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Martin Parr’s ‘Global Warning’ Opens Jan. 30 at Paris’s Jeu de Paume

Conceived as his most overt political statement, the self‑curated survey recasts decades of work on consumption, tourism, climate and technology.

Overview

  • The exhibition runs January 30 to May 24, 2026 at the Jeu de Paume in Paris.
  • Parr selected 180 images from roughly 56,000 in the Magnum archive with director Quentin Bajac and gallerist Clémentine de la Féronnière.
  • Parr described the show as the first time he stated his political aims with such clarity, centering overconsumption, mass tourism and environmental strain.
  • Quentin Bajac says Parr wanted the serious dimension of his work to be recognized, and the exhibition was planned before the photographer’s death.
  • The retrospective situates Parr’s shift from black‑and‑white to vivid color and flash, his breakthrough with Last Resort, and his later leadership at Magnum Photos.