The exhibition explores a rarely addressed subject: the role of childhood in Giacometti’s creative process. The talk will examine this question in front of the artworks, placing it within a broader context where artists from all backgrounds closely studied children's drawings, giving their own interpretations to childlike creation, much as Petrit Halilaj does today.
Image: Exhibition view © Succession Alberto Giacometti / ADAGP, Paris 2025 © Petrit Halilaj
Emmanuel Pernoud is Emeritus Professor of Contemporary Art History. His research has focused on art and childhood, the graphic arts, and 19th- and 20th-century painting. His notable works include The Invention of Children's Drawing (Hazan, 2003), The Obscure Child (Hazan, 2007), and Hopper: Painting Waiting(Citadelles & Mazenod, 2012). His latest book is titled Chromo de Bazar: The Poor Man’s Painting (Hazan, 2025).