Youssef Nabil, De Rêver encore

Since the 1990s, the Franco-Egyptian photographer and videographer Youssef Nabil, born in 1972, has been building a body of work with a very strong visual identity, to which the Musée d’Orsay has made a decisive contribution. His first visit to France and his discovery of the museum’s collections in 1992 remain a source of inspiration that has permeated his work for over thirty years, as evidenced by the self-portrait *The Dream* (2021), which draws on *Le Rêve* by Puvis de Chavannes. With this exhibition, Youssef Nabil becomes the first contemporary artist to exhibit in the Orientalist galleries, offering an opportunity to view his works alongside those that have influenced him—works that, together with Symbolism, form the heart of this aesthetic connection.