Vitra Design Museum — 2024
Aspirale in the permanent collection
In 2024, the Vitra Design Museum acquired an Aspirale, a lounge chair by Louis Durot, now presented within its permanent collection alongside landmark seating designs of contemporary design history.
Conceived around 1970, lacquered polyurethane, 68 × 80 × 70 cm.
Fondation Cherqui — 2025
Aubervilliers Design Month
Exhibition of radical design from the 1960s–70s. Louis Durot presented his iconic polyurethane sculptures, including Aspirale (1968), alongside works by Ettore Sottsass, George Nelson, Johanna Grawunder, Rosette Bir and James Irvine.
Curated by Ariana Saenz Espinoza
East West Space — 2025
East West Space, Barcelona
Presentation of Louis Durot's work at East West Space, a gallery specialising in contemporary design and pop art, in Barcelona.
Galerie Sohe — 2022 & 2025
Shanghai: the Table langue edited in bronze
In 2022 and again in 2025, Galerie Sohe in Shanghai — one of the leading venues in China's contemporary design scene — exhibited Louis Durot's work and produced an edition of his iconic Table langue in bronze, reflecting renewed interest in his practice across the Asian continent.
DESTE Foundation — 2013
The System of Objects
Group exhibition at the DESTE Foundation Centre for Contemporary Art in Athens, exploring the relationships between design objects and contemporary art.
Guangdong Museum of Art — 2002
Dreamy Toys in the Adult World
Solo exhibition at the Guangdong Museum of Art in Canton, China. The success of this exhibition led to Louis Durot's appointment as professor at the Canton Academy of Fine Arts.