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Galerie Messine is pleased to announce the solo exhibition of
Cyril Massimelli — Interstices / from April 3 to April 25, 2026.

Cyril Massimelli paints scenes from our everyday lives as though they were stage sets in which a strange social comedy unfolds. Whether depicting interiors or outdoor gatherings, his works capture those moments when the promise of encounter dissolves into the indifference of appearances. Balancing between realism and fiction, he overlays temporalities, combining contemporary poses with references to art history, thereby revealing the timelessness of our rituals.

Without judgment, his work exposes the contradictions of a society torn between hedonism and melancholy, between individualism and the desire for community. Each canvas functions as a visual hypothesis: what if our gestures, our silences, our attitudes conveyed something other than what they appear to show?

Born in Paris in 1971 and a graduate of ENSAD, Cyril Massimelli lived and worked in Dresden from 2001 to 2022 before settling in Liège. His career has been shaped through exhibitions across Europe, notably in Leipzig, Dresden, Munich, Paris, and Monaco, …