In the last two months, as the global health situation has deteriorated, we have of course not been able to visit exhibitions, as the galleries and museums are now closed.
During the previous three months, we had the pleasure to visit several magnificent exhibitions, in Paris, Avignon and in our beautiful region (Cannes and Fondation Maeght in St-Paul de Vence).
We hope that the situation will gradually improve and that, in a few months, we will be able to revive our passion!

BERTHE MORISOT - ORSAY - PARIS

From June 18, 2019 to September 22, 2019. « Berthe Morisot ».
The Orsay Museum dedicates an exhibition to Berthe Morisot, from June 18 to September 22, 2019. Through 60 paintings, we discover the exceptional journey of this major figure of Impressionism.
Berthe Morisot remains less known today than her friends Monet, Degas or Renoir. She was immediately recognized as one of the group's most innovative artists.
The exhibition traces the exceptional career of a painter, who, against the uses of his time and his environment, becomes an essential figure of the Parisian avant-gardes from the late 1860s until his untimely death in 1895.
Painting according to model allows Berthe Morisot to explore several themes of modern life, such as the intimacy of bourgeois life, the taste of holidays resort and gardens, the importance of fashion, the domestic work of women, while blurring the boundaries between interior and exterior, private and public, finish and unfinished.
We hope you were able to visit this beautiful exhibition that closed on September 22!

JOAN MIRO - AU-DELA DE LA PEINTURE - MAEGHT FONDATION OF ST-PAUL DE VENCE

From June 29 to November 17, 2019. The exhibition « Joan Miro - Au-delà de la peinture » (« Joan Miro - Beyond Painting ») at the Maeght Foundation of Saint-Paul de Vence, brings together an extraordinary collection of graphic works by the artist. It offers the public to (re)discover this essential part of his work. The exhibition focuses on the work process of Joan Miró who created one of the most remarkable engraved works in art history. Resulting in large part from an exceptional donation made by Adrien Maeght, who worked with the artist in his print atelier ARTE, more than 200 works are presented, including a set of unpublished gouaches. Models, posters, engravings, original lithographs, printing plates, « bons à tirer » and bibliophile books, complete the exhibition to highlight this prodigious creation.
Neither abstract nor figurative, Miró never ceased to develop a resolutely new and poetic language, as much in his painting as in all his modes of artistic expression whose graphic work remains an area of  first importance.
A great success and a particularly exciting exhibition for all lovers of printmaking!

NIKI DE SAINT-PHALLE - L'OMBRE ET LA LUMIERE - CANNES

The exhibition « Niki de Saint-Phalle - L'ombre et la lumière » (« Niki de Saint-Phalle - Shadow and Light ») was opened in July 6 in Cannes and will continue until the beginning of November this year. This event will be organized around two different places: the Art Center of La Malmaison, on the Croisette, and Villa Domergue (this part closed on September 22), on the heights of the city. Niki de Saint Phalle is one of the most important artists of the last century. As a sculptor, painter, visual artist and filmmaker, Niki de Saint Phalle has created iconic works that have marked the general public but also a young generation of artists who still claim their legacy. The exhibition is a tribute to the luminous character of this artist who has never denied her femininity.
To discover for a few more days !

BIENNALE - CREMONA - ITALI

From September 22 to October 27, the International Print Exhibition is back, in its 10th edition, a new international appointment taking place in Cremona. For this Biennale, artists from many countries exhibit by invitation. Several sections on the walls and in the windows: « New landings », « Rare editions », « Incisione italiana under 35 » and « Ex-libris ». A great organization! An event, always with the precious help of Vladimiro Elvieri and Maria Chiara Toni, which always takes place in good humor and friendship.
We have, with Denise Frélaut (Atelier Lacourière and Frélaut), participated in the realization of the section « Rare editions » which was devoted to the illustrated book (with works by Picasso, Joan Miro, Georges Braque, Andre Masson, Bernard Buffet, Zao Wou Ki, Olivier Debré, Jean-Luc Herman and Renzo Margonari).