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INFO LA DEPECHE. At the end of the year, rapper Oli, from Bigflo & Oli, will curate an exhibition at the Abattoirs museum in Toulouse. He has carte blanche to select works from the establishment’s collections, and is preparing an event that will bring together contemporary art and rap.
The famous Toulouse rapper Oli frees himself from his accomplice brother Bigflo for an exhibition which he will soon curate at the Abattoirs museum in Toulouse. If the cultural institution remains very discreet about this project which is already well advanced, we nevertheless know from a reliable source that Olivio Ordoñez has carte blanche to choose works from the collection of the Abattoirs museum, which has 5,000 but not only. He also plans to bring other parts and installations to Toulouse to complete. Guests will also participate in this event, which will bring together art and rap. No date has been officially communicated yet, but it is rumored that the opening will be in December 2024.
For now, the Musée des Abattoirs is hosting “Opening Eyes”, its new exhibition produced in partnership with the Château d’eau gallery, currently closed due to major expansion work. Inaugurated this weekend, this exhibition will house 250 photos and three installations for eight months (until May 18, 2025). Photographers of the XXe and 21e century expose their vision of the world in all its splendor, its excess, its metamorphosis and its violence.
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Furthermore, the museum pays homage to the end of 2025 one of the pillars of the pop art movement, Roy Lichtenstein. As part of its policy of major exhibitions, after Niki de Saint-Phalle and Giacometti, it should attract a large audience to the left bank of the Garonne.
Amateur d’art
In this temple of contemporary art, Oli is therefore preparing to soon carve out his own place. The 28-year-old young man is not just a musician, far from it. Alongside his brother Bigflo, both have already shown their ability to produce a big event such as the Rose Festival, the third edition of which took place at the beginning of September in the MEETT parking lot in Aussonne. The two brothers also launched their clothing brand, Visionnaire, with which they collaborate with designers.
On a personal level, Oli has already shown his attachment to contemporary art. He has therefore purchased works by artists he appreciates on several occasions. This is the case of the Toulouse painter Karl N’da Adopo, for example, whom he recently spotted on social networks. Oli bought him two paintings, took him under his wing and helped launch his career.
