contemporary art


Brazil and Photography

The maps that the Europeans began to draw from the sixteenth century, artistically represented the distant lands then explored. They sought to trace the different regions based on their most striking attributes: the products that were discovered there. Some members of the expeditions were present only to draw, give a […]


Terra Brasilis – Brazilian Contemporary Photography Project at BnF, France

Terra Brasilis – Presentation (Français + English) Terra Brasilis – Press Kit (Français) Artists Info, texts and more… Alexandre Sequeira (Français  + English) Andrea Eichenberger (Français + English) Cristiano Xavier (Português Brasileiro) Feco Hamburger (English) Felipe Fittipaldi (English) João Castilho (Português Brasileiro) Joaquim Paiva (Français) José Diniz (Português Brasileiro) Juan […]


LEOPOLDO MARTINS – SCULPTURE BIENNALE OF SHANGHAI – JISP 2018

Read more about the show The work of the artist Leopoldo Martins (1961), entitled Musas, proposes a dialogue between the two universes, that is, the objectivity and subjectivity of beauty, where technique and philosophy are translated through the aesthetic vision of an artist who knows the concept of space and […]


aestival 2018 (Dada, us.)

“Art cannot without disqualifying itself, agree to submit to any outside orders” André Breton Exhibition Presentation


Making of Vincent Breed, Les Yeux d'Argus, photo Vincent Breed

Eyes Wide Open / Les yeux grand ouverts

 photoericsaillet Ikse Maître and Vincent Breed with the complicity of des Vues de l’esprit* * Tanguy Boucneau / Matthieu Courgeon / Michèle Gouiffès / Vincent Hulot / Karen Perronet / François Poulet / Mathieu Vincendon Curators: Ricardo Fernandes, Thierry Renaudin-Viot Nuit Blanche Festival, Paris 2017 Cultural Center Cloître des Billettes (Centre Culturel Cloître des Billettes) 07 October from 7pm […]


Art as Part of My Life For as Far Back as I Can Remember, Kati Riikonen, 2017

Interview with Kati Riikonen, Helsinki, 2017 1) What are the influences of being an art teacher to your career as a contemporary artist? I believe that teaching fine arts has affected my own learning processes and artistic work. Innumerable times it has happened so that in a dialogical teaching situation […]


From Heaven to Hell, David Lachapelle

The baroque vision of David Lachapelle gives me the impression of a déjà-vu. I’ve been there, I’ve done that… It’s like feeling and reviewing sensations that are very known by me and my body, leading me to a known, but always mysterious world of life and death, ¨heaven to hell¨. Suddenly […]


Marcos Garrot, Geometrical and Constructive (born 1965)

“… The work of Marcos Garrot assures him a significant place among the Brazilian constructivists, which constitute one of the most solid and competent groups of the country creators.” Enock Sacramento   RF – What is the role of the color in your work? MG – The color is used […]