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April 2023

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L'art du collage : créer des œuvres uniques à partir de fragments

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L'art du collage est une technique artistique fascinante qui permet de créer des œuvres uniques en assemblant différents fragments de matériaux. Que...
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Contemporary art now counts with African photography

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On the rise of African photography in the international art market. "It seems to me that we are living in an extraordinary...
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Magisterial travelling retrospective for Marcelle Cahn

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About the exhibition "Marcelle Cahn, in search of space", which runs until 5 March at the MAMC+ Saint-Etienne Métropole, and which will...
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The art market in great shape

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If there is one place where everything is obviously going well, it is the art market. Auctions have been soaring throughout 2022,...
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Fernande Olivier, chronicler of modern art

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About the first exhibition centred on Fernande Olivier, a central figure of the Montmartre avant-garde, at the Musée de Montmartre in Paris...
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Pascal Convert links the living and the dead

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About Pascal Convert's work in the Miséricorde cemetery in Nantes and the artist's solo show at the RX gallery in Paris from...
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The best of Parisian art galleries

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A little update on the art gallery scene at the beginning of 2023: here is something to inspire ARTactif's subscribers, who are...
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The full and the untied of Nicolas Sanhes

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About the four exhibitions devoted in 2023 to the French sculptor Nicolas Sanhes. He is one of those who know how to...
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Sculpture makes a comeback

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About the great return of sculptors to art fairs and galleries. After the great return of painting, here comes the great return...

March 2023

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La photographie argentique : un retour à l'élégance intemporelle

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La photographie argentique, malgré l'avènement de la photographie numérique, conserve son charme intemporel et continue d'attirer les amateurs et les professionnels de...
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Marclay or the art of destroying to build better

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The exhibition currently devoted to him at the Centre Pompidou is a major one. It is impossible this time to remain insensitive...
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Ancient and modern painting on the programme

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It's the season of good resolutions. So what better way than to promise yourself a visit to the best art exhibitions announced...
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Sam Szafran at the top of the stairs

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Be careful not to trip! In Sam Szafran's interiors, it's best to watch where you step. In his paintings too. The abundance...
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Modern Arab art revolutionised by Baya

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But what a splendid (re)discovery of Baya's work on the occasion of the exhibition devoted to her by the Institut du Monde...
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Vermeer makes the buzz

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This month, Beaux Arts Magazine is teasing. By devoting its cover and a beautiful illustrated dossier to the Vermeer exhibition that will...
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Alix de Rothschild, the altruistic patron

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About the exhibition "Collectionneuses Rothschild, mécènes et donatrices d'exception" at La Boverie in Liège (Belgium) until 26 February. If all wealthy people...
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Art centers are changing the game

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Everything would thus be a question of strategy. When Aurélie Cavanna and Etienne Hatt conclude their article by evoking "this great chessboard...
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Pol Bury n’est jamais resté en place

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We love the title of the article in this month's L'Oeil magazine devoted to the Belgian artist Pol Bury: "La Louvière brings...

February 2023

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Art and justice...

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Louis Vuitton put on notice for using paintings without agreement! Yes, you heard right, Louis Vuitton has been served with a formal...
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Tribute to Soulages

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Pierre Soulages, who died on 25 October and would have been 103 years old on 24 December, is the subject of a...
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William Morris wanted to give the world back its beauty

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About the exhibition "William Morris 1834-1896. Art in Everything", on view at La Piscine in Roubaix until 8 January. He wanted to...
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La science-fiction inspire l’art

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Et si l’Homme avait pendant longtemps eu si peur d’assister à l’effondrement du capitalisme… qu’il avait finalement préféré envisager la fin du...
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L’art élastique de Fabrice Hyber

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« Moi je rêve que tous les musées du monde deviennent des écoles. Imaginez des gamins qui verraient des œuvres d’art tous les...
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Le Musée des beaux-arts de Lyon donne chair à l’œuvre de Poussin

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L’amour, l’amour, l’amour… dont on parle toujours… chantait Mouloudji. Est-ce parce qu’il fallait absolument sortir l’artillerie lourde pour donner envie au grand...
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A la lumière de Vincent Bioulès

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Né à Montpellier en 1938, où il vit et travaille, le peintre Vincent Bioulès est l’un des membres fondateurs du groupeSupports/Surfaces, ce...
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La noblesse matérielle de l’art

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About the work of Caroline Achaintre, whose large-scale works in tufted wool, basketry and ceramics are increasingly visible on the contemporary art...
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Dare to visit art galleries

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About the exhibitions to be seen in Parisian art galleries at the turn of 2022 and 2023. What better way to keep...

January 2023

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Artificial art: art or no art?

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With artificial intelligence (AI) software in the spotlight, and with the latter extending its scope to art, we turn to the question:...
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André Devambez knows how to take the high road

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About the exhibition "André Devambez - Vertiges de l'imagination", on view until 31 December 2022 at the Petit Palais, Paris. Of course,...
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Cristina Iglesias' new "bedroom".

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About the participation of Cristina Iglesias in the exhibition "De la nature" which is held at the museum of Grenoble until March...
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Terroir painting is popular

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About the increasing number of exhibitions devoted by museums to artists from their region. We are not only witnessing the revenge of...
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Still life is not dead

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About the exhibition "Les Choses" held at the Louvre Museum in Paris until 23 January 2023. Victor Hugo himself wrote as much...
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Serbian contemporary art without borders

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About the emerging art scene in Belgrade and Mrdan Bajic's exhibition at MoCaB. Did you know that Serbia is a booming scene...
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Proust's search for never-lost works of art

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Not one of Marcel Proust's (1871-1922) novels is without works of art! This art accompanied the entire life of the man who...
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Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp: after 11 years of closure, let there be light!

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About the reopening on 24 September 2022 of the renovated and expanded KMSKA, the Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp. Let's go...
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Paris + by Art Basel: back to the future

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About the works for sale on the stands of art galleries at the Paris + international contemporary art fair held from 20...
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