# Kerry James Marshall exhibition in Paris > Developing situation record from CLSTR: https://clstr.news/situations/kerry-james-marshall-exhibition-in-paris > Updated: 2026-10-31T13:00:15.000Z. Sources: 4. Developments: 2. The Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris has launched “The Histories,” the first major French retrospective dedicated to American painter Kerry James Marshall. The exhibition features more than 70 monumental works spanning over 40 years of the artist’s career and is scheduled to run through January 24, 2027. Marshall’s figurative works focus on Black life and aim to challenge the historical exclusion of Black communities within the art historical canon. His paintings utilize the color black as a rhetorical tool to explore themes of racial history and identity. The collection includes counterfactual portraits of historical figures, such as Harriet Tubman and David Walker, intended to depict their “full humanity.” This exhibition follows previous presentations at the Royal Academy of Arts in London and Kunsthaus Zürich. The Parisian display is organized into 12 sections and utilizes a single path through the space, which differs from the layout used in the London presentation. ## Timeline ### 2026-10-31: Kerry James Marshall retrospective opens at Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris The Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris is hosting “The Histories,” the first French retrospective of American artist Kerry James Marshall, featuring 70 paintings centered on Black life. 2 sources. https://clstr.news/cluster/kerry-james-marshall-retrospective-opens-at-muse-dart-moderne-de-paris-1 ### 2026-10-26: Kerry James Marshall exhibition debuts at Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris Kerry James Marshall’s first French retrospective, “The Histories,” features 70 works at the Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris through January 2027. 2 sources. https://clstr.news/cluster/kerry-james-marshall-exhibition-debuts-at-muse-dart-moderne-de-paris --- Cite as: Kerry James Marshall exhibition in Paris. CLSTR, https://clstr.news/situations/kerry-james-marshall-exhibition-in-paris