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From ‘icône’ in French to ‘icon’ in English, from holy image to visual sign, from the sacred and venerated image to the symbol, this fourteenth exhibit at Maison Particulière explores both the intellectual significance and the emblematic figures of icons.

Spanning eras and styles, sweeping across the tastes and loves of each and every one, Icon(s) also seeks to be seen as iconoclastic. Rare is the exhibit where religious icons are found side by side with cartoon strips and contemporary art, which explains why the word Icon(s) is presented in both singular and plural form. Plural, because …