Léa Augereau: feminine power
Having entered the world of painting quite by chance, Léa Augereau quickly established herself as an artist to watch. A stylist and pattern maker by training, she initially only sought to replace fashion illustration with painting for her portfolio, but she fell in love with the brush. And the public, with her paintings. These, for the […]
Basak Bugay & Burçin Basar
Prison or dollhouse? Vault or dungeon? Cabin or cell? The strange concrete dwellings on stilts created by Basak Bugay provoked a curious commotion at the Zilberman Gallery booth during the 15th Contemporary Istanbul art fair last June: there were the hurried visitors […]
The Desert Whisper: Namibia
Facebook-f Spotify Soundcloud THE DESERT WHISPER: Namibia 1 2 3 In the heart of the Namib Desert, with the Naukluft Mountains as a backdrop, this lodge, the latest addition to the Gondwana Collection, is among the most spectacular in Namibia. Perched on a jumble of stones overlooking a hill, the capsule villa with its organic shapes and […]
Maison & Objet: the 2022 edition immerses us in Luxury
The world population reviewed by Mathieu Lehanneur
To illustrate the evolution of the world's population, Frenchman Mathieu Lehanneur brought statistics to life through 3D-printed aluminum statuettes. Entitled "State of the World," these 140 pieces represent the populations of as many countries. Each of their grooves corresponds to an age, from 0 to […]
Uchronia and its timeless worlds
He first gained recognition with the restaurant Créatures in 2019. This year, he captivated Paris Design Week with the exhibition of his collection, Wave. Uchronia is a new kind of design studio, a multidisciplinary collective breathing new life into the field. At the helm of this project? Julien Sebban, who, […]
Artek: a jewel of Finnish design
Helsinki, Finland, 1935. Four young designers, Maire Gullichsen, Nils-Gustav Hahl, Alvar and Aino Aalto, shared a common goal: "to sell furniture and promote a culture of modern living through exhibitions and other educational means." Artek was born. Artek aimed to be the fusion of art and technology, so dear at the time […]
Heaps & Woods: a passion for craftsmanship
Heaps & Woods began with an encounter with Indonesian culture in Bali. Louis, an entrepreneur, and Marta, an interior designer, discovered a passion for craftsmanship and a unique way of working with natural materials. A world of boundless creativity opened up to them. The couple settled on the island and developed their project. Heaps […]
Emmanuelle Simon: Brutal Delicacy
After working with Jean-Marie Massaud and Pierre Yovanovitch, the young interior designer Emmanuelle Simon launched her own architecture and design agency in 2017. That same year, she won the special prize at the Design Parade Toulon international interior architecture festival. A promising career path. With her taste for natural colors and her refined style, […]
Léo Walk: "I think dance will continue to save lives"
It was at Café Goguette in Paris that we met Léo Walk. At 26, this "dreamy child" juggles his career as a dancer and choreographer, his clothing brand Walk in Paris, and his various modeling contracts with prestigious fashion houses. Despite his hectic lifestyle of performances, training, and creative projects, Léo has […]
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Paris Photo: photographic emotions
Paris Photo, the essential event for the photography market, took place from November 11 to 14 at the Grand Palais Éphémère. After a two-year hiatus, this 24th edition welcomed over 190 galleries and publishing houses from 30 different countries, as well as numerous conferences and book signings. A new edition that greatly impressed us […]
Yang Yongliang: Dystopian Landscapes
Drawing its roots from traditional Chinese painting, Yang Yongliang's art reinterprets its landscapes, transposing them to the Anthropocene era. At first, the eye perceives mountains from the Song dynasty, but then discovers that a tangle of skyscrapers has replaced the rocks, and that forests of cranes and power lines cling to their slopes.
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Blitz Society: the new address for chess enthusiasts
Blitz Society is the ambitious project undertaken by a trio of friends to share their passion for chess with as many people as possible. Often considered elitist, the game evokes for its founders the image of chess players in the streets of New York, where rabbis, young startup founders, and homeless people compete in a festive atmosphere […]
Elea Jeanne Schmitter: another perspective
Photographer Elea Jeanne Schmitter's work engages with social and representational norms. Currently exhibited at the Paris-Beijing gallery, the bodies and polished images of her series 40 ans 70 kg (40 Years Old, 70 kg) aim to negate the apparent neutrality they project, by juxtaposing them with excerpts from the book Invisible Women by […]
The Nuu Festival: photographic poetry
Exhibiting contemporary photography in the streets, for a diverse audience, to engage with the urban population, and to remain visible to those who host artists and the public within their walls: this is the principle behind La Nuu festival, which took place in the town of Rubi in Catalonia. This year, 2021, the festival […]
ELSA & JOHANNA
Shortlisted for the Balzac Prize, revived this year to reward the most evocative photographic work of the Human Comedy of our time, they are presented in their first solo museum exhibition, "The Plural Life of Identity," at the Städtische Galerie in Karlsruhe until February, as well as in Paris at the Galerie La Forest Divonne until December 23 with a new […]
Nicolas Floc'h: invisible
Photographed in panoramic shots, with the timeless splendor of black and white, Nicolas Floc'h's underwater landscapes plunge us, at the edge of the visible and the invisible, into the silence of infinite spaces. Immersive and magnetic, these landscapes evoke the strange sensation of wandering and floating between two waters: that of the still-sunlit sea, […]
Contact sheets: a touch of Normandy
Deeply rooted in its local area, the Planches Contact photography festival in Deauville is structured around several key themes that reflect its international ambition: emerging talent, partnerships, and, above all, photographers in residence from France and beyond. The extensive exhibition offers a diverse range of perspectives, showcasing both contemporary photography and the Normandy landscape – a true showcase of diversity […]
The Large Drawing
Once confined to the intimacy of a sheet of paper or a sketchbook, contemporary drawing is spreading and unfolding on a large scale. A simple medium transformed into a work of art in its own right, it has changed format along with its status. Transcending its original framework and function, it is exploding and […]
Marina Abramović & Ulay: go back!
A goddess of performance art, Marina Abramović has continued to move and unsettle us with the same vigor and visual power for four decades. Her radical work, which began as a duo in the mid-1970s with her partner and collaborator Frank Uwe Laysiepen, known as Ulay, is now featured in the collection of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Lyon, […]