Agnès Varda always knew she wanted to be an artist. Born in 1928 in Ixelles, a small town in Belgium, she moved to Paris as a teenager to study at the École des Beaux-Arts. At 18, while working as a photographer at the Théâtre National Populaire, she changed her given name, Arlette, to Agnès. She broke rules across mediums—her 1954 film debut, La Pointe Courte, was a genre-blurring experiment that helped set the stage for the Nouvelle Vague. Stiff Hollywood conventions were out; jump cuts and handheld cameras were more immediate, dynamic. At the time of her death, in 2019, Varda had made many movies and she was a feminist icon. Her house in the 14th arrondissement still stands, its pink facade and rainbow-painted garage door a testament to her disinct aesthetic. This exhibition celebrates her life and legacy. —Elena Clavarino