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January 2024

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The Museum of Forbidden Art in Barcelona: a museum where creative freedom defies censorship

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On 26 October 2023, a revolutionary museum opened its doors in Barcelona, marking the advent of the very first museum dedicated to...
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The gamble(s) of modernity

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About the exhibition Le Paris de la modernité (1905-1925), which opens to the public on 14 November and runs until 14 April...
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Under 35? Consider the Emerige Revelations Grant

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About the 10th anniversary of the support scheme for young artists set up by property developer and patron Emerige. This year's winner...
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Rothko makes you dizzy at 46 cm from his paintings

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About the "Mark Rothko" exhibition at the Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris, until 2 April 2024. If I had to defend a text...
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The humanist eye of the cat painter

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About the exhibition "Théophile-Alexandre Steinlen, l'exposition du centenaire", on view until 11 February 2024 at the Musée de Montmartre in Paris. "What's...
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Aristide Maillol receives the "King of Kinshasa

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About the exhibition "Chéri Samba in the Jean Pigozzi collection", on show at the Musée Maillol in Paris until 7 April 2024....
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Multidimensional painting in the 17th century

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About the exhibition "Allegoria, the keys to Baroque symbolism", on show at the Domaine départemental de Sceaux (92) until 14 January 2024...
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The spirit of Mike Kelley still lurks in the air

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About the "Mike Kelley - Ghost and Spirit" exhibition, on view until 19 February 2024 at the Bourse de Commerce in Paris....
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The metaphorical painting of Dana Schutz

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About the exhibition "Dana Schutz. The Visible World", at the Musée d'Art Moderne in Paris until 11 February 2024. Dana Schutz's paintings?...

December 2023

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The art of peace: a cry against the atrocities of war!

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In the 21st century, an era of technological progress and breathtaking innovation, where artificial intelligence mingles with new information and communication technologies...
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Van Gogh at Auvers-sur-Oise: the swan song

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About the exhibition "Vincent van Gogh at Auvers-sur-Oise. The Last Months" at the Musée d'Orsay, Paris, from 3 October 2023 to 4...
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Paris + by Art Basel: second edition!

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About Paris + by Art Basel, the new international contemporary art fair taking place in Paris from 20 to 22 October. In...
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The virtuoso draughtsman of the time

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About the exhibition "Jérôme Zonder. Joyeuse apocalypse" at the Casino Luxembourg-Forum d'art contemporain until 7 January 2024. The good thing about Jérôme...
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Michael Ray Charles or the art of making people think

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On the return of Michael Ray Charles to the contemporary art scene after a twenty-year hiatus.. In the bottom right-hand corner of...
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Sarah Lucas, the "textural" artist

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About the exhibition "Srah Lucas. Happy Gas", at the Tate Britain in London, on show until 14 January 2024. As I was...
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The animal in art, from Rosa Bonheur to Gilles Aillaud

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About the animal genre, which is regaining strength and vigour on the art market. Do you remember the exhibitions devoted to Rosa...
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Let's take a walk in the woods...

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A stroll through the inky, woodsy world of Astrid de La Forest, to coincide with her recent exhibitions in Vevey (Switzerland) and...
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Association of collectors

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About the formidable Bueil & Ract-Madoux collection, built up by two childhood friends brought together by art, education and Jura roots. The...

November 2023

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"We won!"

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ARTactif represents the Grand Est region in its category at the 2023 Trophées PME RMC. ARTactif's dynamism and innovative character were not...
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Nicolas is free...

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About the retrospective exhibition "Nicolas de Staël" to be held from 15 September 2023 to 21 January 2024 at the Musée d'Art...
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The photographic fauvism of Maya Inès Touam

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About the exhibition "Les Choses qui restent", by Maya Inès Touam at the gallery Les Filles du calvaire, Paris, from 14 September...
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At the great ball of wild beasts

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About the exhibition "Matisse, Derain and their friends. The Parisian avant-garde 1904-1908", on show at the Kunstmuseum Basel (Switzerland) until 21 January...
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The art of being Modigliani's dealer

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About the exhibition "Amedeo Modigliani. A painter and his dealer", on show from 20 September to 15 January 2024 at the Musée...
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Contemporary art is also a big part of the autumn season!

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On the subject of contemporary art exhibitions, which should not be forgotten as the autumn turns the spotlight on modern art. Far...
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New talent to watch

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About the exhibitions by Marguerite Bornhauser, Michèle Perozeni and Morgan Bancon, featured in Connaissance des arts magazine. In the 'New talent' section...
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Gertrude Stein understood Picasso

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About the exhibition "Gertrude Stein and Pablo Picasso - The Invention of Language", on show at the Musée du Luxembourg in Paris...
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The gigantic power of tiny art

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About micro-art, which is perfectly suited to new economic, social and ecological practices because it saves space and resources. With its full-page...
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The undisputed maestro: the artist who has left his mark on world art history

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The history of art is a vast canvas woven from talent and creativity. Over the centuries, many artists have left their indelible...

October 2023

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The Influence Of Fashion On Art In The 21st Century

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In The 21st Century, The Art World Continues To Reinvent Itself, Push Boundaries And Draw On A Multitude Of Sources To Create...
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A village in the pictures

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About the La Gacilly Photo Festival (56), running until 1 October 2023. You may have heard of La Gacilly as a child...
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Roma art deconstructs clichés at the Mucem

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About the exhibition "Barvalo - Roms, Sinti, Manouches, Gitans, Voyageurs...", on show at the Mucem in Marseille until 4 September. What fascinates...
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Maurice Denis, painter and evangelist of Nature

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About the "Maurice Denis - Les chemins de la Nature" exhibition, on view until 1 October at the Domaine départemental de la...
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A life-size "game" at Pompidou-Metz

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About the "Bonne chance" exhibition by Scandinavian duo Elmgreen & Dragset, at the Centre Pompidou-Metz until 1 April 2024. The impertinent Berlin-based...
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Bastien Cosson's art of living

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About Bastien Cosson's "Autopromo" exhibition, on show at the Café des Glaces in Tonnerre (Yonne) until 7 October. "There is no 'Cosson'...
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Contemporary art in Hong Kong is changing

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About the vitalist impulse of artists who embrace the present, particularly those in Hong Kong who respond to political upheaval with artistic...
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"I'm a painter, not an artist".

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About the retrospective exhibition "Neo Rauch, le songe de la raison", on view until 15 October at the MO.CO. in Montpellier. The...
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Contemporary art has its own island

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About the Greek island of Hydra, which a billionaire collector has turned into a haven for artists, art galleries and art events....
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