Month: April 2025

Abierto Valencia 2025: A Vibrant Week of Contemporary Art

From September 26 to October 3, 2025, the city of Valencia becomes the beating heart of contemporary creation.
Abierto Valencia now stands as one of Spain’s must-attend events to discover art galleries, emerging artists, and exclusive exhibitions.

More than just a gallery weekend, Abierto Valencia is a full cultural week, combining openings, guided tours, artist talks, performances, and meetings between artists, collectors, and the general public.

A Thriving Valencian Art Scene

The 2025 edition stands out for its strong local anchoring: most projects are led by artists from the Valencian Community.

Among them:

Artist Estefanía Serrano Soriano next to a conceptual photographic work at Galería Cuatro, part of Abierto Valencia 2025.

Estefanía Serrano Soriano (Galería Cuatro) with Línea y plano sin el punto, an exhibition built around the free line and visual contemplation.

Portrait of artist David Sánchez at La Mercería gallery in Valencia during Abierto Valencia 2025, seated in front of his exhibition Memorias de algo nuevo.

David Sánchez (La Mercería) with Memorias de algo nuevo, a body of work that reinvents time through a dialogue between geometry and organic forms.

Exhibition view of Transitar la huella by María Esteve at Thema gallery, exploring urban traces and memory during Abierto Valencia 2025.

María Esteve (Thema) with Transitar la huella, a reflection on urban imprints and the scars of the city.

These projects highlight the creative vitality of Valencia and the ability of its artists to explore memory, territory, and materiality.

A Global Perspective

Abierto Valencia 2025 also welcomes international artists who bring new breath and perspectives to the event.

Chingsum Jessye Luk (Hong Kong, Set Espai d’Art) presents How am I?, a reflection on consumerism and daily labor.

Installation view of Miguel Rothschild’s exhibition Felices los que creen sin haber visto at Jorge López Galería, questioning sacred imagery at Abierto Valencia 2025.

Miguel Rothschild (Argentina, Jorge López Galería) showcases Felices los que creen sin haber visto, a series of installations that desacralize religious imagery.
Venske & Spänle (Germany) transform marble into strange, living creatures that hover between humor and eerie fantasy.

These cross-cultural dialogues affirm Valencia’s position as a Mediterranean art hub, rooted yet open to the world.

Light, Color & Materiality

Many exhibitions this year emphasize the plastic power of materials :

Artist Nuria Vidal standing in front of her luminous abstract paintings at Alba Cabrera gallery during Abierto Valencia 2025.

Nuria Vidal (Alba Cabrera) with Un espacio sin estragos, luminous and formal painting.
Oliver Roura explores iridescence, turning light into vibrating color fields.

Antonio Ovejero (CLC Arte) with Si todo fuera terciopelo, inaugurates a new gallery space with reflections on domestic memory and the everyday object.

These diverse approaches remind us that contemporary art constantly reinvents its relationship to material, balancing visual experimentation and symbolic depth.

A Collective Manifesto

The gallery Tuesday to Friday brings together sixteen artists for the group show Nice to see you / Hope to see you again, a heartfelt tribute to the gallery’s journey and a vibrant example of experimental, collective spirit.

Installation view of the group exhibition Nice to see you / Hope to see you again at Tuesday to Friday gallery, featuring sixteen artists at Abierto Valencia 2025.

Meanwhile, Luis Adelantado presents Llaga de mar, alivio de monte, a three-artist project (Laura Palau, Andrés Izquierdo, Javi Cruz) that explores landscape, memory, and ritual.

Portrait of artists Javi Cruz, Laura Palau, and Andrés Izquierdo at Luis Adelantado gallery during the exhibition Llaga de mar, alivio de monte, presented at Abierto Valencia 2025.

These collective shows reaffirm the collaborative and inclusive dimension of Abierto Valencia, where visitors are not mere spectators but active participants in a living art scene.

Why Visit Abierto Valencia 2025?

To discover this season’s top exhibitions before their international tours.
To explore a thriving local art scene rich in talent and innovation.
To meet emerging and established artists from Spain and abroad.
To experience an immersive cultural journey in Valencia’s galleries and museums.

❓ FAQ – Abierto Valencia 2025

What is Abierto Valencia ?
Abierto Valencia is a week-long celebration of contemporary art in Valencia, with open galleries and exclusive exhibitions.

When does it take place?
From September 26 to October 3, 2025.

Which galleries are participating?
Among others: Alba Cabrera, Jorge López Galería, La Mercería, Luis Adelantado, Cuatro, Thema, Tuesday to Friday, and Set Espai d’Art.

Which artists should I discover?
Nuria Vidal, David Sánchez, Estefanía Serrano, María Esteve, Miguel Rothschild, Antonio Ovejero, Chingsum Jessye Luk, and many others.

Why go?
To discover contemporary art in an inspiring Mediterranean setting, connect with creators, and experience Valencia through its vibrant cultural life

News - Street art

Banksy censored in London: a work on freedom of expression vanishes from the Royal Courts of Justice

A new Banksy mural hidden within hours

On September 8, 2025, a new Banksy artwork appeared on the façade of the Royal Courts of Justice in London. The stencil depicted a British judge striking a protester on the ground, who held up a bloodstained placard as his only shield.
A shocking image, immediately covered by tarpaulins and fences, before the public could truly see it.

When justice itself is on trial

Usually, authorities protect the British street artist’s works with transparent panels and anti-graffiti coatings. This time, however, the intervention was erased almost instantly, as if it struck too directly at a fragile institution.
Banksy highlights a contradiction: a justice system meant to guarantee freedom of expression, yet capable of becoming the tool of its suppression.

