The Musée du Louvre has announced the commission of Liaisons by Marlene Dumas, opening in December 2025,
Consisting of nine paintings, Liaisons has been conceived for the vast wall of the Porte des Lions atrium, located at the entrance to the museum's Gallery of the Five Continents and the Department of Paintings.
Speaking about the work, Dumas explains, 'My faces are a mixture of the past and the present. I cannot paint the horrors of the ongoing genocides of our times directly, but their shadows did affect the mood under which these faces were made. Portraiture deals with likeness and the recognition of people known. Faces deal with the nameless. They include those dehumanised, like fugitives, branded as aliens.'
Image: Marlene Dumas in front of the Porte des Lions at the Musée du Louvre 2025 © Anton Corbijn
6 Nov 2025
