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You are a visual / graphic artist, we take care of giving you a quick and precise summary in the right of exhibition. This is normal, because it is very often ignored (voluntarily or not) by French exhibition venues. The scale of the floor (minimum) remuneration for artists in the context of temporary exhibitions is set up by the Ministry of Culture.

Cyril Emmanuel, aka X the Villain: An artist at the crossroads of traditions and futures

Feb 28, 2025

X the Villain is a powerful Nigerian artist who blends African traditions, contemporary art, and social engagement to create powerful, immersive, and deeply human works. Investing in his work means supporting a rising voice redefining the contours of global art with power and authenticity.

Lucian Tidorescu: A unique vision of the world, between satire, poetry and visual audacity

May 9, 2024

Lucian Tidorescu is a Romanian painter whose works combine vibrant colors, visual narrative, and a critical outlook on the world. His unique style is as compelling for its graphic beauty as it is for the depth of its subject matter.

Pere Lluís León: The charm of poetic realism at the service of the imagination

Mar 28, 2025

Pere Lluís León is a unique Catalan artist whose work combines the precision of scientific illustration with the poetry of symbolism. His paintings, rich in mystery and intensity, invite slow contemplation, conducive to emotion and reflection.

Fun fact | Jean-Michel Basquiat in Armani (and Barefoot): When Art Wore Fashion

May 27, 2025

Jean-Michel Basquiat painted in Armani suits, walked Comme des Garçons runways, and posed barefoot on magazine covers. His art? Revolutionary. His wardrobe? Just as subversive...

French museums to increase fees for non-European tourists from 2026

Jun 12, 2025

Starting in January 2026, several iconic museums and monuments in France, including the Louvre and Versailles, will apply a higher admission fee for tourists from outside the European Union. This measure aims to finance major renovation work in the face of severe budget cuts. A decision that raises debates and questions about access to culture.

Moonlit Meditations: Uposatha and Artistic Expression

Jun 11, 2024

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Uposatha, originating from the Muluposatha Sutta around 600 BCE, is a crucial Buddhist observance that offers opportunities for ethical reflection and spiritual growth through practices tied to lunar phases. Adapted from pre-Buddhist Brahmin rituals, it involves intensified precept observance, meditation, and Dhamma study, fostering communal reciprocity and remaining significant in both Theravada and Mahayana traditions.

3 Emblematic Artists who Influenced Advertising

Jun 18, 2021

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Art and advertising have a very close relationship. Embark with us on an artistic epic mixing fine arts and communication: when artists and their artworks offer their services to the consumer society.

Freedom of expression put to the test in Hong Kong with a major LGBTQ+ exhibition

Mar 13, 2023

Even though censorship is getting worse in the city, only one piece has been taken off the show so far.

Sotheby’s Celebrates 50 Years of Photography with an Extraordinary Auction in New York

Mar 13, 2025

On March 27, 2025, at 12:00 EDT, Sotheby’s will inaugurate a significant photography auction to celebrate the 50th anniversary of its Photography Department in New York. Since the first historic sale in 1975, Sotheby’s has redefined the photography market, setting world records and presenting works by undisputed masters of the field. ...

Nuit Blanche France 2025: A Night of Surprises, Art, and Spectacle

May 28, 2025

Nuit Blanche 2025, held on June 7 in Paris and the Île-de-France region, transforms the city into a vibrant, all-night celebration of contemporary art curated by filmmaker Valérie Donzelli. With immersive installations, cinematic themes, and surprising performances, the event promises an unforgettable cultural experience free and open to all.

Florence Pedals into a New Era of Menswear with “Pitti Bikes”

Jun 6, 2025

Pitti Uomo 108, held in Florence from June 17–20, 2025, celebrates global menswear through over 730 brands and a bold thematic focus on cycling culture with PITTI BIKES and the immersive BECYCLE installation. The event blends innovative fashion and lifestyle into a dynamic journey inspired by movement and meaning.

FABIEN BOITARD: “It could have been a very beautiful painting!”

Nov 19, 2019

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Fabien Boitard paints landscapes, portraits, still lifes ... In short, he does not deny any of the genre categories recognized in the history of painting, but anyone who thinks he will find a kind of comfort will quickly pay for his expenses: l he artist breaks the codes by bringing to his paintings a deliberately iconoclastic touch. Interview with an artist who plays with ambiguity on the notion of “style”.

What we know about the new US tariffs

Apr 11, 2025

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Sales of artworks, including original works, photographs and prints, are currently unaffected by the new tariff measures, providing stability for these categories...

Spring Colors: Vogue's Chromatic Choices for the 2025 Season

Mar 13, 2025

For Spring 2025, Vogue celebrates a vibrant and sophisticated palette, where each shade takes center stage in an aesthetic narrative that reflects cultural trends and contemporary moods...

Timothy Colomer: Creating art is deeply fulfilling for me

Jul 4, 2024

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"Creating art is deeply fulfilling for me, driven by a blend of personal and spiritual inspirations. The feeling of accomplishment I get from bringing a vision to life on canvas is incredibly rewarding."

Odile Faure: I have always been drawing

Jul 23, 2024

"This attraction to art naturally led me towards a baccalaureate in fine arts, supplemented by various evening courses at the Beaux-Arts de Lyon, which allowed me to pursue a career as a stylist-designer for different companies of silk."...

