Peinture figurative contemporaine de François Malingrëy montrant des corps masculins en tension parmi des flamants roses, clair-obscur dramatique.
François Malingrëy: The Body as a Theater of Contemporary Drama

From February 12 to April 11, 2026, Galerie Paris-B presents its first solo exhibition dedicated to François Malingrëy. A striking immersion into contemporary figurative painting, where the body becomes the site of a drama that is at once intimate, mythological, and pictorial.

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Don’t miss the 3 key exhibitions of the Petit Palais

Le Petit Palais, the City of Paris’ Museum of Fine Arts, currently offers an exceptional journey through three major exhibitions, ranging from the 18th century to contemporary creation.
Classical painting, a modern look at the city and immersion in Nordic landscapes: these exhibitions offer a rare artistic diversity, to discover without delay.

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Pekka Halonen at the Petit Palais: An Immersion into the Soul of Finland

From 4 November 2025 to 22 February 2026, the Petit Palais – Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris presents the first French retrospective devoted to Pekka Halonen (1865–1933). Entitled Pekka Halonen. A Hymn to Finland, this exceptional exhibition, organized in partnership with the Ateneum Art Museum – Finnish National Gallery (Helsinki), brings […]

Portrait d'une personne souriante vêtue d'une veste de costume sombre, d'une casquette noire et de grandes lunettes rectangulaires. Elle porte des bijoux en or, notamment une bague articulée et un bracelet, et pose avec une main près du visage sur un fond neutre.
Mickalene Thomas Exhibition at the Grand Palais – All About Love

Presented at the Grand Palais, All About Love offers a structured reading of Mickalene Thomas’s work through a carefully designed parcours that explores questions of representation, gaze, and intimacy. Rather than functioning as a purely formal retrospective, the exhibition situates itself within a broader reflection on how certain identities and narratives are increasingly acknowledged within cultural institutions. Through an alternation between works of strong visual presence and more contemplative pieces, the exhibition creates an accessible experience while leaving room for multiple interpretations.

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Mezz Zapharelli: Revealing the Icon, Redefining the Portrait, Rethinking the Image

From the Image Factory to the Studio: An Art That Slows the World Down In a landscape saturated with accelerated visual production, Mezz Zapharelli stands apart. Her work resists immediacy, opting instead for a painting practice built on precision, duration, and presence. Coming from applied image industries—fashion, television, film sets—she learned early how quickly figures […]

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Yves-Marie Yvin : The Self-Taught Artist Redefining Figurative Abstraction

An instinctive universe to discover in the print edition of ART MAG Yves-Marie Yvin’s rise is one of the most singular on today’s French contemporary art scene.A self-taught painter, he began creating at the age of 55, with no formal training and no academic background—guided solely by an inner impulse.Within just a few years, his […]

Portrait en noir et blanc de l’artiste contemporaine Flo Muliardo, regard tourné vers la lumière. Photographie illustrant son engagement auprès des enfants et la série Les Enfants Rois, présentée dans ART MAG.
Flo Muliardo, “Les Enfants Rois”: When Art Restores the Dignity of Childhood

Powerful portraits of children — not decorative ones Crowns, bold colors, black outlines: in her series “Les Enfants Rois”, artist Flo Muliardo places the child at the center. Her paintings do not seek cuteness but dignity. Direct gazes, tight framing, vibrant backgrounds — everything is designed to create a true encounter. 👉 In ART MAG, […]

Peinture épaisse et vibrante d’Eugène Leroy, L’Été (1999) : strates d’ocres, rouges et bleus où la figure affleure dans la lumière MUba Tourcoing art_mag
Eugène Leroy at the MUba (1980–2000): Painting as an Experience of Light

3 October 2025 – 5 April 2026 — MUba Eugène Leroy, Tourcoing The MUba presents more than 80 works tracing the last two decades of Eugène Leroy’s career (1980–2000). It is a dense journey where colour—laid down in strata—brings forth the figure, the season, the hour: light as destiny. Want to see more ?👉 Subscribe […]

Portrait photographique d’Odette Pauvert, artiste peintre française, posant en manteau clair et chapeau à motifs géométriques devant un mur de pierre, années 1920.
Odette Pauvert (1903–1966): A Classical Modernity in the Age of Art Deco

The first woman painter to win the Grand Prix de Rome (1925), Odette Pauvert forged a sober, frontal modernity, nourished by the Quattrocento and conceived for large-scale decorative schemes. From the Villa Medici to the intimate scenes of the postwar years, her path sheds light on another history of the interwar period. Biographical Landmarks Trained […]