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May 2023

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The art of collage: creating unique works from fragments

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The art ofcollageis a fascinating artistic technique that allows you to create unique works by assembling different fragments of materials. Whether with...
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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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Film photography: a return to timeless elegance

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The silver photography, despite the advent of digital photography, retains its timeless charm and continues to attract amateurs and professionals of the...
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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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Science fiction inspires art

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What if Man had for a long time been so afraid of witnessing the collapse of capitalism... that he had finally preferred...
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The elastic art of Fabrice Hyber

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“I dream of all the museums in the world becoming schools. Imagine kids seeing works of art every day! In the works...
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The Lyon Museum of Fine Arts brings Poussin’s work to life

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Love, love, love... that we always talk about... sang Mouloudji. Is it because it was absolutely necessary to bring out the heavy...
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In the light of Vincent Bioulès

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Born in Montpellier in 1938, where he lives and works, the painter Vincent Bioulès is one of the founding members of the...
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The material nobility of 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...
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