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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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A gallery directory to find the right work

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Where do you start when you want to buy a picture, a sculpture or a painting? How to choose between all the...
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Buying a contemporary art painting is becoming more and more accessible

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We've all asked ourselves the question: where do you buy art? Whether you are an insider or an amateur, when you think...
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Elmar Trenkwalder: be careful!

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Interview in the "Ceramics on fire" dossier What do a pyramid and a cathedral have in common? They are both made of...
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Not tender Pat Andrea

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Interview about a retrospective exhibition at the MORE Museum in Gorssel (Netherlands) Until 23 January 2022 Balthus! How can one not think...
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The discreet eroticism of Carpentier

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About the Fine Arts Paris exhibition from 6 to 11 November 2021 We were already on the verge of grumbling once more....
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Anne Wenzel customises Bacon

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Dossier: Ceramics on fire We are definitely living in a time of great artistic confusion. We are familiar with the sculptural rewriting...
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Myriads of Myriam Haddad?

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About the exhibition "Là-bas sur le ciel d'orage" Frac Auvergne Clermont-Ferrand - until 31 December Here is an artist of whom we...
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Photo, good. Bonnard painting.

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About the exhibition "Bonnard. The Colours of Light Until 30 January 2022 Of course, unlike Pierre Bonnard, Edward Hopper would never have...
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Alix Marie without photo paper

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About the exhibition "Sucking in the Night" at the Approche exhibition from 12 to 14 November Let us be clear: it will...
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