The Musée du Louvre has acquired its first video work, a bit by the Algeria-born artist Mohamed Bourouissa.
The work, Les 4 temps (The 4 Seasons), focuses on the Tuileries Gardens, the well-known public thoroughfare linking the Paris museum to the Place de la Concorde. Will probably be offered within the Salle de la Chapelle, overlooking the backyard from 22 October-19 January 2026.
Donatien Grau, the Louvre’s head of latest programmes says: “We needed to do, for the primary time, a video portrait of this backyard—the biggest within the centre of Paris, and the one hooked up institutionally to a significant museum.”
The work is linked to Bourouissa’s life and work. Within the distance, guests can see the 4 Temps mall in La Défense, the Paris suburb the place Bourouissa was raised.
Previous to this acquisition, the Louvre invited Bourouissa to current a brand new video every week for a complete 12 months by way of its Instagram channel. Between February 2024 and February 2025, the undertaking has reached tens of millions of viewers.
“Fifty-two weeks and 52 movies—we might observe the lifetime of the backyard for a complete 12 months, throughout the 4 seasons,” Grau explains. “After that, the movies had been faraway from the Instagram channel and Mohamed turned them right into a stand-alone piece, for which he additionally composed the music, recording the vibrations of the vegetation of the backyard.”
Grau provides that the museum is “very proud” that the video has now entered the Louvre assortment. It has performed in order a part of the histoire du Louvre programme, which focuses on referential up to date or historic works that replicate the historical past of the establishment.
“Mohamed was the precise artist; he is among the biggest video artists of our time, has engaged with the logics [workings] of backyard, in addition to with the historical past of artwork that the Louvre embodies,” Grau concludes.
UPDATE: Bourouissa tells The Artwork Newspaper: “I’ve undoubtedly found quite a bit concerning the Tuileries Backyard and the realm across the Louvre. I targeted not simply on the historical past of the sculptures—or on the structure by [the designer] André Le Nôtre, but additionally on the structure, the each day surroundings, the seasonal cycles, and the gardeners and evening guards who work there. It gave me a deeper understanding of the backyard’s character.”
