{"id":15945,"date":"2026-08-21T11:37:39","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T11:37:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/esmeralda.local\/chapters\/second-draft\/"},"modified":"2026-10-14T16:49:19","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T14:49:19","slug":"second-draft","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/esmeraldakosmatopoulos.com\/fr\/works\/second-draft\/","title":{"rendered":"SECOND DRAFT"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"15945\" class=\"elementor elementor-15945\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f424967 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f424967\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-add9b57 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"add9b57\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9b0c51d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"9b0c51d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-225ac9f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"225ac9f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e8d732d e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"e8d732d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-42c9c4e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"42c9c4e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-818fc7a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"818fc7a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1d935f8 elementor-widget__width-initial ek-title elementor-widget elementor-widget-tp-heading-2\" data-id=\"1d935f8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;tp_anima_type&quot;:&quot;tp_fade_bottom&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"tp-heading-2.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\n<div class=\"tp-about-3-title-box tp_fade_bottom\">\n\n\n        \n\n    <h1 class=\"tp-section-title-90 tp_text_invert tp-el-text\">SECOND DRAFT<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dd1ad8d elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"dd1ad8d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"ek-partof\">Part of <a href=\"\/if-the-nose-of-cleopatra\/\"><em>If the Nose of Cleopatra\u2026<\/em><\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9759593 ek-lead elementor-widget elementor-widget-tp-animated-text\" data-id=\"9759593\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;tp_anima_type&quot;:&quot;tp_title_anim&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"tp-animated-text.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\n\n<p data-stagger=\"0.08\" data-speed=\"1\" data-lag=\".2\" class=\" liko-animated-text-widget tp-el-animation-heading tp-section-title-span-padding tp_title_anim lead-chapeau\" data-role=\"lead-chapeau\"><strong><em>SECOND DRAFT<\/em><\/strong> is a text-based art installation by Esmeralda Kosmatopoulos composed of three ancient accounts of Cleopatra, printed on Japanese paper and corrected by hand. By crossing out and replacing words in texts by Plutarch, Flavius Josephus and Cassius Dio, the artist performs the rewriting of history directly on the documents through which it was transmitted.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-da94913 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"da94913\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-73a4a31 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"73a4a31\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-855c09b ek-label elementor-widget elementor-widget-tp-animated-text\" data-id=\"855c09b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"tp-animated-text.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\n\n<p data-stagger=\"0.08\" data-speed=\"1\" data-lag=\".2\" class=\" liko-animated-text-widget 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src=\"https:\/\/esmeraldakosmatopoulos.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/cleo_second-draft_artwork-01-plutarque_institut-du-monde-arabe-paris_02.webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/esmeraldakosmatopoulos.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/cleo_second-draft_artwork-01-plutarque_institut-du-monde-arabe-paris_02-ek900.webp 900w, https:\/\/esmeraldakosmatopoulos.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/cleo_second-draft_artwork-01-plutarque_institut-du-monde-arabe-paris_02.webp 2400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1023px) 100vw, 50vw\" alt=\"SECOND DRAFT\">\r\n                <\/div>\r\n                <div class=\"pm-project-masonary-content\">\r\n                    <span class=\"pm-project-masonary-subtitle\">INSTALLATION VIEW<\/span>\r\n                    <p class=\"pm-project-masonary-title tp-el-title\"><a href=\"\">SECOND DRAFT<\/a><\/p>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n            <\/div><div class=\"pm-project-masonary-item p-relative\" data-ek-r=\"0.765\">\r\n                <div class=\"fix\">\r\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1000\/765;width:100%;height:auto\" src=\"https:\/\/esmeraldakosmatopoulos.