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September 2022

August 2022

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Wind in the sails of art history

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About the exhibition "Le vent - Cela qui ne peut être peint" (The Wind - That which cannot be painted), until 2...
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The bodies and cries of Marlene Dumas

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About the exhibition "Open-End" which runs until 8 January 2023 at Palazzo Grassi in Venice. Decomposing corpses, tense sexes, bodies and faces...
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Italy for the ages

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About the exhibition "Via Roma. Painters and photographers of the Neue Pinakothek in Munich", on view at the Granet Museum in Aix-en-Provence...
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The mad love of surrealism

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About the exhibition "Nadja, a surrealist itinerary", on view until 6 November at the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Rouen. "Nadja", the literary...
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Le lait des rêves aurait-il tourné ?

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About the exhibition "The Milk of Dreams" at the Arsenale in Venice until November 27. Richard Leydier, the editor of the contemporary...
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La « Nice period » de Matisse à la lumière de Hockney

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About the exhibition "Hockney-Matisse - A Paradise Regained", until September 18 at the Matisse Museum in Nice, as part of the Biennale...
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Artistic and summer tour de France

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About 18 contemporary artists to be found in exhibitions throughout France. The journalists of this summer's L'Oeil magazine had the good idea...
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Reinoso's living sculptures overflow at Chambord

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About the exhibition "Débordments, Pablo Reinoso" at the Domaine national de Chambord (41) until 4 September. See this strange spaghetti bench, which...
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Enjoying the view with Ugo Rondinone

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About Ugo Rondinone's exhibitions in Venice, Frankfurt am Main and Mexico City. "Can we abandon words and simply look? Ugo Rondinone asks...
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The constructive painting of Verena Loewensberg

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About the retrospective exhibition devoted to Verena Loewensberg at the MAMCO in Geneva until 19 June. She was already 74 years old...
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Can creativity according to Jeppe Hein save us?

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About Jeppe Hein's participative installations "Récits de Champagne", which will be on view at Art Basel in Switzerland from 16 to 19...
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Humour and love of art

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About this month's dossier on the funniest works of art. It's funny. In his editorial for the June issue of Beaux-Arts Magazine,...
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Annette Messager lives to create... and/or creates to live

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About the monographic exhibition devoted to Annette Messager at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art until 3 September. From her first works...
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Let justice be done for Rosa Bonheur too!

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About the four exhibitions paying tribute to Rosa Bonheur on the occasion of the bicentenary of her birth:     at the Musée des...
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Simon Hantaï unfolded and folded

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About "Simon Hantaï - L'exposition du centenaire" (Simon Hantaï - The Centenary Exhibition) which runs until 29 August 2022 at the Fondation...
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A royal setting for contemporary art

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About the 15th anniversary of the Art Season at the Domaine de Chaumont-sur-Loire, to be seen until 30 October. We have already...

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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Exploration of AI in Art: creative revolution or simple technological gadget?

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In the world of contemporary art, artificial intelligence has become an essential protagonist, arousing both fascination and concern about its creative potential....
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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...
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