases, the first was held at the end of 2023 and the second in the first months of 2024. Both under the name "Michel Haddi: beyond fashion".

29 ARTS IN PROGRESS gallery is pleased to announce the exhibition entitled « LIGHTS UP » – Photographs by Gian Paolo Barbieri and Michel Haddi, at the new exhibition space “LA RAMPA” located in the exclusive and intimate art & design mall « Gallaria Sonne » in Silvaplana.