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Month: July 2025
CAT PEOPLE. DES ARTISTES ET DES CHATS
Adel Abdessemed, M’barka Amor, Amber Andrews, Sophia Balagamwala, Sarah Nefissa Belhadjali, Pierre Bellot, Marcel Broodthaers, Nina Childress, Ann Craven, Oli Epp, Gerrit Frohne-Brinkmann, Claire Guetta, Charles Hascoët, Andy Holden, Armand Jalut, Laurent Le Deunff, Louise Luc Kheloui, Rayane Mcirdi, Damir Očko, Alain Séchas, Mayura Torii, Yves Trémorin, Sarah Tritz
Deliberately ironic, this exhibition is intended as an a priori seductive reflection of our world, presenting the work of artists inspired by the feline figure. “Cat People” – whose title refers to Jacques Tourneur’s 1942 film – attempts to illustrate this relationship, described by Jacques Derrida in terms of what the animal reveals about the human. How do we project ourselves, how do we approach the other through the domestic figure of the cat? Cats reassure us – hence the upsurge in videos of cute little cats on social networks – but they can also worry us, symbolically reflecting the ills that plague our Western societies in crisis.
The exhibition “Cat People. Des artistes et des chats” tackles this complex link that binds us to cats through various thematic entries such as anthropomorphism, the stray cat, animal ergonomics and kitsch….
Curator: Marc Bembekoff
Art en lieux is a program developed since 2004 with the municipality of Royère de Vassivière. It places the encounter of local residents with the collections of the Frac-Artothèque Nouvelle-Aquitaine at the heart of the project.
This year, the Frac-Artothèque has selected works in close collaboration with local residents, who are opening their doors to contemporary art. The pharmacist, the hairdresser, the butcher, the garage owner, the doctor, the town hall workers, the journalists from Radio de Vassivière, etc., all welcome works of art to share with the local population and visiting tourists alike. Art en lieux builds on the notion of lending works of art that characterizes the Artothèque, extending it and contributing to the development and enhancement of learning by contemporary art enthusiasts on a village scale. The Art en lieux project affirms the desire to bring art as close as possible to each and every one of us.
With works by :
Julien AUDEBERT
Raphaël BOCCANFUSO
Jean-François BORY
Anne BRÉGEAUT
Henri CUECO
Alix DELMAS
Bertrand DEZOTEUX
Gabriele DI MATTEO
Laure-Anne ESTAQUE
Sylvie FAJFROWSKA
HIPPOLYTE HENTGEN
Anne-Marie FILAIRE
Tetsumi KUDO
Laurent LE DEUNFF
Matt MULLICAN
RAMON
Daniel SILVO
Anat SHALEV
Klaus STAECK
Boyd WEBB
From the collection of Frac-Artothèque Nouvelle-Aquitaine
From 8 July to 31 August 2025, the Grimaldi Forum Monaco and the Centre Pompidou will be presenting ‘Couleurs!’, an exhibition devoted to a modern history of colour through the greatest masterpieces of the 20th century.
Curated by Didier Ottinger, Deputy Director of the Musée National d’Art Moderne, the exhibition will feature over a hundred works, including paintings by some thirty major artists, from Sonia Delaunay to Jean-Michel Basquiat, Pablo Picasso, Amedeo Modigliani, Henri Matisse, Vassily Kandinsky and others.
A truly sensory and visual journey invites visitors to rethink the perception of colour in modern art. At the heart of the exhibition, seven monochromatic spaces will be enhanced by the sound creations of composer Roque Rivas, produced in collaboration with Ircam, and the olfactory ambiences developed by “nose” Alexis Dadier in collaboration with the House of Fragonard. These unique installations will allow visitors to experience colour not only visually, but also through other senses: hearing and smell.
As an extension of the exhibition, iconic design pieces by Ron Arad, Jean Prouvé, Ettore Sottsass and Philippe Starck will be incorporated into installations specially designed by Marion Mailaender, linking works of art and design objects. By recreating the ambience of interiors, the French architect and designer will show art in a different light, by immersing it in everyday life.
The exhibition’s scenography is the work of William Chatelain, head of studies and space design at the Grimaldi Forum Monaco.
This exhibition brings together works by some forty artists who seem above all to be experimenting with new combinations, sometimes with a touch of humor or the absurd. The unexpectedness of these creations invites us to question our certainties and explore new limits, both for the artist and for those who discover them. Paintings, sculptures and videos by some forty artists are presented.
With works by Pierre Ardouvin, Chiara Bonato, John Casey, Katsumata Chieko, Nicolas Darrot, Michel Duport, Léo Fourdrinier, Gaillard & Claude, Dave Hardy, Thibault Hazelzet, Lothar Hempel, Hippolyte Hentgen, Anabelle Hulaut, Jacques Julien, Rachel de Joode, Fee Kleiss, Ted Larsen, Farida Le Suavé, Andrew Lewis, Bence Magyarlaki, Jonathan Monaghan, Hélène Mougin, Amir Nave, Leo Orta, Loïc Pantaly, Olivier Passieux, Iseult Perrault, Chloé Poizat, Julien Prévieux, Bernard Quesniaux, Studio KRJST, Laurent Tixador, Marnie Weber, Erik van der Weijde, Letha Wilson, David Wolle
Art tells us that we must “learn to see and feel life,” declared Josef Albers, a German-born artist and teacher then living in the United States, in 1940. For him, art is inseparable from life, and he encourages us to “open our eyes”. This formula applies as much to his conception of pedagogy as to its artistic dimension.
This exhibition examines the way in which artists invite us to decenter our gaze and thus transform our relationship with art, society and the world. The exhibition, neither chronological nor narrative, is structured around visual, formal or thematic rhymes. It reveals affinities between works from a wide variety of media, periods and creative contexts, reflecting the richness and diversity of the collections of the Musée National d’Art Moderne (Paris).
“To Open Eyes” is a free journey that offers an open and non-exhaustive overview of the great movements and ruptures that have marked the history of 20th- and 21st-century art, up to recent creations that reflect some of the contemporary challenges. The works offer reflections on our relationship with history and spirituality, the place of the body in art and society, and the way utopias shape our imaginaries.