Nos diables rouges, nos dérives commotions (...) danse papillon
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Broadway between 41st and 49th Streets
New York, NY
Start:
Nov 1, 2026
End:
Nov 30, 2026
Nightly, 11:57pm – 12am
View Public Programming
Broadway between 41st and 49th Streets
New York, NY
Start:
Nov 1, 2026
End:
Nov 30, 2026
Nightly, 11:57pm – 12am
View Public Programming
In Julien Creuzet’s Nos diables rouges, nos dérives commotions (...) danse papillon, a masked, glistening figure adorned with mirrors emerges across the screen and never reveals itself. The protagonist is a fixture of the Martinican carnival, roaming the streets as a festive specter. Its annual appearance during Martinique's Mardi Gras opens a symbolic portal to worlds buried in the folds of history, hybridized beliefs, and exiled tales. Although resolutely local and specific, this figure has parallel resonance across other regions, such as Haiti, Brazil, and the Gulf of Guinea.
Turning to Greek and Roman mythology as symbolic allies, Creuzet often engages with alternative and marginalized histories absent from dominant narratives to create new meanings. Here, he references Saint George, Perseus, and Andromeda—their significance becomes fluid, shifting matrices traversing history and the present.
November's Midnight Moment is presented in partnership with the Toronto Biennial of Art, which is presenting a simultaneous presentation of Nos diables rouges, nos dérives commotions (...) danse papillon in Toronto's Sankofa Square, on view September 26–December 20, 2026. The Toronto Biennial of Art is curated by Allison Glenn.
In Julien Creuzet’s Nos diables rouges, nos dérives commotions (...) danse papillon, a masked, glistening figure adorned with mirrors emerges across the screen and never reveals itself. The protagonist is a fixture of the Martinican carnival, roaming the streets as a festive specter. Its annual appearance during Martinique's Mardi Gras opens a symbolic portal to worlds buried in the folds of history, hybridized beliefs, and exiled tales. Although resolutely local and specific, this figure has parallel resonance across other regions, such as Haiti, Brazil, and the Gulf of Guinea.
Turning to Greek and Roman mythology as symbolic allies, Creuzet often engages with alternative and marginalized histories absent from dominant narratives to create new meanings. Here, he references Saint George, Perseus, and Andromeda—their significance becomes fluid, shifting matrices traversing history and the present.
November's Midnight Moment is presented in partnership with the Toronto Biennial of Art, which is presenting a simultaneous presentation of Nos diables rouges, nos dérives commotions (...) danse papillon in Toronto's Sankofa Square, on view September 26–December 20, 2026. The Toronto Biennial of Art is curated by Allison Glenn.
A twelve-week event every two years, the Toronto Biennial of Art commissions artists to create new works for a city-wide exhibition in dialogue with Toronto’s diverse local contexts. Year-round public and learning programs bridge Biennials and invite intergenerational audiences to explore the ideas that inspire our events. Building upon past editions and offering new ways of seeing and listening, each Biennial connects people to spark meaningful dialogues and imagine new futures. The Toronto Biennial of Art launched in 2019 and was a popular and critical success. The Biennial provides expanded understandings of contemporary art practices and is building a legacy of free, inclusive, and accessible contemporary arts programming in Toronto and surrounding communities.
Support for Midnight Moment is provided in part by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature; public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council; and the Times Square Advertising Coalition.
Midnight Moment is made possible by the Times Square Advertising Coalition, ABC SuperSign, American Eagle, Big Outdoor, Branded Cities, Clear Channel, Coca-Cola, Diversified, Express, Heritage Outdoor Media, KEVANI, Levi's, LG, Line Friends, McDonald's, Microsoft, Midtown Financial, Morgan Stanley, New Tradition, Outfront, Paramount, Prudential, RXR, Sensory Interactive, Sephora, Sherwood Equities, Show + Tell, Silvercast, Swatch, TSX, and T-Mobile.
Broadway between 41st and 49th Streets
New York, NY
Nightly, 11:57pm – 12am
Julien Creuzet lives and works in Paris. A French-Caribbean visual artist and poet, he actively intertwines these two practices via amalgams of sculpture, installation and textual intervention that frequently address his own diasporic experience. Inspired by the poetic and philosophical reflections of Aimé Césaire and Édouard Glissant on creolization and migration, Creuzet’s work focuses on the troubled intersection of the history of Martinique and the events of European modernity.