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/cleo_second-draft_installation-view_institut-du-monde-arabe-paris_01.webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/esmeraldakosmatopoulos.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/cleo_second-draft_installation-view_institut-du-monde-arabe-paris_01-ek900.webp 900w, https:\/\/esmeraldakosmatopoulos.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/cleo_second-draft_installation-view_institut-du-monde-arabe-paris_01.webp 2400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1023px) 100vw, 50vw\" alt=\"Second Draft \u2014 Installation View \u2014 Institut Du Monde Arabe Paris\">\r\n                <\/div>\r\n                <div class=\"pm-project-masonary-content\">\r\n                    <span class=\"pm-project-masonary-subtitle\">INSTALLATION VIEW<\/span>\r\n                    <p class=\"pm-project-masonary-title tp-el-title\"><a href=\"#\">Second Draft \u2014 Installation View \u2014 Institut Du Monde Arabe Paris<\/a><\/p>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n            <\/div><div class=\"pm-project-masonary-item p-relative\" data-ek-r=\"1.348\">\r\n                <div class=\"fix\">\r\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1000\/1348;width:100%;height:auto\" src=\"https:\/\/esmeraldakosmatopoulos.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/cleo_second-draft_artwork-02-flavius-joseph_institut-du-monde-arabe-paris_01.webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/esmeraldakosmatopoulos.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/cleo_second-draft_artwork-02-flavius-joseph_institut-du-monde-arabe-paris_01-ek900.webp 900w, https:\/\/esmeraldakosmatopoulos.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/cleo_second-draft_artwork-02-flavius-joseph_institut-du-monde-arabe-paris_01.webp 1800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1023px) 100vw, 50vw\" alt=\"Second Draft \u2014 Artwork 02 Flavius Joseph \u2014 Institut Du Monde Arabe Paris\">\r\n                <\/div>\r\n                <div class=\"pm-project-masonary-content\">\r\n                    <span class=\"pm-project-masonary-subtitle\">ARTWORK<\/span>\r\n                    <p class=\"pm-project-masonary-title tp-el-title\"><a href=\"#\">Second Draft \u2014 Artwork 02 Flavius Joseph \u2014 Institut Du Monde Arabe Paris<\/a><\/p>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n            <\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-faf8833 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"faf8833\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-835c695 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"835c695\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" id=\"about\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-31346f6 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"31346f6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-63203b1 elementor-widget__width-initial ek-h2 ek-sec-head elementor-widget elementor-widget-tp-heading-2\" data-id=\"63203b1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;tp_anima_type&quot;:&quot;tp_fade_bottom&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"tp-heading-2.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\n<div class=\"tp-about-3-title-box tp_fade_bottom\">\n\n\n        \n\n    <h2 class=\"tp-section-title-90 tp_text_invert tp-el-text\">About<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-49bcbe2 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"49bcbe2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cc6ba75 ek-body elementor-widget elementor-widget-tp-animated-text\" data-id=\"cc6ba75\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;tp_anima_type&quot;:&quot;tp_fade_bottom&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"tp-animated-text.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\n\n<div class=\"tp-animated-text-paragraphs\"><p data-stagger=\"0.08\" data-speed=\"1\" data-lag=\".2\" class=\" liko-animated-text-widget tp-el-animation-heading tp-section-title-span-padding tp_fade_bottom tp-animated-text-paragraph\" style=\"margin-bottom:1.5em;\"><strong><em>SECOND DRAFT<\/em><\/strong> belongs to <strong><em>If the Nose of Cleopatra\u2026<\/em><\/strong> and intervenes in the language that helped construct Cleopatra's historical reputation. Rather than examining the transformation of her face, the work returns to three ancient texts through which her political identity was interpreted and transmitted.