In this episode, we visit the exhibition Stories of Paper with the exhibition’s curators Xavier Salmon and Victor Hundsbuckler, respectively Director and Curator at the Department of Drawings & Prints at the Musée du Louvre.

Stories of Paper explores the special material’s qualities and how, even as digital technologies threaten to make paper obsolescent, this most universal of media continues to occupy an essential place in contemporary creativity, enquiry, and self-expression.

The exhibition Stories of Paper is on show at Louvre Abu Dhabi from the 20th of April until the 24th of July 2022. 

On Show is a podcast produced by Louvre Abu Dhabi.

Our warm thanks go to our guests Xavier Salmon and Victor Hundsbuckler for their participation and the team of France Museum for their support. 

This podcast episode is also available in Arabic and French on the Louvre Abu Dhabi mobile app and our website: louvreabudhabi.ae

Executive production, preparation and scripting : Amine Kharchach, Marine Botton.
Episode host: Marine Botton.
Recording: Amine Kharchach, Richard Haggan.
Post-production, music and mix: Making Waves.
Show cover: Maysa Sultan

Artwork credits: Under the Wave off Kanagawa. Katsushika Hokusai (1760 – 1849), c. 1830 – 1832, Japan, ink and colour on paper. Louvre Abu Dhabi (LAD 2020.91). © Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi. Photo: Ismail Noor / Seeing Things