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Françoise Huguier : Capturing Intimacy Around the World

Exposition photographique Françoise Huguier

Documentary photography, humanist perspective, raw immersion — the Matière terrestre exhibition at the Centre photographique Rouen Normandie showcases the powerful, silent work of Françoise Huguier. Until September 27, 2025, experience a rare and moving journey through homes around the globe.

Françoise Huguier, En route pour Behring, 1992

A unique gaze into intimate spaces worldwide

What can a messy kitchen, a faded curtain, or an outdated sink reveal? For Françoise Huguier, these are silent witnesses of society — fragments of family life, solitude, routine, and resilience. Far from the spectacular, she embraces the real, the ordinary, the lived.

With her signature style, the French documentary photographer guides us through Saint Petersburg, the Siberian tundra, and the urban interiors of Southeast Asia. Never voyeuristic, never staged — just a quiet and powerful presence.

Three landmark photo series, one central theme: the human experience

In Kommunalka, Huguier captures the soul of Soviet communal housing in Russia. The result is raw and intimate. In On the Road to Bering, she travels across Siberia aboard an icebreaker, documenting the daily lives of Indigenous peoples with stark honesty. Her Asian series, shot in Singapore, Bangkok, and Kuala Lumpur, unveils the sanitized modernity of middle-class homes — plastic icons, sterile lighting, commercial residue.

Throughout her work, the color red reappears — in curtains, carpets, dresses, or even walrus entrails. It becomes a visual thread, symbolizing life, struggle, and physical presence.

A must-see exhibition in Rouen, France

Hosted at the Centre photographique Rouen Normandie, Matière terrestre is among the most striking photography exhibitions of 2025. Rather than showing events, it documents lives. It doesn’t provoke, but rather awakens.

📅 May 24 – September 27, 2025
📍 Centre photographique Rouen Normandie
🎟️ Free admission

Pour lire la suite, téléchargez ART MAG N°27

Interview - News

Dany Mellinger : “I sculpt so that the material can breathe”

Entrevue Delphine Jonckheere et l'artiste Dany Mellinger à Mers les Bains

35 years of sculpture. Monumental works in public spaces. A quest for balance between strength, lightness, and silence.
Dany Mellinger is one of those rare artists who shape matter not just to display it — but to make it come alive.

Sculpture in dialogue with nature and place

This summer, Dany Mellinger’s works are on display in Mers-les-Bains, where several of his sculptures now punctuate the urban landscape. The exhibition was born from a meeting with Dan Jacobson and a true artistic connection with the city.

“I don’t exhibit just to exhibit. I place my sculptures in a space so they can interact with the environment.”

Mellinger works with wood, stone, and stainless steel, always in search of a delicate balance. Some of his pieces appear suspended, under tension — as if the material itself were resisting gravity.

Sculptures that carry memory and meaning

Among his most iconic creations are Imoji, a protective dragon inspired by Asian culture, and The Third Person, a polished stainless-steel sculpture that reflects light, sky… and the gaze of the viewer. Each piece tells a story, an invitation to slow down and see differently.

“We are all someone’s third person. I love when sculptures spark unexpected interpretations.”

An unconventional path, a commitment to artistic freedom

A self-taught artist, with past experiences in industrial design, theater sets, and even the navy, Mellinger draws inspiration from materials and their constraints. His creative process is grounded in experience, silence, and nature. He sculpts alone, in a quiet studio surrounded by greenery — a space that allows him to reflect and create with intention.

📖 The full interview is featured in the latest issue of ART MAG — a captivating conversation about creation, the living world, transmission, and the invisible links between humans and matter.

Pour lire la suite, téléchargez ART MAG N°27

News

Zandra Rhodes in Valencia : Carrera de Lápices, a Journey into the Creative Process

An Immersive Exhibition at the Heart of the Creative Process of the Iconic British Designer

Until July 15, 2025, the Dr. Robot Gallery in Valencia presents Carrera de Lápices, an exhibition dedicated to Zandra Rhodes, a key figure in British fashion. Curated by Andrey Bartenev and Alexander Khromov, this immersive installation invites visitors into the singular world of the designer — where textile, drawing, and visual memory converge.

Carrera de Lápices: When the Pencil Becomes an Artistic Manifesto

The title of the exhibition, Carrera de Lápices — literally “pencil race” — evokes the joyful frenzy of the creative gesture. At the heart of the project is the pencil : the foundational tool of visual thinking, and the true trigger of a creation in perpetual motion. Visitors step into a faithful and poetic reconstruction of Zandra Rhodes’ London studio on Bermondsey Street, where her collections have come to life for decades.