<\/p><p data-stagger=\"0.08\" data-speed=\"1\" data-lag=\".2\" class=\" liko-animated-text-widget tp-el-animation-heading tp-section-title-span-padding tp_fade_bottom tp-animated-text-paragraph\" style=\"margin-bottom:1.5em;\">Written after the deaths of their protagonists, the accounts of Plutarch, Flavius Josephus and Cassius Dio contributed to one of the most persistent representations of Cleopatra: the dangerous foreign woman whose beauty and powers of seduction supposedly deprived influential Roman men of reason and led them towards ruin.<\/p><p data-stagger=\"0.08\" data-speed=\"1\" data-lag=\".2\" class=\" liko-animated-text-widget tp-el-animation-heading tp-section-title-span-padding tp_fade_bottom tp-animated-text-paragraph\" style=\"margin-bottom:1.5em;\">In these narratives, political agency is repeatedly translated into temptation. Cleopatra's intelligence, ambition and authority are recast as feminine manipulation. Complex political relationships involving an Egyptian queen, Julius Caesar and Mark Antony are reduced to stories of masculine downfall attributed to the influence of a dangerous woman.<\/p><p data-stagger=\"0.08\" data-speed=\"1\" data-lag=\".2\" class=\" liko-animated-text-widget tp-el-animation-heading tp-section-title-span-padding tp_fade_bottom tp-animated-text-paragraph\" style=\"margin-bottom:1.5em;\">Kosmatopoulos treats these historical texts not as fixed evidence, but as drafts that remain open to correction. She crosses out adjectives, alters descriptions and inserts new words directly onto the printed pages. The interventions are deliberately elementary, recalling the correction of a school exercise: an error is struck through, another word is written above it, and the meaning of the sentence changes.<\/p><p data-stagger=\"0.08\" data-speed=\"1\" data-lag=\".2\" class=\" liko-animated-text-widget tp-el-animation-heading tp-section-title-span-padding tp_fade_bottom tp-animated-text-paragraph\" style=\"margin-bottom:1.5em;\">This simple action gives the work its performative force. Rather than merely describing or criticising the rewriting of history, the artist assumes the authority to perform it. Her hand enters the historical document, interrupts the voices of its authors and produces another possible Cleopatra before the viewer's eyes.<\/p><p data-stagger=\"0.08\" data-speed=\"1\" data-lag=\".2\" class=\" liko-animated-text-widget tp-el-animation-heading tp-section-title-span-padding tp_fade_bottom tp-animated-text-paragraph\" style=\"margin-bottom:1.5em;\">The apparent ease of the gesture is central to the work. History presents itself as distant, stable and complete, yet its meaning can depend on a single adjective, a subjective judgement or a line drawn through a word. Once repeated, translated and preserved, interpretation begins to appear as fact. A small linguistic decision can determine every narrative built upon it.<\/p><p data-stagger=\"0.08\" data-speed=\"1\" data-lag=\".2\" class=\" liko-animated-text-widget tp-el-animation-heading tp-section-title-span-padding tp_fade_bottom tp-animated-text-paragraph\" style=\"margin-bottom:1.5em;\">Printed on Japanese paper, the texts retain a physical vulnerability that contrasts with the authority traditionally attributed to the historical document. The corrections remain visible. Nothing is erased without leaving a trace: the original wording, the act of rejection and the proposed replacement occupy the page simultaneously.<\/p><p data-stagger=\"0.08\" data-speed=\"1\" data-lag=\".2\" class=\" liko-animated-text-widget tp-el-animation-heading tp-section-title-span-padding tp_fade_bottom tp-animated-text-paragraph\" style=\"margin-bottom:1.5em;\">The revised passages construct a Cleopatra closer to the figure the present may wish to recover: politically intelligent, autonomous and powerful. But <strong><em>SECOND DRAFT<\/em><\/strong> does not claim that this new portrait is objective or definitive. By leaving every deletion and substitution exposed, the work acknowledges that its own version participates in the same continuing process of historical construction it seeks to question.<\/p><p data-stagger=\"0.08\" data-speed=\"1\" data-lag=\".2\" class=\" liko-animated-text-widget tp-el-animation-heading tp-section-title-span-padding tp_fade_bottom tp-animated-text-paragraph\" style=\"margin-bottom:1.5em;\">The work therefore does not replace a false history with a final truth. It makes the act of revision visible and asks who has the authority to describe a historical figure, which words are preserved as evidence, and when interpretation begins to function as collective belief.