A frenzy of fingers and lips, in what will be one of the most talked-about works of the new edition of Arco, the art fair held in Madrid. The artist and performer Afghan artist Kubra Khademi (1989) presents a political statement with a painting of an orgy featuring a dozen world leaders, including Angela Merkel, Kamala Harris, Ursula von der Leyen, Margaret Thatcher, Hillary Clinton, and Benazir Bhutto. With this scene, Khademi proposes dismantling, through "love," a patriarchy based on "hatred, destruction, bombs, and the exercise of absolute power over others," as the artist herself states. Khademi sought refuge in France when international forces withdrew from Afghanistan and the Taliban returned to power. "The orgy scene is both utopian and dystopian, but what I want to show is that love is everywhere. To imagine another world, it must be based on love," emphasizes the artist, whose work is currently on display at the Eric Mouchet Gallery. The scene is set in a bathhouse, the only place where Afghan women can have any privacy.