Chroma: An Artistic Exploration of Light and Personal Rewriting

Apr 25, 2025

Digital artist Chroma explores personal and universal themes through vibrant works that blend pop culture with symbols of redemption and healing. Blending humor, sensuality, and emotional depth, her creations reflect her unique journey, offering viewers a colorful and intense vision of the world.

Art & Impact | Brushstrokes of Rebellion: How Turkish Artists Turn Protest into Powerful Art

May 27, 2025

In Turkey, where politics and art often collide, a new generation of artists is using protest as their canvas. From murals to performance pieces, their works echo the country’s unrest—and spark global conversations.

The Sacred Signs of Rachid Koraichi: A Journey Through Mysticism and Memory

Jun 16, 2025

Rachid Koraichi is a visionary Algerian artist known for his mystical use of calligraphy and sacred symbols inspired by Sufi philosophy. Through installations, textiles, and sculpture, he connects ancient spiritual traditions with contemporary global concerns like migration and memory.

Asalha Puja and Art: A Harmonious Celebration of Dharma

Jun 17, 2024

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The Asalha Puja, an important Buddhist celebration marking the Buddha's first sermon, is enriched by various forms of artistic expression such as paintings, frescoes and sculptures, incorporating both traditional and modern techniques.

Hector Acevedo, inspiration that comes from dreams

Oct 22, 2022

Hector Acevedo's work is a reflection of his life experience. During these long years of painterly experimentation, he has achieved a peculiar handling of color; through glazing that has led to the achievement of greater intensity, luminosity and expressive power of color...

Why the Dropped Maurizio Cattelan Authorship Lawsuit Sets a New Legal Precedent in France?

Jul 22, 2022

Daniel Druet sued to be recognized as sole creator of Maurizio Cattelan's nine wax effigies. Judges ruled against him, setting a new legal precedent in France.

Bosch's Garden of Earthly Delights is reinterpreted in digital format for a new exhibition in Madrid

Oct 19, 2021

Adaptations of Triptych from the twenty-first century address issues such as consumerism, sex, and the environment

Maxl, creation is a visceral need

Jul 19, 2023

Creation is a visceral need necessary for my personal balance. I have always admired craftsmen, all those who work with their hands and are capable of carrying out a work of goldsmith...

Bharti Kher: A Multifaceted Contemporary Artist

Jan 20, 2025

Bharti Kher is an acclaimed contemporary artist whose career spans almost thirty years. Her artistic journey has encompassed various mediums, including painting, sculpture, and installation. At the core of her work lies a deep exploration of the human body, its stories, and the essence of objects...

Kristin Baker – The colorful explosion of contemporary painting

Feb 18, 2025

Kristin Baker is an American contemporary painter , known for her dynamic and abstract compositions that capture the energy of movement. Her unique style, combining acrylic paint on PVC , bold colors and layering, has earned her a prominent place in contemporary art . Her work is inspired by futurism , pop art and geometric abstraction.

Vanity: a pictorial genre

Jul 24, 2022

Vanity refers to a specific type of still life, which, through the inclusion of characteristic symbolic objects, such as, for example, skulls, hourglasses, and luxury goods, aims to remind the viewer, both of the inexorable passing of time, and the future advent of death, and, consequently, also of the futility of ephemeral earthly goods and pleasures...

Top 10 Artists to Follow on TikTok

Jan 29, 2021

With more than 800 Million active users worldwide, TikTok has become in just few years one of the most popular social networks of the new generation.

5 Most Emblematic Artworks of Pop Art

Mar 12, 2021

Come on board with us to discover 5 artworks that laid the foundations of an innovative and still profoundly current artistic movement: today, it's Pop!

Xu Bing, the artist who reinvents language and culture

Mar 18, 2025

Xu Bing is a contemporary Chinese artist whose work explores the links between writing, communication and cultural identity through iconic pieces such as Book from the Sky and Book from the Ground . Internationally acclaimed and awarded numerous prizes, he navigates between tradition and modernity, East and West, integrating calligraphy, new technologies and monumental installations to question our relationship with language.

£4.8m toilet theft: Inside story revealed

Feb 26, 2025

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The theft of Maurizio Cattelan's famous America gold toilet, carried out in five minutes at Blenheim Castle, exposed a sophisticated criminal network. The trial reveals the details of the operation and the thieves' motivations.

Mediterranean Sea: migrant routes in art

Jun 15, 2022

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Mediterranean migrations, now the focus of global media attention for some years already, have fascinated, intrigued and inspired artists around the world, who, in some cases, have focused especially on those flows directed toward Sicily (Italy), such as, for example, Mimmo Paladino, Jason deCaires Taylor, Vik Muniz and Lucy Wood...

Néjib Belkhodja: The Architect of Maghreb Abstraction

Mar 4, 2025

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Néjib Belkhodja (1933-2007) is a Tunisian painter and architect whose work fuses geometric abstraction and architectural references, illustrating a modernity anchored in Maghreb heritage.

The Kiss by Gustav Klimt

Mar 24, 2023

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"The Kiss" is a famous painting created by Austrian Symbolist painter Gustav Klimt in 1908. It depicts a couple locked in an embrace and about to kiss, with the man wrapping his arms around the woman and tilting her head back while she leans into him. The painting is considered one of Klimt's most famous works, and it is widely recognized as an iconic image of romantic love.