12.25.2017 Praises of pliages
“Hantaï’s paintings, where pliage (folding) is utilised as a genuine method, found an echo with Didi-Huberman.” (Soko Phay)
12.22.2017 The antic sky of Cy Twombly
“Cy Twombly’s work feeds on historical references, literature and art.” (Etienne Sallon)
12.18.2017 Space: obscure clarity
“The first blackness is that of night… ” (Annie Mollard-Desfour)
12.11.2017 Thomas Ruff, The Little Prince of Stars
” Thomas Ruff cancelled out any resemblance to reality and broke with the traditionally more emotional representation of the subject.” (Elodie Morel)
12.08.2017 Stars (of visibility)
“Visibility is the key for public recognition on a grand scale.” (Julia Kerninon)
12.01.2017 Usury and the stars
Usury and the Stars by writer and art historian, Pascal Bonafoux, about stars in the fresco of Giotto in the chapel of Santa Maria della Carità all’Arena.
10.27.2017 The logic of organised sensations of Cezanne
« There is no line, there is no modelling, there are only contrasts » (Lawrence Gowing)
09.22.2017 When an accident creates a new identity
“Accident and creation are therefore not in opposition.” (Catherine Malabou)
09.18.2017 The story of a photography
The photography was was blurred and the main subject matter had barely made it into the frame.
09.15.2017 American Paris
“The American of Paris is what America does best.” (Francis Scott Fitzgerald, 1925)
08.25.2017 Return to Kep
“The scent of jasmine and roses whisks me back to the riverbanks at Kep” (Soko Phay)
08.14.2017 What is artification?
“Painting and sculpture have not always been considered art.” (Nathalie Heinich)
08.11.2017 A history of the gestures of perfumery
“From its origins to today, perfume has continued to induce practices and gestures.” (Annick Le Guérer)
08.07.2017 Il Disegno, drawing and design
“Drawing is even more important because it is at the origin of a piece of work.” (Pascal Bonafoux)
07.28.2017 Perfume: the story of a murderer
“This novel by Patrick Süskind is primarily the story of a Nose called Jean-Baptiste Grenouille” (Julia Kerninon)
07.14.2017 Philosophy of Smell
“Smell acquires its pedigree via the art that expresses the beauty and power of fragrances. ” (Chantal Jaquet)
06.30.2017 Morvarid K.: “Preserved for a better day”
With « Preserved for a better day », artist Morvarid K. recalls the daily lives of people living in Tehran.
06.26.2017 Philosophical thought of cinema
“The moment is not overcome. It turns into a drama and a sequence that confronts action with time.” (Jean-Clet Martin)
06.23.2017 The concept of time of Norbert Elias
“time is a phenomenon that is constructed by the very tools that measure it.” (Nathalie Heinich)
06.16.2017 On Kawara
“These dates, that follow each other in succession, paint a picture of a mysterious artist .” (Paul Nyzam)
05.26.2017 What is contemporaneity?
“The issue of modern art and contemporaneity is the same” (Olivier Zahm)
04.21.2017 Cy Twombly
Art that is both painting and literature, Twombly’s work would remain hush-hush for a long time.
04.07.2017 Mirrors of water
The water lilies appear secondary to the shimmering water…
03.27.2017 David Hockney’s perspective
“Painters have always known there is something wrong with perspective…” – David Hockney
03.24.2017 Writing Degree Zero
« Is there any poetic writing? » asks Roland Barthes in his first essay Writing degree zero.
03.17.2017 Murder in an English garden
However framed the image may be, it is neither a reflection of reality nor does it reveal the truth. It masks it.
02.17.2017 Portrait of the XVIIIe century
The Crazy Day or the Marriage of Figaro, was first performed on the 27th April 1784 in the presence of Marie-Antoinette herself in a brand new theatre, since named the Odeon Theatre.