Creuzet represented France at the 60th Venice Biennale (2024). He has had solo exhibitions at The Bell, Brown University, Providence, RI; Institute for Contemporary Art at VCU, Richmond, VA (2025); Le Magasin CNAC, Grenoble, France; Performa Biennial, New York, NY; LUMA, Zürich, Switzerland (2023); LUMA, Arles, France; Camden Art Centre, London, UK (2022); Centre Pompidou, Paris, France (2021); Palais De Tokyo, Paris, France (2019); Centre d’Art Neuchâtel, Switzerland (2019); Fondation d'Entreprise Ricard, Paris, France (2018); Bétonsalon, Paris, France (2018). He is included in the collections of Centre Pompidou, Paris; CNAP, Paris; MMK, Frankfurt; Fondation Villa Datris, L’Isle-sur-la-Sorgue; Fondation d’entreprise Galeries Lafayette, Paris; Carré d’Art-Musée d’art contemporain, Nîmes; KADIST Foundation, Paris; Yale University Art Gallery, CT; Hessel Museum of Art, CCS Bard, NY.
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Julien Creuzet
Julien Creuzet lives and works in Paris. A French-Caribbean visual artist and poet, he actively intertwines these two practices via amalgams of sculpture, installation and textual intervention that frequently address his own diasporic experience. Inspired by the poetic and philosophical reflections of Aimé Césaire and Édouard Glissant on creolization and migration, Creuzet’s work focuses on the troubled intersection of the history of Martinique and the events of European modernity.
Creuzet represented France at the 60th Venice Biennale (2024). He has had solo exhibitions at The Bell, Brown University, Providence, RI; Institute for Contemporary Art at VCU, Richmond, VA (2025); Le Magasin CNAC, Grenoble, France; Performa Biennial, New York, NY; LUMA, Zürich, Switzerland (2023); LUMA, Arles, France; Camden Art Centre, London, UK (2022); Centre Pompidou, Paris, France (2021); Palais De Tokyo, Paris, France (2019); Centre d’Art Neuchâtel, Switzerland (2019); Fondation d'Entreprise Ricard, Paris, France (2018); Bétonsalon, Paris, France (2018). He is included in the collections of Centre Pompidou, Paris; CNAP, Paris; MMK, Frankfurt; Fondation Villa Datris, L’Isle-sur-la-Sorgue; Fondation d’entreprise Galeries Lafayette, Paris; Carré d’Art-Musée d’art contemporain, Nîmes; KADIST Foundation, Paris; Yale University Art Gallery, CT; Hessel Museum of Art, CCS Bard, NY.
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Julien Creuzet
Julien Creuzet lives and works in Paris. A French-Caribbean visual artist and poet, he actively intertwines these two practices via amalgams of sculpture, installation and textual intervention that frequently address his own diasporic experience. Inspired by the poetic and philosophical reflections of Aimé Césaire and Édouard Glissant on creolization and migration, Creuzet’s work focuses on the troubled intersection of the history of Martinique and the events of European modernity.
Creuzet represented France at the 60th Venice Biennale (2024). He has had solo exhibitions at The Bell, Brown University, Providence, RI; Institute for Contemporary Art at VCU, Richmond, VA (2025); Le Magasin CNAC, Grenoble, France; Performa Biennial, New York, NY; LUMA, Zürich, Switzerland (2023); LUMA, Arles, France; Camden Art Centre, London, UK (2022); Centre Pompidou, Paris, France (2021); Palais De Tokyo, Paris, France (2019); Centre d’Art Neuchâtel, Switzerland (2019); Fondation d'Entreprise Ricard, Paris, France (2018); Bétonsalon, Paris, France (2018). He is included in the collections of Centre Pompidou, Paris; CNAP, Paris; MMK, Frankfurt; Fondation Villa Datris, L’Isle-sur-la-Sorgue; Fondation d’entreprise Galeries Lafayette, Paris; Carré d’Art-Musée d’art contemporain, Nîmes; KADIST Foundation, Paris; Yale University Art Gallery, CT; Hessel Museum of Art, CCS Bard, NY.
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Julien Creuzet
