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Visitors Poll is a survey of the exhibition-going public which Haacke has carried out on numerous occasions since 1969, updating the questions for each new version and context. This survey takes up the method of the sociological survey carried out by Pierre Bourdieu to prepare his studies L’Amour de l’art (1966) and La Distinction (1979), which analysed the logics of class underpinning individuals’ relationships to art and culture. It also extends Bourdieu’s critique of public opinion polls, which simplify societal tensions in order to corroborate existing political discourses.

Hans Haacke’s work is an emblematic example of institutional critique, a current which from the 1960s onwards sought to highlight the political, economic and social functioning of artistic and social institutions. An active participant in the social and political struggles of the 1960s as part of the Art Workers’ Coalition, Haacke became known for his installations that critiqued the ways in which art was financed by harmful and unethical businesses.

The N-th Gallery is the Palais de Tokyo’s online exhibition space. Integrated into the institution’s website, it hosts artworks, experiences, images, videos, texts, and experiments, within a framework of ongoing experimentation and critical inquiry.

Temporary and evolving, the N-th Gallery enables the Palais de Tokyo to remain responsive, while offering visibility to artists through its digital platforms. It also establishes a direct connection with audiences by providing free, online access to artworks and artistic propositions, sometimes ahead of their presentation in the Palais’s physical spaces.

A space to look, read, and experiment differently; here and now, from anywhere.