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Karen Swami - En galerie

Karen Swami is making a name in contemporary ceramics with works that combine clean lines, technical innovation, and striking surface effects, earning recognition from collectors and major institutions. At Galerie Minsky in Paris, she reinterprets the Japanese art of kintsugi: instead of highlighting cracks with gold, she grows porcelain flowers from the fissures, transforming repair into a vital, organic gesture. The exhibition, titled "Karen Swami. Hana is the new Kintsugi," runs at Galerie Minsky, 37 rue Vaneau, Paris 7e.

Alioune Diagne - En galerie

Alioune Diagne, following his success at the 2024 Venice Biennale, presents his new series "Saytu" at Galerie Templon in Paris. The series documents endangered rites and traditions of minority communities in Senegal, rendered through his signature "signes inconscients" that blend abstraction and figuration. The works capture the spiritual energy of ceremonies and explore themes of knowledge transmission, women's roles, and cultural heritage preservation.

Jonathas de Andrade - En galerie

Jonathas de Andrade's solo exhibition, titled "Ivresse d’une vie de bain de mer," is on view at Galleria Continua in Paris. The show brings together recent and never-before-seen works inspired by Brazilian Neo-Concretism and geometric abstraction. Andrade transforms vernacular forms into chromatic compositions, drawing from a project initiated after a 2025 commission from the Victoria and Albert Museum. The works engage with the materials and practices of maritime communities in northeastern Brazil, particularly canoeiros and jangadeiros (fishermen and raft sailors). The exhibition includes the film "Jangadeiros e Canoeiros" (2025), along with silkscreens, recycled sails, and paintings on wood, blending photography, abstraction, and readymade elements.

Nancy Graves - En galerie

Nancy Graves (1939-1995), a major figure in American art who first gained recognition in 1969 at the Whitney Museum in New York, is the subject of a gallery exhibition presenting works from 1977 to 1990. Her multidisciplinary practice encompasses sculpture, painting, drawing, and film, drawing on scientific and cultural references. The featured works showcase an experimental approach based on layering, assemblage, and dynamic colors reminiscent of Abstract Expressionism, inspired by art history, archaeology, and her travels. Graves refused a fixed style, instead exploring the memory of forms and their reinterpretation in a free, layered visual language that is now being rediscovered.

Marie-Claude Bugeaud - En galerie

Marie-Claude Bugeaud (born 1941) is the subject of an exhibition titled "Marie-Claude Bugeaud. Des histoires" at Galerie Éric Linard in La Garde Adhémar, France. Her paintings explore the memory of everyday objects, blending abstraction with intimate evocation through sensitive lines and colors, creating a poetic dialogue inspired by decorative traditions. The article highlights her emancipatory journey and the expressive freedom in her work, where living forms and light gestures convey a personal quest.

Kiki Smith - En galerie

Kiki Smith, a multidisciplinary artist born in 1954, is the subject of an exhibition titled "Flight" at Galerie Lelong. The show features bronzes, stained glass, and drawings in which birds and nature reflect human emotions, continuing her 40-year exploration of the unity of living things—human, animal, and plant—from the microscopic to the cosmic. The article, published in L'ŒIL no. 796 on June 1, 2026, is behind a paywall.

Behind the Scenes of the Louvre Heist

Dans les coulisses du braquage du Louvre

On October 19, 2025, a forklift truck was used to gain access to the Louvre Museum in Paris, where two thieves stole heritage jewelry that has not yet been recovered. Crime journalist Patricia Tourancheau investigated the heist, publishing a book titled "Le Casse du Louvre. Dans les coulisses du musée mythique" (Édition du Seuil, 2026) that details the museum's security failures and profiles the expert burglars.

20th edition of Hammer Days

20e édition des Journées Marteau

The 20th edition of the Journées Marteau (Hammer Days) will take place from May 26 to 31, 2026, across Paris and France. Organized by the Symev, the event invites the public to discover how auctions work and to have objects, jewelry, and artworks appraised. For this anniversary edition, auctioneers are highlighting the color red through a curated selection of lots, while workshops, conferences, and meetings will illuminate the mechanisms of the art market.

JR Designs the Roland-Garros 2026 Poster

JR signe l’affiche de Roland-Garros 2026

The French artist JR has been commissioned to create the official poster for the 2026 Roland-Garros tennis tournament. His design blends photography with an illusionistic device, transforming the tennis court into an expanded, almost architectural space, aiming to give the sporting event a more contemporary visual dimension.

La MansA Launches Its Magazine

La MansA lance son magazine

La MansA – Maison des mondes africains has launched MansA Magazine, a bilingual (French/English) semiannual cultural publication. The magazine, available at newsstands, bookstores, and online, features essays, interviews, and portfolios focused on African and Afro-diasporic art scenes, adopting a critical and documentary approach. The cover of the inaugural issue features Guillaume Diop, the first Black male principal dancer at the Paris Opera.

The Artists' Foundation Celebrates its 50th Anniversary

La Fondation des artistes célèbre ses 50 ans

The Fondation des artistes, a major independent French organization supporting visual artists, is celebrating its 50th anniversary. Founded in 1976, it operates from the Hôtel Salomon de Rothschild and the Nogent-sur-Marne estate, providing production grants, residencies, and support for elderly artists at the Maison nationale des artistes. Its anniversary program includes exhibitions, performances, and public events, with a key date on June 27 in Nogent-sur-Marne.

Rubens Under Construction at the Louvre

Rubens en chantier au Louvre

The Louvre Museum has launched a major four-year restoration project for the monumental 24-canvas 'Cycle of Marie de Médicis' by Peter Paul Rubens. The initiative, funded by the Société des Amis du Louvre with a budget of 4 million euros, aims to restore the works' chromatic power and stabilize their fragile paint layers. The Medici Gallery will close to the public in May, though some stages of the process will be viewable.

The Postal Museum recovers its name

Le Musée postal retrouve son nom

The Musée de La Poste in Paris has reverted to its original name, Musée postal, as part of a major rebranding effort. The institution, approaching its 80th anniversary, has introduced a new visual identity and aims to reposition itself within the Parisian cultural landscape, seeking to distance itself from the image of a corporate museum.

The Centre Pompidou Expands to South Korea

Le Centre Pompidou s’exporte en Corée du Sud

The Centre Pompidou has opened a new satellite institution, the Centre Pompidou Hanwha, in Seoul, South Korea. The 11,000-square-meter venue, located in the 63 Tower and designed by the Wilmotte et Associés agency, is a partnership with the Hanwha Foundation of Culture and coincides with the 140th anniversary of Franco-Korean diplomatic relations. The opening was highlighted by a recent site visit from French President Emmanuel Macron and Centre Pompidou president Laurent Le Bon.