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July 2022

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Artistic reunion in Céret

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About the reopening of the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Céret. The most important art museum in the Eastern Pyrenees...
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The political bestiary of Johan Creten

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About the exhibition "Johan Creten: bestiarium" visible at La Piscine de Roubaix until 29 May. Johan Creten's works of art are not...
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Panorama of German art in the 1920s

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About the exhibition on New Objectivity at the Centre Pompidou in Paris from 11 May to 5 September 2022. It is easy...
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The medieval world for everyone!

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About the reopening of the Cluny Museum in Paris on 12 May 2022. The Cluny Museum is making the buzz! And this...
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A painter to be followed to the letter

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About the exhibition "A comme Boa" by Agnès Thurnauer at LaM in Villeneuve-d'Ascq (59) until 26 June 2022. For Agnès Thurnauer, words...
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The art of representing emotions

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About the exhibition "Le théâtre des émotions" at the Musée Marmottan Monet in Paris until 21 August 2022. It is fascinating to...
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The Little Prince's rose is called Consuelo

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About the exhibition "A la rencontre du Petit Prince" presented at the MAD in Paris until 26 June 2022. Antoine de Saint-Exupéry...
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The new life of Italian art

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About the exhibition "Vita Nuova. New stakes of art in Italy. 1960-1975" at the Mamac in Nice until 2 October. Due to...
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Portuguese artists have been doing it for a long time!

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About the exhibition "All I want, Portuguese artists from 1900 to 2020" held in Tours until 4 September 2022. Did you know...
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The great summer game: here we go!

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This summer, ARTactif is putting its best foot forward. As we love art and artists and we believe in their talents, we...

June 2022

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Shall we go for a painting this summer?

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Summer is here. The news of the last two years has given us and given us the desire to escape, and sometimes...
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Quick, a good shot of colour and energy!

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About the second solo show devoted to Jan Kolata in Paris. You have to imagine him projecting his body as powerfully as...
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Flatterer, gifted and bad boy: a recipe for success?

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About the exhibition "Boldini, les plaisirs et les jours", which runs until 24 July at the Petit Palais in Paris. Don't look...
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Toyen's raised fist

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About the exhibition "Toyen. L'écart absolu" until 24 July at the Musée d'art moderne in Paris. It is a great pleasure to...
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In the name of the father, the son and Picasso

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About the double exhibition held at the Musée Picasso-Paris from 16 April 2022 to 1 January 2023. The time has not come...
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Putting anger into perspective

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About the exhibition "Paul Gauguin. Why are you angry?" which runs until 10 July 2022 at the Alte Nationalgalerie in Berlin. After...
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It is an extraordinary garden...

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About the Domaine des Etangs de Garance Primat, in the Limousin. Get ready to go to the Charente Limousin: Valérie Bougault's article...
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A Salon du Dessin à Mille Legs

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About the Salon du Dessin which takes place from 18 to 23 May at the Palais Brongniart in Paris. After painting, it...
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The revolutions of Mâkhi Xenakis

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About the book "Iannis Xenakis. Un père bouleversant" (Iannis Xenakis. A deeply moving father), republished on the occasion of the "Révolutions Xénakis"...
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Celestial undulations by Fabienne Verdier

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About the exhibition "Alchemy of a stained glass window" which runs until 26 September at the Camille Claudel Museum in Nogent-sur-Seine. There...
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"You don't need a drawing to visit an exhibition!

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About the exhibition "Pas besoin d'un dessin" at the Musée d'art et d'histoire de Genève until 19 June 2022. "The pleasure of...
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The democracy of design

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About the exhibition "HEY! Drawing", on view at the Halle Saint-Pierre in Paris until 31 December 2022. Drawing, drawing and more drawing!...
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Art, play... and myxomycetes

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About "Mimosa Echard, Sporal", on view at the Palais de Tokyo until 4 September every day except Tuesday from noon to midnight....
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Introduction to Eugène Leroy

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About the exhibition "Eugène Leroy - Peindre" (Eugène Leroy - Painting), on view until 28 August at the Musée d'Art Moderne in...
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David Hockney: naturally contemporary

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About the exhibition "David Hockney: INSIGHTS Reflecting the Tate Collection" on view in Vienna until 19 June. Talking about an exhibition to...
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The tribulations of a beautiful Roman soldier frozen for eternity

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About the exhibition at the National Archaeology Museum of the Roman face helmet visor discovered in Meurthe-et-Moselle. Archaeological works of art carry...
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Art Brussels is back in style

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About the Art Brussels contemporary art fair taking place from 28 April to 1 May in Brussels. Art Brussels, one of the...
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The Inca civilization still shines

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About the exhibition "Machu Picchu and the treasures of Peru" visible until September 4 at the Cité de l'achitecture & du patrimoine,...
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Venetian projects fed by 'Milk of Dreams

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About the Venice Biennale, which runs until 27 November 2022. The Venice Biennale returned to the lagoon on 23 April, eagerly awaited...
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The Aix-en-Provence Biennial

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About the art and culture biennial called "A 5th season" in Aix-en-Provence. This is the first edition of the Aix-en-Provence art and...

