Saint Laurent Helps Charlotte Gainsbourg’s First Pictures Exhibition

Supported by Saint Laurent by Anthony Vaccarello, the exhibition presents beforehand unseen images of Serge Gainsbourg’s Paris dwelling earlier than its transformation right into a museum

Charlotte Gainsbourg will current her first images exhibition, 5bis, on the 57th version of the Rencontres d’Arles images pageant. Supported by Saint Laurent by Anthony Vaccarello and Maja Hoffmann, the exhibition is curated by Matthieu Humery and will probably be on view at La Galerie du Cloître in Arles from July 6 by September 6, 2026, earlier than touring to the Saint Laurent Rive Droite boutique in Paris starting September 24.

The exhibition options greater than twenty beforehand unseen images taken by Charlotte Gainsbourg inside 5bis Rue de Verneuil, the longtime Paris dwelling of her father, Serge Gainsbourg. Captured along with her Hasselblad digicam simply earlier than the residence opened as Maison Gainsbourg, the museum devoted to the celebrated singer, songwriter, poet, and actor, the intimate pictures discover the intersection of reminiscence, household, and place.

Conceived as each a private doc and an inventive reflection, 5bis transforms acquainted interiors into evocative portraits of remembrance, tracing the emotional presence of a house that formed Charlotte Gainsbourg’s childhood whereas preserving the legacy of one in all France’s most influential cultural figures.

The exhibition is accompanied by 5bis, a publication from Saint Laurent Editions obtainable in three variations: a typical version of 1,000 copies, a restricted version of 15 books every paired with 5 silver gelatin prints, and 9 artist’s editions that includes an extra silver gelatin print alongside handwritten textual content by Charlotte Gainsbourg. Together, the exhibition and ebook mark a brand new artistic chapter for Gainsbourg, translating private reminiscence into photographic expression.