Exposition Portraits de Résistantes : Mémoire et Liberté au Centre Paris Anim' Maurice Ravel

The CPA Maurice Ravel features an art exhibition space known as the Galerie Maurice Ravel. Each season, this gallery hosts several exhibitions showcasing various techniques representative of contemporary artistic creation (painting, drawing, photography, collage, printmaking, digital art, urban art, etc.).

Through these exhibitions, we make a point of offering our visitors the opportunity to discover art in varied and original forms and meet artists with diverse backgrounds, particularly during exhibition openings.

November exhibition: 'Exposition Portraits de Résistantes : Mémoire et Liberté', from 03 to 26 November 2026 👩‍🎨

Free admission, organized as part of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.

The exhibition highlights women from different countries and different eras who resisted through political action, social engagement, protecting children, passing on knowledge, or defending their territory. The common thread is not war itself but transmission, survival, and humanity: how women protect, nurture, educate, and defend life, often through means other than armed violence.

For the occasion, Katia Odartchenko and Maria Reyes invited artists Maria Luisa Muller and Federica Matta. Their work reminds us that art is also a tool for resistance and reflection.

The exhibition is supported by the Local Culture Commission of the 12th arrondissement town hall and the Embassy of the Dominican Republic in France.

A special program has been designed around it, feel free to explore it in more detail below.

Save the date! 📅

Tuesday 03 November at 18h: Opening reception in the presence of the artists and families of resistance fighters. 🥂

Tuesday 17 November at 18h15: Screening evening and panel discussions around the films 'Au nom de tous mes frères' & 'Yvonne', organized by researcher and director Samuel Laurent Xu. Meeting at Théâtre Douze.🎥

Wednesday 25 November at 18h: Screening of the film about the Mirabal sisters, as part of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, in partnership with the Embassy of the Dominican Republic in France. Meeting at Théâtre Douze.🎥