<\/p><p data-stagger=\"0.08\" data-speed=\"1\" data-lag=\".2\" class=\" liko-animated-text-widget tp-el-animation-heading tp-section-title-span-padding tp_fade_bottom tp-animated-text-paragraph\" style=\"margin-bottom:1.5em;\">Rewriting history does not always require destroying the archive.<\/p><p data-stagger=\"0.08\" data-speed=\"1\" data-lag=\".2\" class=\" liko-animated-text-widget tp-el-animation-heading tp-section-title-span-padding tp_fade_bottom tp-animated-text-paragraph\">Sometimes, it takes only a line through a word.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-889c883 e-con-full ek-gallery-wrap e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"889c883\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6e33732 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6e33732\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-07e1c95 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"07e1c95\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-26aa6b6 ek-gallery-rest elementor-widget elementor-widget-tp-portfolio-card\" data-id=\"26aa6b6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"tp-portfolio-card.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\"><div class=\"esm-project-gallery-masonry esm-cols\"><div class=\"esm-col\"><div class=\"pm-project-masonary-item p-relative\" data-ek-r=\"0.765\">\r\n                <div class=\"fix\">\r\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1000\/765;width:100%;height:auto\" src=\"https:\/\/esmeraldakosmatopoulos.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/cleo_second-draft_artwork-02-flavius-joseph_institut-du-monde-arabe-paris_02.webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/esmeraldakosmatopoulos.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/cleo_second-draft_artwork-02-flavius-joseph_institut-du-monde-arabe-paris_02-ek900.webp 900w, https:\/\/esmeraldakosmatopoulos.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/cleo_second-draft_artwork-02-flavius-joseph_institut-du-monde-arabe-paris_02.webp 2400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1023px) 100vw, 50vw\" alt=\"Second Draft \u2014 Artwork 02 Flavius Joseph \u2014 Institut Du Monde Arabe Paris\">\r\n                <\/div>\r\n                <div class=\"pm-project-masonary-content\">\r\n                    <span class=\"pm-project-masonary-subtitle\">ARTWORK<\/span>\r\n                    <p class=\"pm-project-masonary-title tp-el-title\"><a href=\"#\">Second Draft \u2014 Artwork 02 Flavius Joseph \u2014 Institut Du Monde Arabe Paris<\/a><\/p>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n            <\/div><div class=\"pm-project-masonary-item p-relative\" data-ek-r=\"0.765\">\r\n                <div class=\"fix\">\r\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1000\/765;width:100%;height:auto\" src=\"https:\/\/esmeraldakosmatopoulos.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/cleo_second-draft_artwork-03-cassius-dio_institut-du-monde-arabe-paris_02.webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/esmeraldakosmatopoulos.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/cleo_second-draft_artwork-03-cassius-dio_institut-du-monde-arabe-paris_02-ek900.webp 900w, https:\/\/esmeraldakosmatopoulos.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/cleo_second-draft_artwork-03-cassius-dio_institut-du-monde-arabe-paris_02.webp 2400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1023px) 100vw, 50vw\" alt=\"Second Draft \u2014 Artwork 03 Cassius Dio \u2014 Institut Du Monde Arabe Paris\">\r\n                <\/div>\r\n                <div class=\"pm-project-masonary-content\">\r\n                    <span class=\"pm-project-masonary-subtitle\">ARTWORK<\/span>\r\n                    <p class=\"pm-project-masonary-title tp-el-title\"><a href=\"#\">Second Draft \u2014 Artwork 03 Cassius Dio \u2014 Institut Du Monde Arabe Paris<\/a><\/p>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n            <\/div><\/div><div class=\"esm-col\"><div class=\"pm-project-masonary-item p-relative\" data-ek-r=\"1.348\">\r\n                <div class=\"fix\">\r\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1000\/1348;width:100%;height:auto\" src=\"https:\/\/esmeraldakosmatopoulos.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/cleo_second-draft_artwork-01-plutarque_institut-du-monde-arabe-paris_01.webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/esmeraldakosmatopoulos.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/cleo_second-draft_artwork-01-plutarque_institut-du-monde-arabe-paris_01-ek900.webp 900w, https:\/\/esmeraldakosmatopoulos.