Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain in Paris will open “The Harvest Season” (“Le Temps des récoltes”), the first major exhibition in France by Ghanaian artist Ibrahim Mahama, on 22 October 2026. The show runs through 28 February 2027 at the foundation’s new venue at 2 Place du Palais-Royal and brings together signature installations, new works and contributions from nine associated artists and collectives. At the heart of the exhibition is “Things Fall Apart”, an installation that reconstructs parts of a former Ghanaian glass-bottle factory inside the museum using the building’s original materials. By carrying the factory’s history into the institution, Mahama turns an industrial shell into a meditation on labour, raw materials and the afterlives of production. A new version of “Parliament of Ghosts” forms a parliamentary chamber from traditional wooden Ashanti stools, where visitors can sit. During the run the space will also host performances and discussions, extending the exhibition into collective activity. Across the show, Mahama treats the exhibition itself as a living entity, echoing the exchanges behind the art centres he has founded in Tamale, including the Savannah Centre for Contemporary Art, Red Clay Studio and Nkrumah Volini. The associated artists and collectives explore the political, cultural and social utopias articulated during the era of African independence in the 1950s and 1960s. Mahama, who works with discarded jute sacks, industrial remnants and archival materials, has become one of the most prominent artists of his generation: in 2025 he became the first African artist to top ArtReview’s Power 100 list and received the inaugural Gold Medal at the Art Basel Awards.