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July 2024

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Judy Chicago, a colorful feminist pioneer

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About Judy Chicago's exhibitions in Arles until September 29, in London until September 1, and on the island of Porquerolles until November...
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Street Art is exhibited, and not just in the street

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About the numerous exhibitions devoted to Street Art this summer throughout France. “When we say that urban art must stay in the...
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Hervé Di Rosa, the ferryman of worlds

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About the exhibition “Hervé Di Rosa – Le passe-mondes” visible until August 26 at the Center Pompidou in Paris. Perhaps you already...
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The art of being interested in sport

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About the relationship between art and sport to which Beaux Arts Magazine is devoting a richly documented 14-page dossier in May 2024....
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At the Venice Biennale, exhibition curators are also political strategists

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About the 60th edition of the Venice Biennale which takes place from April 20 to November 24. Will the Paris Olympics overshadow...
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Straddling art and sport

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About the exhibition “Horse in Majesty. At the heart of a civilization” at the Palace of Versailles from July 2 to November...
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The experience of strangeness

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About the interview with the curator of the 60th Venice Biennale by Artpress magazine. Obviously, articles related to the Olympic and Paralympic...
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André Masson: the temptation of Gustave Courbet

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About the exhibition “André Masson. There is no finished world” visible at the Center Pompidou-Metz until September 2. Of course, I went...
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The fascination of the depths at the Louvre-Lens

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About the exhibition “Underground Worlds. 20,000 places under the earth” visible at the Louvre-Lens until July 22. Since its inauguration in December...
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Pollination by Wolfgang Laib

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About the exhibition “Wolfgang Laib. A mountain that we cannot climb. For Monet”, on view at the Musée de l’Orangerie in Paris...

June 2024

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Immortal Maria Lassnig

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I have never forgotten the shock that the vision of Maria Lassnig's large paintings at MumoK, the MUseum MODErner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig...
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A triptych of ancient painting exhibitions

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About the three parts of the exhibition subtitled “Germanic paintings from French collections”, visible in Dijon (21), Besançon (25) and Colmar (68)...
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The summer stroll in Chaumont-sur-Loire

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About the 17th Art Season at the Domaine de Chaumont-sur-Loire. I am delighted ! Keeping a delicious memory of my beautiful escape...
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In memory of Roberta Gonzalez

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About the “Roberta Gonzalez” exhibition visible at the Center Pompidou until March 9, 2025 on the occasion of a donation from its...
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MAM is back! Or the great return of the Troyes Museum of Modern Art.

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About the complete reopening after work of the Troyes Museum of Modern Art. Have you not yet landed in Troyes? When you...
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The stunning red of Matisse’s studio

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About the exhibition “Matisse – L’Atelier rouge” on view until September 9 at the Louis Vuitton foundation in Paris. Certainly, the painting...
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The Ellsworth Kelly paradox

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About the exhibition “Ellsworth Kelly. Forms and Colors, 1949-2015” visible at the Louis Vuitton Foundation until September 9. Shapes and colors to...
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Claire Tabouret, the painter beloved of great collectors

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About Claire Tabouret's exhibitions to be seen this summer at the Château La Coste in La-Puy-Saint-Réparade (13), at the Ideal Palace of...
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The Louvre Museum: journey through the centuries and continents

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Former palace of the kings of France, the Louvre tells eight centuries of history through its majestic walls. Conceived in 1793 as...
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The hand-stitched painting of ML Poznanski

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About the entry of ML Poznanski into the stable of the young Lo Brutto Stahl gallery, rue des Vertus in Paris. There's...
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Pat Andrea keeps the line

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About the “Cut & Clash” exhibition to be seen at the Strouk art gallery, in Paris, until April 20.   Pat Andrea, born...
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Capucine Vever navigates troubled waters

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About the exhibition “Where the world overflows”, on view at La Graineterie, contemporary art center in Houilles, in Yvelines, until May 25,...
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Joana P.R. Neves breaks down the barriers of contemporary drawing

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About the Artpress interview with the artistic director of Drawing Now Art Fair. As a drawing enthusiast, I of course enjoyed the...
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The beautiful story of Anna Boch passes through Brittany

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About the exhibition “Anna Boch. An impressionist journey”, visible at the Pont-Aven Museum (29) until May 26. I will end up believing...
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Brancusi sculpts “the essence of things”

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About the Brancusi exhibition which is being held at the Center Pompidou in Paris from March 27 to July 1. Brancusi's sleeping...
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The visual literature of Babi Badalov

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About the retrospective “Babi Badalov. Xenopoetri” visible until April 28 at the Cantonal Museum of Fine Arts in Lausanne (Switzerland). He is...
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African-American modernists finally have their place at the Met

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About the exhibition “The Harlem Renaissance and Transatlantic Modernism” which is on until July 28 at the Met (Metropolitan Museum of Art)...
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In April in Parisian art galleries

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About exhibitions by artists who are on the rise on the contemporary art market. Can't travel at the moment? Do you still...
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He is free Jean Hélion

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About the retrospective exhibition “Jean Hélion – La prose du monde”, on view at the Museum of Modern Art in Paris until...

May 2024

April 2024

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When art emulsifies with restoration in contemporary art of the 21st Century

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In the eclectic world of contemporary art in the 21st century, a fascinating trend is emerging, combining two seemingly distant worlds: art...
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Bernard Gaube looks himself in the face

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About the “Hunimalité” exhibition on view until March 22, 2024 at L’ahah #Griset in Paris. This painter is said to be rare....
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The calm intensity of Sugimoto: between elegance and concern

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About the visit of the writer François Jonquet to the Enoura Observatory, created in Japan by Hiroshi Sugimoto and now accessible to...
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Do everything to make it stick

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On the occasion of the publication of the works “The Art of Feminine Collage”, published by Gallimard, and “Vitamin C+ - Collage...
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Friedrich's sublime and tragic mood

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About the exhibition “Caspar David Friedrich – Art for a New Age”, visible until April 1 at the Kunsthalle in Hamburg (Germany)....
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Frans Hals, the bad boy of the Golden Age

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About the exhibition “Frans Hals” visible from February 16 to June 9 at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, and from July 12 at...
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The collection of the heart of Georges Bemberg

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About the reopening of the Bemberg Foundation in Toulouse. Head to Toulouse! Does this tempt you? After three years of work, the...
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The Venice Biennale makes room for Julien Creuzet

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About Julien Creuzet who will represent France at the Venice Biennale from April 20 to November 24, 2024, and his exhibition “Oh...
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Surrealism more political in Belgium than in France

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About the centenary of Belgian surrealism celebrated in his country throughout 2024. In 2024, a passage through the Flat Country is essential....
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