In a dense, colorful, and organic scenography, scribbled sketches, hand-printed textiles, working tools, and even pieces of furniture form a living tableau. This is not a traditional retrospective, but rather a vibrant tribute to the creative act — to the genesis of the work itself.

Zandra Rhodes in her London Studio
photo 2008 by Patrick Anderson

Zandra Rhodes : A Legend of Textile Design

A graduate of the Royal College of Art in 1964, Zandra Rhodes is renowned worldwide for her bold patterns, hand-painted prints, and eccentric silhouettes blending punk, glamour, and avant-garde aesthetics. She has dressed iconic figures such as Freddie Mercury and Princess Diana, consistently pushing the boundaries between fashion, art, and textile craftsmanship.

Her work is featured in some of the world’s most prestigious collections, from the Victoria & Albert Museum to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Far from retiring, Rhodes continues to create and archive her legacy through the Zandra Rhodes Foundation, which supports education and the preservation of textile design.

Between Art, Couture, and Immersive Scenography

What sets Carrera de Lápices apart from traditional fashion exhibitions is its focus on the dynamic nature of the creative process. The studio becomes a mental space — a universe where each sketch, draft, and fabric swatch becomes a fragment of thought. The viewer is invited to wander through a studio that is both chaotic and structured, where the gesture itself takes precedence over the finished object.

Bartenev, Montesinos, Zandra Rhodes, Celia B., Krhomov

Curators Bartenev and Khromov did not seek to freeze the work in time, but rather to stage the act of creation in motion. Through a carefully curated selection of archives, prototypes, and working materials, they reveal the delicate mechanics of inspiration — its rhythm, its pauses, its silences.

🔖 Also to read : Zandra Rhodes, Color as a Creative Signature✨

📰 ART MAG #27

Pour lire la suite, téléchargez ART MAG N°27

News - Street art

60 years of Street Art at Le Mans’ Collégiale : A Must-See Exhibition in 2025

fresque Bault 60 ans de street art Le Mans

From June 7 to September 7, 2025, Le Mans will host an exceptional exhibition celebrating 60 years of urban art.
Banksy, JR, Obey, Miss Tic, Invader, Seth, and many other iconic street artists come together in an unexpected setting: the Collégiale Saint-Pierre-la-Cour. The exhibition L’Art dans la Rue offers a powerful visual journey — from the birth of graffiti to the latest digital evolutions of street art.

A unique retrospective of street art through the works of 30 international artists

L’Art dans la Rue in Le Mans is one of the major cultural events of 2025. By gathering 30 world-renowned artists, this large-scale event traces the history of street art from the 1960s to the present day.

Banksy, the anonymous British artist known for his biting humor, is showcased alongside JR, famous for his monumental photographic portraits, and Obey (Shepard Fairey), creator of the iconic Barack Obama Hope poster. Miss Tic, a pioneer of poetic stencil art in Paris, Invader, Ernest Pignon-Ernest, Speedy Graphito, Zlotykamien, Jef Aérosol, Brusk, Dran, Seth, Madame, ROA… all have shaped the visual landscape of our times.

Street art sanctified in a former collegiate church

What makes this urban art exhibition so exceptional is its striking setting: a former Gothic collegiate church in the heart of Le Mans. A place steeped in history becomes the stage for a union of the sacred and the subversive, where urban murals meet stained glass windows and centuries-old vaulted ceilings.

The exhibition is free and showcases works rarely seen in galleries or museums — some coming directly from the streets, others created especially for this event. Through an immersive and educational approach, visitors of all ages can explore the social, political, and aesthetic dimensions of the street art movement.

**Why visit L’Art dans la Rue in Le Mans?**

A complete panorama of 60 years of urban art, from 1965 to 2025
Rare and iconic works by internationally acclaimed street artists
Free admission throughout summer 2025
A unique cultural experience in a historic monument
A must-see event for lovers of contemporary art, urban culture, and street photography

Practical Information
In 2025, Le Mans becomes the French capital of street art. L’Art dans la Rue is more than a retrospective — it’s an artistic statement, a deep dive into half a century of creative freedom. Through the intersecting visions of Banksy, Obey, JR, Miss Tic and others, this major exhibition invites us to see — and reflect on — the world around us.

🧠 A free, accessible, and unforgettable exhibition for all lovers of urban art, photography, painting, and contemporary creation.

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Pour lire la suite, téléchargez ART MAG N°27

Artistic movements - News

Emotionalism : When art vibrates before it is seen

Dali Ka-DKLÉE, fondatrice du mouvement Émotionnalisme, une démarche artistique où l’émotion devient matière première de la création contemporaine.

