Tag: Arts
Scooters, I prefer them in the theater than on the sidewalk, by Christophe Donner
I hadn’t set foot in Espace Cardin since that evening in January 2002 when I kissed Dora for the first time on the mouth and, suddenly, found the room sensational.…
The exhibition to see: Djamel Tatah, the painter of silence… which says a lot
For more than thirty-five years, Djamel Tatah, 63 years old today, has been deploying on the canvas a life-size theater of ghostly silhouettes, devoid of narrative context. Alone, in tandem…
Exhibition: Back to the 1980s at the Museum of Decorative Arts in Paris
/ Podcasts / Cultural report Celebrated by the series, starting with Stranger Things, fashionable among teenagers, the 1980s are making a comeback. In France, it was a pivotal decade, in…
Paul Saint Bris, under the varnish of an icon
Paul Saint Bris signs an exciting and documented first novel which imagines the perilous and very controversial restoration of La Joconde, the most famous painting in the world. Should works…
Vadim Garine, cardboard and gold leaf to sculpt light
Corrugated, reinforced or honeycombed, with cardboard, a pansy and gold leaf, Vadim Garine creates emotion. For this artist, this simple material is nevertheless magical. It can take on different aspects,…
Comics to discover: “Brancusi against the United States”, the trial of modern art in bubbles
Constantin Brancusi, his sanctuary studio, his avant-garde practice… and his incredible run-ins with the law. History, known, remains in the collective memory “the trial of modern art”. It all started…
In France, museums have (almost) found their visitors
Everywhere in France, museums and monuments are reviving attendance. The return of foreign tourists, with the exception of the Chinese, has a lot to do with it. And even if…
Exhibition: Marseille hosts the first major retrospective of the artist Ghada Amer
/ Podcasts / Cultural meeting The city of Marseille is opening three of its major museums to the Franco-American-Egyptian artist Ghada Amer. The Mucem, the old charity and the regional…
The Algerian painter Baya, beyond the “mystery”
/ Podcasts / Cultural meeting She became famous at only 16 years old and she then became a major figure in the arts in Algeria. The painter Baya is the…
Fabrice Hyber at the Cartier Foundation: a “rich, living world, like a garden”
/ Podcasts / Cultural guest In Paris, the Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain has been transformed into a classroom to better present the paintings of the French artist Fabrice Hyber,…