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—» Utopia Realized: History and Geography of Artothèques Today
by Camille Paulhan

For many, artothèques are would-be ‘Sleeping Beauties’: we have definitely heard of them, we know the principle generally, but they remain somewhat mysterious. Distributed very unevenly over the national territory,…

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—» Carbone 20
by Éloïse Labie

On 29 October 2020 Carbone 20 opened in Saint-Étienne, the second edition of this “biennale of collectives and artists’ spaces”. The visit began under the battered sign of…

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—» The Resourcefulness of Bertrand Dezoteux
by Tancrède Rivière

In Lacoux, in the old school and town hall in a very Third Republic style, where the information panel compares him to Rimbaud, Bertrand Dezoteux is less inclined towards…

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—» home alonE
by Emilie d’Ornano

It was in 2014 that Romane Domas, a student at architecture school, and Bruno Silva, a young artist, decided to move in together. Their apartment, based in Clermont-Ferrand, had to…

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—» Minia Biabiany – I Killed the Butterfly in my Ear
by Louise Bernatowiez, Richard Neyroud

The title of the exhibition I Killed the Butterfly in My Ear echoes the last phrase of an earlier film by Minia Biabiany, Toli Toli (2018): “Butterflies cause blindness when…

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—» Fun House
by Pierre-Alexandre Mateos

Behind the fields, Pougues-les-Eaux is a testament to the faded glory of what was once a spa town. Its houses evoke the burgeoning bourgeoisie of 1900 and its taste for…

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—» Introduction
by Pietro Della Giustina

This year, the Global terroir section is showcasing the city of Tirana, which, in 2020, is celebrating its hundredth anniversary as the capital of Albania. Deep within the Balkans, this…

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—» A Brief Overview of Contemporary Art in Albania
by Adela Demetja

The Specificities of the Local Context

When taking a closer look at today’s contemporary art scene in Albania, it is necessary to bear in mind…

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—» THE POTENTIALS OF BEING UNFIT 3 stories and a finale from Tirana.
by Valentina Bonizzi

PART I | 1988–2017 | THE LIMEWASH AND THE CORRIDOR | Donika Çina and Bia

Rruga Myslym Shyri is the main shopping street in the city centre…

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—» (Counter-)Heritage and Contemporary Art in Tirana
by Raino Isto

Global contemporary art is increasingly engaged with the questions raised by architectural heritage in urban spaces, as artists seek to understand how the built environment can both…

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—» Introduction
by Julie Portier

Let’s take two social subjects that chronically stoke the passions of public opinion, while public authorities are tending to show growing disinterest in them; two subjects that reliably cause tensions…

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—» How do you make a class operate like a work of art?¹
An Interview with Clovis Maillet
by Marie Bechetoille

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—» On Städelschule, Frankfurt
conversation with Anders Dickson
by Benoît Lamy de La Chapelle

In recent highlights and appraisals on art schools in France and Europe after the Bologna Accords, and in debates regarding whether or not art schools under these conditions are still…

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—» "Prefigurative practices of re-imagining, resisting, repairing and healing"
Alessandra Pomarico, Free Home University
by Sophie Lapalu

Sophie Lapalu:

Alessandra Pomarico, you present yourself as a curator of “residency programmes for international and multidisciplinary artists in Italy and Europe, at the point of intersection between the arts,…

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—» Aprender Caminando
interview with the Research Group in Art and Politics
by Pietro Della Giustina

Natalia Arcos is a Chilean, Mexican-based researcher and curator. She holds a degree in Theory and Art History from the University of Chile and a Master in Contemporary Art from…