A tradition of protest art

With this piece, Banksy follows the legacy of British political art, from William Hogarth’s satire to the raw visuals of punk. His stencil, quick and incisive, delivers immediate readability and universal impact: who protects the citizen against power?

The irony of disappearance

The physical disappearance of the artwork did not prevent its circulation—quite the opposite. On Instagram, Banksy confirmed its authenticity by sharing a photo with his 13 million followers, triggering a flood of reactions.
The paradox is striking: to hide an image is to make it more visible. The censored piece became viral, amplifying its symbolic power.

A new chapter in Banksy’s story

This intervention joins the artist’s iconic actions – from Girl with a Balloon to his works in the West Bank – and reinforces his role as a visual conscience of contemporary society. In one night and a few strokes of stencil, Banksy reminds us that art is not mere decoration, but resistance.

Interview - Painting

Nicole Azoulay : Painting as an Act of Freedom and Resilience

A self-taught artist revealed by ART MAG

In recent years, the name Nicole Azoulay has been making its way into the world of contemporary art. A self-taught painter, she works with acrylics and a palette knife on large canvases where color takes on a luminous, almost incandescent power. Her works, balancing between abstraction and raw emotion, captivate viewers with their intensity and authenticity.

First introduced by ART MAG in September 2024, Nicole Azoulay moves audiences with a singular life story marked by silence and hardship. Painting has become her vital language: a space of freedom where the urgency to create meets the necessity to exist.

Painting by Nicole Azoulay titled Tropical Bursts, acrylic with palette knife on canvas, featuring vivid and contrasting colors inspired by tropical atmosphere — *Tropical Bursts*, acrylic with palette knife on canvas

A vibrant and instinctive palette

Her paintings are not meant to depict the visible world but to convey an inner vibration. Deep blues, symbols of calm and horizon, collide with bright reds and bursts of light. Each canvas is a cry, a revenge against absence and invisibility—an invitation to feel rather than to analyze.

Painting by Nicole Azoulay titled Summer Glow, acrylic with palette knife on canvas, 80 x 80 cm, featuring vibrant and luminous colors. — *Summer Glow*, acrylic with palette knife on canvas, 80 x 80 cm

Nicole Azoulay does not build her works as images to simply contemplate; she lives them, releases them, and lets color speak. This raw sincerity is perhaps what touches the viewer most, beyond artistic codes and trends.

An exclusive interview in ART MAG

In an exclusive interview with ART MAG, Nicole Azoulay opens up for the very first time about her journey, her struggles, and her way of painting “to exist.” She shares her relationship with color, her quest for freedom, and the way each canvas becomes an act of resilience.

Artist Nicole Azoulay smiling in front of one of her abstract paintings, created with acrylic and palette knife in vibrant colors. — Nicole Azoulay

👉 To discover her full testimony and immerse yourself in her artistic universe, don’t miss the latest issue of ART MAG.

Pour lire la suite, téléchargez ART MAG N°28

News

Blanche Hoschedé-Monet: The Painter Who Made Giverny Bloom Again

A newly revealed painting at the Vernon museum

She had put down her brushes for more than ten years. Too many losses, too much silence. But in 1926, at the age of sixty, Blanche Hoschedé-Monet picked them up again. A year later, she painted The Rose Walk, Claude Monet’s Garden at Giverny, a delicate canvas filled with light and memory. This rare masterpiece is now on view at the Blanche Hoschedé-Monet Museum in Vernon, thanks to an exceptional loan from the Musée des Augustins in Toulouse.

Impressionist painting by Blanche Hoschedé-Monet depicting the rose walk at Claude Monet’s garden in Giverny, with arches, flowers, and the family home. — Blanche and her guests in the garden

A woman in Monet’s shadow… who became the living memory of Giverny

Blanche was not only Monet’s stepdaughter. She was his closest pupil, his artistic confidante, and more importantly: the only one to carry on his legacy after his death. Long overlooked, her work deserves to be seen, contemplated, and felt.

In The Rose Walk, she does not seek innovation. She seeks preservation. She paints to keep the garden alive. To ensure the house remains inhabited. To let Claude Monet’s memory — her father-in-law, her master, her world — continue to breathe through every flower, every arch, every glimmer of light.

A painting of memory and consolation

Painted after 1926, the work captures the garden in its real state: the trees cut down, the rose arches overgrown, the lush flowerbeds invading the central path. Nothing is fixed; it is life continuing despite absence.

The canvas conveys tenderness and resilience. A painting of grief and survival, where colors become a way to stand tall. As Georges Clemenceau movingly wrote to Blanche in 1927:

“Hold firmly to your brushes. They have, and will always have, the power to make you forget the void.”

Blanche Hoschedé-Monet Museum: A place of memory and heritage

In Vernon, just a stone’s throw from Giverny, the museum that bears her name is today the guardian of this feminine memory. The second museum in France to be dedicated to a female artist, it highlights both Impressionist works and contemporary women creators.

This 1927 canvas enriches a unique collection, celebrating not just art, but also the legacy of a courageous woman who chose to live through painting.

📅 Don’t miss the Journées du Matrimoine

On September 20 and 21, 2025, the museum will host free guided tours focusing on Blanche and other women artists on display. A perfect opportunity to discover the painting in its context, understand Blanche’s vision, and explore the gardens that still live on through her brushstrokes.

💬 Why visit this painting?

To feel the emotion of a place painted with love and fidelity.
To discover the moving, little-known work of a female Impressionist.
To visit one of Normandy’s finest museums, just minutes from Giverny.
To celebrate women’s contributions to art history.

📍 Practical information

Blanche Hoschedé-Monet Museum
12 rue du Pont – 27200 Vernon, France
📧 musee@vernon27.fr | 📞 +33 (0)2 32 64 79 05
🌐 vernon27.fr
🕒 Open daily except Mondays

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