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/cleo_second-draft_artwork-01-plutarque_institut-du-monde-arabe-paris_01.webp 1800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1023px) 100vw, 50vw\" alt=\"Second Draft \u2014 Artwork 01 Plutarque \u2014 Institut Du Monde Arabe Paris\">\r\n                <\/div>\r\n                <div class=\"pm-project-masonary-content\">\r\n                    <span class=\"pm-project-masonary-subtitle\">ARTWORK<\/span>\r\n                    <p class=\"pm-project-masonary-title tp-el-title\"><a href=\"#\">Second Draft \u2014 Artwork 01 Plutarque \u2014 Institut Du Monde Arabe Paris<\/a><\/p>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n            <\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-48dab8a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"48dab8a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b3eb870 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b3eb870\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" id=\"exhibitions\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-adb060c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"adb060c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f1b1c47 elementor-widget__width-initial ek-h2 ek-sec-head elementor-widget elementor-widget-tp-heading-2\" data-id=\"f1b1c47\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;tp_anima_type&quot;:&quot;tp_fade_bottom&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"tp-heading-2.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\n<div class=\"tp-about-3-title-box tp_fade_bottom\">\n\n\n        \n\n    <h2 class=\"tp-section-title-90 tp_text_invert tp-el-text\">Exhibitions<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-39dab11 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"39dab11\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f2779b0 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f2779b0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-edf636c elementor-widget elementor-widget-tp-award\" data-id=\"edf636c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"tp-award.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n    \n<div class=\"row\">\n    <div class=\"col-xl-4 col-lg-4 col-md-12\">\n        <div class=\"tp-award-list-thumb-wrap p-relative\">\n            <div id=\"tp-award-thumb\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"col-xl-8 col-lg-8 col-md-12\">\n        <div class=\"tp-award-list-wrap\">\n                        <div class=\"tp-award-list-item tp-el-section tp-el-border d-flex align-items-center justify-content-between active tp_fade_bottom\" rel=\"tp-award-list-thumb-1\" data-hover-image=\"https:\/\/esmeraldakosmatopoulos.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/cleo_second-draft_installation-view_institut-du-monde-arabe-paris_01.webp\">\n                <div class=\"tp-award-list-content-left d-flex align-items-center\">\n                                                            <p class=\"tp-el-title\">Le Myst\u00e8re Cl\u00e9op\u00e2tre, Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris, FR<\/p>\n                                    <\/div>\n                                <div class=\"tp-award-list-content-right\">\n                    <span class=\"tp-el-date\">2025<\/span>\n                <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"tp-award-list-item tp-el-section tp-el-border d-flex align-items-center justify-content-between active tp_fade_bottom\" rel=\"tp-award-list-thumb-2\" data-hover-image=\"https:\/\/esmeraldakosmatopoulos.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/cleo_I-want-to-look-like-cleopatra_nstallation-view_darb1718-cairo_01.webp\">\n                <div class=\"tp-award-list-content-left d-flex align-items-center\">\n                                                            <p class=\"tp-el-title\">If the Nose of Cleopatra\u2026, Darb 1718, Cairo, EG<\/p>\n                                    <\/div>\n                                <div class=\"tp-award-list-content-right\">\n                    <span class=\"tp-el-date\">2020<\/span>\n                <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cbfb530 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"cbfb530\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" id=\"related\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0e03d85 elementor-widget__width-inherit ek-h2 ek-sec-head elementor-widget elementor-widget-tp-heading-2\" data-id=\"0e03d85\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;tp_anima_type&quot;:&quot;tp_fade_bottom&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"tp-heading-2.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\n<div class=\"tp-about-3-title-box tp_fade_bottom\">\n\n\n        \n\n    <h2 class=\"tp-section-title-90 tp_text_invert tp-el-text\">Related Works<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5318368 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5318368\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div 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