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May 2024

April 2024

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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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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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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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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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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 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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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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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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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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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....

March 2024

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The titans of Art History

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The history of art is an epic where creative geniuses sculpted the cultural landscape, leaving an indelible mark on the canvas of...
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Walter Vanhaerents follows his dreams

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About the exhibition “At the end of my dreams – Vanhaerents Art Collection”, which is on until January 14 at the Tripostal...
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The thought nourished by art of Jacques Lacan

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About “Lacan, the exhibition – When art meets psychoanalysis”, visible at the Center Pompidou-Metz until May 27. The idea is brilliant. To...
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Hélène Delprat, devourer of images

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About the exhibition “Hélène Delprat – Monster Soup” which is held from January 20 to March 9, 2024 at the Galerie Hauser...
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I didn't know that Edi Dubien was a star

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How did Edi Dubien’s Instagram account appear to me one day? I wonder... I remember believing then that it was an artist...
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Exhibitions on the agenda until summer

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The exhibitions not to be missed during the year are, as usual, on the front page of all the art magazines in...
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Vladimír Škoda in the upper echelons

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About the internationally renowned sculptor who has been living in Auvergne for around twenty years. I had the immense pleasure of meeting...
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Are the images of joy joy?

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About the publication in October 2023 of Paul Ardenne's book entitled “L'art en joie. Aesthetics of joyful humanity.” (Edition La Muette/BDL. 336...
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All of Gilles Aillaud's painting is political

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About the exhibition “Gilles Aillaud. Political animal”, on view until February 26 at the Center Pompidou, in Paris. The work of Gilles...

February 2024

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Contemporary art: a breathtaking journey through material and technical developments

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Contemporary art, since the 2020s, has experienced an unprecedented revolution, both in terms of materials and techniques used by artists. These changes...
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Augsburg's importance to the Renaissance

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About the exhibition "Holbein and the Renaissance in the North", at the Städel Museum in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, until 18 February...
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The secret of Inclusions by Bertrand Lavier

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About the "Inclusions" exhibition at the Galerie Mennour in Paris until 3 February 2023. There has always been a distance, often an...
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James Lee Byars poses the question

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About the retrospective exhibition devoted to James Lee Byars at the Pirelli HangarBicocca Foundation in Milan (Italy) until 18 February 2023. It's...
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The 18th century in the work of Berthe Morisot

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About the exhibition "Berthe Morisot et l'art du XVIIIe s/Watteau, Boucher, Fragonard, Perronneau", on view until 3 March 2024 at the Musée...
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The living painting of Najia Méhadji

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On the occasion of the exhibition “Najia Mehadji – Lignes de vie” at the 110 Véronique Rieffel art gallery in Paris until...
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Chana Orloff, the determined sculptor

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About the exhibition “Chana Orloff. Sculpting the era”, on view until March 31, 2024 at the Zadkine museum in Paris. She excels...
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A look at regional exhibitions

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Because cultural events are not all in Paris, the journalists from L'Oeil magazine this December have put together a nice selection of...
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The tragi-comic work of Philip Guston

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About the "Philip Guston Now" exhibition, on view until 25 February 2024 at the Tate Modern in London. Philip Guston (1913-1980) will...
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