What if the next artistic revolution wasn’t about shock or concept—but pure emotion?
From the city of Caen, artist Dali Ka-DKLÉE launches a bold and sincere movement: Emotionalism. A living, visceral aesthetic that challenges the codes of contemporary art.

🔍 A full feature in the latest issue of ART MAG.

Dali Ka-DKLEE – Artist

An Art Born from the Need to Feel Before Understanding

In an era saturated with ideas and theory, Emotionalism calls for a return to the senses. Creation begins not with intellectual justification, but with a shiver, a glance, a moment.
Dali Ka-DKLÉE speaks of “heart-based intelligence”—a compass that guides her every artistic gesture.

One Artist, One Pulse, One Vision Across Mediums

Photographer, visual poet, performer, illustrator… Dali Ka-DKLÉE follows a single rule across disciplines: emotional sincerity.
Her work is raw, luminous, immediate—and yet deeply meaningful.

🖋️ “Everything is connected, from the infinitely small to the infinitely large, from the invisible to the visible.”

Art as a Resonating Space

From painting to poetry, digital art to sculpture, Emotionalism is transdisciplinary by nature. Each artwork becomes a shared emotional space, inviting the viewer to feel, not just to see.

🎨 Though outside of institutional circuits, Emotionalism has already earned several distinctions—proof that true artistic depth often grows outside the spotlight.

Why Emotionalism Matters Today

Because it speaks to something essential: the need to feel, not just think.
Because it reminds us that art’s deepest power is not always in provocation, but in its ability to echo our inner lives.

💡 Inside ART MAG Issue #27:

An exclusive look into Dali Ka-DKLÉE’s world

🛒 Available now on the website
📖 A must-read for anyone seeking authenticity in contemporary art

Pour lire la suite, téléchargez ART MAG N°27

News

Albert Maignan at the Musée de Picardie : A Must-See Exhibition in Amiens

The Musée de Picardie in Amiens is hosting an exceptional exhibition dedicated to Albert Maignan, a key figure of the Belle Époque who had long faded from public memory. A cultural event not to be missed.

Pour lire la suite, téléchargez Art Mag n°25

Painting

Anna Coccia: Painting to Survive, Creating to Be Reborn

What if art sometimes emerged from chaos ?

In 2018, Anna Coccia had no intention of becoming an artist. She wasn’t looking for it. Nothing pointed her in that direction. And yet… In just a few years, this self-taught painter has made her mark in Rome, Tokyo, and New York with a body of work that is raw, poetic, and deeply moving.

A pervasive blue, a sincere and instinctive painting style, free from conventions. Anna Coccia doesn’t paint to please. She paints to survive.

Burnout as a starting point

She worked in communications. A fast-paced, high-performing executive. Until one day, her body gave out. Burnout. Collapse. Silence.
But in that silence, something sparked. A piece of cardboard. Some paint. A breath.
Nothing was planned. Just urgency. A visceral need to let the chaos inside spill out in color.

“I painted because I couldn’t speak anymore.”

A painting style that is free, sincere, and profoundly human

What strikes you in Anna’s paintings is the complete lack of strategy. No formal training. No method. Just pure emotional force.
The forms are blurred, the gestures sweeping, the colors organic. Blue dominates, like a lifeline.

And yet, something universal emerges. A language that resonates without needing to be explained.

From cardboard to Tokyo : a meteoric rise

How did her work make its way into galleries in Florence, Chicago, and Brussels ?
What ties does she weave between personal creation and social commitment ?
Why have over 400 of her paintings sold without a single outreach effort ?

📖 Dive into the full portrait of Anna Coccia in the latest issue of ART MAG.
🛒 Available now at magazine-art-mag.com

✨ A rare artist. A true story. A powerful aesthetic experience.
💙 To discover, to feel… and to follow.

Pour lire la suite, téléchargez ART MAG N°27

Drawing

LDM Manga: Self-Taught Artist Laure De Maestri Redefines Visual Art Between Lorraine and Japan

A Unique Style Blending Manga, Realism, and Raw Emotion

In the vibrant world of contemporary visual art, one French artist stands out for the honesty of her approach and the diversity of her creations. Laure De Maestri, better known by her artist name LDM Manga, is a self-taught illustrator from Lorraine. Passionate about drawing and deeply inspired by Japanese culture, she combines classical techniques with manga-inspired storytelling to create a deeply personal artistic language.

Her works ? A delicate balance of realistic portraits, dreamlike characters, and emotion on edge—each piece telling its own silent, powerful story.

