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The Indian painter SH Raza, a great master of modern art
Sayed Haider Raza (1922-2016) was part of the School of Paris and lived in France for a long time. In India, he is recognized as one of the greatest modern…
Episode 1 – Basquiat, the childhood of a painter
/ Podcasts / Basquiat, a ticket to Africa To probe Jean-Michel Basquiat’s relations with the African continent, let’s first go back to the artist’s trajectory: a return to his New…
“The great art” of the Indian painter SH Raza celebrated at the Center Pompidou
How to speak of a dialogue of cultures when entire civilizations remain neglected in the globalized space of contemporary creation? Very few know the name of Sayed Haider Raza (1922-2016).…
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…
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…
He disliked it and threw it away! Famous painter Frida Kahlo’s work sold for $ 8.63 million
“Self-Portrait, which Frida Kahlo did in 1933 and didn’t like. His work, which he named “So ugly” (Autorretrato. Muy feo) and then thrown away, was put up for sale by…
The painter Pierre Soulages, master of “Outrenoir”, died at the age of 102
With him, the view of black has changed. Pierre Soulages has elevated his “Outrenoir” to the rank of art. Since then, it is no longer us who look at black,…
Painter of a disappeared village: Klaas Zwaan captured the Spakenburg of the past in his works
The old harbor with botters, the landscapes around the fishing village where the cows graze, a street with a view of the church, some milk churns and women in traditional…
the painter Moulaye Sarr exhibits his works in Banjul
In Gambia, Moulaye Sarr is one of the few painters who manage to make a living from their activity. On the occasion of an exhibition of his works, in Banjul,…
Gesso: what is it?
A term known to creatives and especially painters, gesso is used before painting a canvas. This word deserves closer attention. What is it used for ? How is it made?…