Fireside Chat with Edouard Duval-Carrié

As part of “From Venice with Love,” The Betsy welcomes master contemporary artist Edouard Duval-Carrié for an intimate fireside conversation exploring the exhibition’s central themes—migration, memory, Vodou symbolism, and the Caribbean narratives his work powerfully reimagines.

Curated by Carl-Philippe Juste, the retrospective is on view August 1–November 15, 2026, with Duval-Carrié’s work filling The Betsy Gallery and extending into public space through nightly video art on The Betsy Orb throughout August.

Born and raised in Haiti, Duval-Carrié left under the Duvalier regime as a teenager and later lived in Puerto Rico, New York, Montreal, Paris, and Miami. From his Little Haiti studio, he creates luminous, politically charged sculptures and mixed-media paintings evoking magical realism—work recently highlighted through his participation in the 61st Venice Biennale.

Hosted by Rosie Gordon-Wallace (founder of Diaspora Vibe Cultural Arts Incubator), the evening also features a dance performance by A’Keitha Carey, Bahamas-born artist and FIU PhD candidate in Global Dance—bringing movement and embodied storytelling into dialogue with Duval-Carrié’s visual world.

Presented by The Betsy Writer's Room, FIU Public Humanities Lab, and GMCVB Art of Black, with support from Jorge Perez Family Foundation CreARTE Grant.