A Vocation Born in a Quiet Atelier in Lorraine

It all began in Creutzwald, a small town in eastern France. As a child, Laure discovered painting through her grandfather’s old art case—an heirloom that ignited a lifelong flame. Without formal training, she dedicated herself to hours of practice and self-study, shaping her style with remarkable persistence.

“I taught myself by drawing every day. Art became my escape—my personal freedom,” she says.

From Colmar to Paris: The Rise of a Unique Voice

LDM Manga’s career took a decisive turn in 2021 during an art convention in Colmar, where her work was showcased to the public for the first time. The positive response empowered her to pursue more exhibitions, and she now presents her creations regularly, including at renowned galleries in Paris.

What captivates the audience? A powerful visual identity, rich cultural references, and a raw, expressive energy that resonates beyond the canvas.

✨ Discover the Full Story in Print – Now in ART MAG

In the latest edition of ART MAG, explore an exclusive interview with Laure De Maestri, where she opens up about:

Her creative process, step by step
Her influences, from Dali and Klimt to Van Gogh and Yana Toboso
Upcoming artistic projects and collaborations
Her vision of art as a tool for connection and transmission

👉 Available now on magazine-art-mag.com

🔖 Are you passionate about visual storytelling, emerging artists, illustration, or manga culture? This portrait was made for you.

Pour lire la suite, téléchargez ART MAG n°26

Painting

The Breath of Time: Dannie Launay’s Vibrant Return to Abstraction

The Breath of Time in Dannie Launay’s Work

With her new series of semi-abstract paintings, Dannie Launay marks a powerful return to her original visual language. Titled The Breath of Time, this body of work explores themes of transition, memory, and cosmic energy with a gesture that is both controlled and deeply expressive.

At a time when the contemporary art market seems to be rediscovering the virtues of figurative painting, Dannie Launay boldly moves in the opposite direction. With heartfelt sincerity, she returns to a sensitive abstraction, far from effect-seeking, rooted instead in breath and resonance.

A Return to Abstraction: Continuity or Renewal?

“What I used to do was abstraction,” the artist confides. “And I’m returning to it with total joy.”
This return is not a denial, but rather a reaffirmation—a continuity of an inner voice that probes the metamorphoses of form, the trembling of matter, the invisible forces shaping the visible.

Three Core Themes : Space-Time, Melting Snow, Cosmos

In The Breath of Time, three powerful themes emerge across Dannie Launay’s latest canvases:

Space-time : a visual meditation on time beyond clocks or chronology.
Melting snow : a metaphor for disappearance and transformation.
The cosmos : a field of intuitive energies, silence, and suspension.

These elements are not depicted literally. They are felt—expressed through floating forms, fused tones, and a tactile surface that seems to breathe. Each painting feels like a condensation of emotions, a suspended moment, a fragment of atmosphere.

A Painting of Stillness and Suggestion

Launay’s brushstroke is economical yet charged. She avoids spectacle and instead embraces a painting of stillness, of listening and suggestion. Her images invite us to dwell within them, not dominate them.

The Breath of Time: An Abstraction that Lives and Breathes

The unifying thread throughout this series is time—not measured time, but experienced time. Time of the body, of memory, of passage. With The Breath of Time, Dannie Launay reminds us that abstraction is not a style, but a way of inhabiting reality differently.

Through her canvases, she transforms time into pictorial substance, emptiness into presence, and painting into a space where the world still breathes.

Why Follow Dannie Launay Now?

She brings a renewed and emotionally resonant abstraction to contemporary painting.
She is one of the emerging French female artists whose work blends coherence with authenticity.
The Breath of Time resonates with our deepest contemporary concerns—time, transformation, and remembrance.

In a Few Words :

Dannie Launay doesn’t paint the world as it appears—but as it breathes. With The Breath of Time, she invites us to slow down, feel deeply, and be present.

🔖 À lire aussi :

Dannie launay le souffle du temps✨📰 ART MAG#26
Dannie launay ✨📰 ART MAG#17

Pour lire la suite, téléchargez ART MAG n°26

News

Artemisia Gentileschi at the Musée Jacquemart-André: A Must-See Exhibition

tableau Artemisia Gentileschi, Yaël et Siséra, 1620, Huile sur toile, 93 x 128 cm

Nicolas Heron

A major retrospective celebrating a leading female figure of the Baroque era

From March 19 to August 3, 2025, the Musée Jacquemart-André in Paris presents a landmark exhibition: “Artemisia. Heroine of Art”, entirely dedicated to Artemisia Gentileschi, one of the first women in history to earn a living through her art.

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