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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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—» In Lieu of a ‘Statement of Teaching Philosophy’
by Thom Donovan

Love to the student who said “illness is a poem”

And love to the student who is sick without a doctor’s note
And love to the student who noticed my…

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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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—» 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…

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—» Ten Years of La belle revue: Interview with the Directors
by Marina James-Appel

While for the past ten years La belle revue has published non-stop, confronting and questioning the artistic practices of a territory whose affinities are international in scope,…

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—» From the Plateau de Millevaches to Limoges: LAC & S – Lavitrine
by Victorine Grataloup

LAC & S – Lavitrine is a surprising name. It is nevertheless on the shores of a very real lake, that of Vassivière, that this contemporary art association…

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—» Dead City
by Julie Portier

“Lyon: 273 800 visitors for the 15th Contemporary Art Biennale” reads the headline on the website of the magazine Lyon Capitale under the image of a night grocery store in…

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—» cONcErn or the art milieu
by Raphaël Brunel

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—» Entering the Artwork: Actions and Process in Arte Povera
by Angelo Careri

“Enter the artwork”: this is what the exhibition at the Musée d’Art Moderne et Contemporain de Saint-Étienne dedicated to arte povera suggests we do. A title that highlights the desire…

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—» Artistic punctuation and cartographic immersions along the watershed
by Anne Favier

The watershed isn’t a mirage. In the Regional Park of Monts d’Ardèche, it’s a very real ridgeline: the place where the waters are divided and singularly sculpt the landscape by…

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—» Marion Baruch - Natura Abitata
by Claire Kueny

During her career, which she has conducted since the 1950s without diverting from her path, Marion Baruch built her home – for herself and her family – in Gallarate, Italy,…

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—» Centre d’Art Contemporain de Meymac, abbaye Saint-André
by Fabrice Gallis

Meymac, 14 October 2019, 11 am, cuisine by Caroline Bissière and Jean-Paul Blanchet.

A pile of potatoes dominates the table.

Fabrice Gallis: I’m preparing a focus for La belle revue…

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—» Garland
by Benoît Lamy de La Chapelle

For about a decade now, Treignac Projet has unrelentingly pursued the development of its programme, between astute exhibitions, summer residency programmes, and invitations extended to curators, artists, art critics, philosophers,…