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A 20-meter inflatable frog is going to take over Place Vendôme!

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The Editor

Nicolas Wefers

From October 22 to 26, 2025, a gigantic fluorescent green inflatable will stretch out in all its glory across the very chic Place Vendôme. This surreal work of art, named Kermit the Frog, is created by the Venezuelan-American artist Alex Da Corte. And it’s set to be as absurd as it is fascinating.

No, you're not dreaming: a giant frog is going to crash into Paris. Imagine the scene: a frog lying flat, 20 meters long, 5 meters high, 7 meters wide, right in the heart of the 1st arrondissement. We're halfway between a psychedelic dream and a viral meme on the Internet.


Pop, surrealism...

In reality, this artwork is inspired by a true incident that occurred in 1991 during the Thanksgiving Parade in New York: the giant balloon of Kermit (one of the main puppets from the Muppets Show television series) tragically crashed into a lamppost, ending its journey on the ground. Alex Da Corte (born in 1980), known for his colorful pop videos and immersive installations, is re-enacting this fall but in a completely different setting: that of luxury at the f...

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... and with a twist

The American artist, known for his colorful installations that blend dark humor and social critique, cleverly reinterprets the icon of Kermit to ironically highlight the failures of an American dream that is deflating.

Between two windows of high-end jewelry, this deflated frog becomes a distorted mirror of our modern obsessions. A striking contrast for a work that is both funny, melancholic, and strangely poetic. To be discovered for free for five days, from October 20 to 26.