May 2022

April 2022

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The strange new painting in the Fabre Museum

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About the Fabre Museum's new acquisition, unveiled in the "La Beauté en Partage" exhibition until 13 March 2022 and then visible in...
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The Planet Archive

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About the reopening of the Albert Kahn gardens and museum on 2 April in Boulogne-Billancourt. At the beginning of the 20th century,...
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Can impressionism be used as a setting?

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About the exhibition "Aux sources des Nymphéas: les impressionnistes et la décoration", at the Musée de l'Orangerie in Paris until 11 July....
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When literature leaves no stone unturned

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About the recent residency of Alice Guittard, creator of still lifes in marble inlay. Is there still room for poets in this...
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Anthony Caro's 'sculpitecture

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About a suggestion for a weekend in the North of France to discover Anthony Caro's "Le Chœur" in the church of Bourbourg....
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A Tal Coat museum in Morbihan?

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About the interview with Olivier Delavallade who left the Domaine de Kerghéhennec last November. The most important public collection of works by...
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Jean Hélion or the eternal return

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About the exhibition-sale of Jean Hélion's works from 1955 to 1966 held at the Alain Margaron gallery in Paris until April 30....
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The Finnish soul in majesty

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About the exhibition "Gallen-Kallela. Myths and Nature" at the Jacquemart-André Museum in Paris. A short visit to the Jacquemart-André Museum is a...
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A modern-day Medici?

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About the exhibition of nuggets from the Al Thani collection at the Hôtel de la Marine in Paris. "Bérénice Geofroy-Schneiter writes in...
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Fancy some strawberries?

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About the sale at Artcurial on 23 March of Chardin's "Basket of wild strawberries". "Le Panier de fraises des bois", a masterpiece...
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A saraband of skeletons

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About the exhibition "Posada, genius of engraving" which is held in Epinal until 18 September. A tribute is being paid at the...
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Nobody drowns in Boilly's crowds!

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About the exhibition devoted to Louis-Léopold Boilly's Parisian chronicles at the Musée Cognacq-Jay until 26 June. You have to see the little...
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Marinette Cueco collaborates with nature

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About an exhibition dedicated to the sculptor Marinette Cueco at the museum Dunkerque - Le LAAC until March 5th. Much has been...
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Precious art smugglers

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About the Zayas couple, whose palace in Seville houses immemorial treasures. Imagine living in a temple of beauty and knowledge without the...
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Ethiopian art comes out of hiding

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About the publication of the book "L'Art de l'Ethiopie - Des origines au Siècle d'or (330-1527)", by Jacques Mercier, published by Place...
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Vanity of vanities, all is vanity

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A propos de l’exposition « A la mort, à la vie ! » au musée des beaux-arts de Lyon. "Vanitas vanitatum, et...
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A great melting pot of the arts and senses

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About four major sensory events at the Philharmonie de Paris, the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Rouen, the Serpentine Gallery in London and...
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In the green glass of Lucile Viaud, there is life

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About the opening of Lucile Viaud's new workshop in Rennes. Her studio is nestled in the "ferme des galets", in Rennes, but...
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Hip-hop culture takes on the art market

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About the exhibition "Hip-hop 360 - Gloire à l'art de rue" (Hip-hop 360 - Glory to street art) which runs until 24...
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Louise Sartor's brush for Roland Garros 2022

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About the multiple news of Louise Sartor who has just exhibited at the Crèvecoeur gallery in Paris. This year, she has signed...
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Why participate in online auctions?

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The advantage of auctions is that all buyers have the same information and can buy freely. As a buyer, you do not...
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The specificities of charcoal

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Charcoal is one of the oldest drawing tools. Simple to use, it has many advantages and great potential. Although it is a...
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Eric Poitevin stimulates the eye

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About the exhibition "Eric Poitevin - Guest", on view at the Musée des beaux-arts de Lyon until 28 August 2022. A fascinating...
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What is screen printing?

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Screen printing is a technique that consists of printing a design using a stencil. The design is first made on paper and...
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Find a favourite work in a few clicks

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How can you find a painting, a photo or a sculpture that suits your taste on an art auction website when all...
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