For one weekend, visitors will get the opportunity to discover Simon Fujiwara’s exhibition through a new lens. Mudam invited intellectual historian François Cusset to offer a philosophical reading of A Whole New World, through a Regards Croisés guided tour and a conversation with the artist.

This programme opens new perspectives on the exhibition: together, Fujiwara and Cusset will reflect on the blurred boundaries between reality and fiction, image and identity, entertainment and critique.

An invitation to think, question and dive deep into A Whole New World.

Saturday 20.06.2026  
15:30 – 16:30  
Regards Croisés – Commodification 360°  
With Prof. François Cusset

Sunday 21.06.2026  
14:30 – 16:30  
Mudam Talk. Deconstructing MudamLand  
With Prof. François Cusset and artist Simon Fujiwara, moderated by Clara Froumenty

Biographies: 

François Cusset (1969, Paris) is a writer and intellectual historian who lives in Paris. A professor of intellectual history and American studies at University of Paris Nanterre, he also gives seminars at Sciences-Po Paris, in various Swiss and Belgian art schools, as well as graduate schools in the US. He started his professional life in New York City (1991–2000) holding successive positions as a journalist, cultural attaché, and literary agent. The author of twelve acclaimed works of nonfiction, from political pamphlets to global intellectual history, he has also authored three novels and an experimental narrative on the 2020 Covid lockdown. Among his books translated from the French: French Theory: How Foucault, Derrida, Deleuze & Co. transformed the Intellectual Life of the United States (University of Minnesota Press, 2008), The Inverted Gaze: Queering French Literature in America (Arsenal Pulp, 2011), How the World Swung to the Right: Fifty Years of Counterrevolutions (Semiotext(e)/MIT Press, 2018), and The World Unleashed: New Logics of Violence (n-1 edições, 2025). He is currently working on a book about machofascism and the future of masculinity, forthcoming in 2027.

Simon Fujiwara (1982, London) has held solo exhibitions at institutions such as Kiasma, Helsinki (2024); Prada Aoyama, Tokyo (2022); Fondazione Prada, Milan (2021); Blaffer Art Museum, Dallas (2020); Lafayette Anticipations, Paris; Kunsthaus Bregenz (2018); Kunsthalle Düsseldorf (2016); Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Harvard University, Cambridge (2014); KunstvereinBraunschweig (2013); Tate St. Ives (2012); The Power Plant, Toronto (2011) and Julia Stoschek Collection, Düsseldorf (2010). He has participated in numerous group exhibitions and biennials including at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago; M+, Hong Kong (2025); Ulsan Museum (2023); Hamburger Kunsthalle (2022); Schwules Museum, Berlin (2020); The Shed, New York; 16th Istanbul Biennial; Hamburger Bahnhof (2019); Museum Angewandte Kunst, Frankfurt am Main (2017); Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York (2015); 9th Shanghai Biennale (2012) and the 53rd International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia (2009). His work is held in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, New York; Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; Tate, London; Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo; Hamburger Kunsthalle; Centre Pompidou, Paris and Fondazione Prada, Milan. Simon Fujiwara lives and works in Berlin.