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Richard Nonas Studio Visit
Immersion in the creative universe of American sculptor Richard Nonas (New York, 1936). On a winter day of ...
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East-West/West-East:
Richard Serra in the Qatari Desert
Set in a natural corridor formed by gypsum plateaus, East-West/West-East spans over a kilometre in length, and crosses …
More Artworks 02/06/2019Paul Ardenne’s new book
Un art écologique. Création plasticienne et anthropocène
Paul Ardenne’s book does not only offer a wealth of historical material on the artistic forms of the …
More Artworks 15/05/2019Rena Detrixhe, Place Out of Matter
A deeply rich earthy red rug welcomes the visitors in the gallery space. It is made of red …
More Artworks 07/03/2019Nancy Holt’s Sun Tunnels:
interview with Dia curator Kelly Kivland
From 1973-1976, the American artist Nancy Holt (b. 1938 d. 2014) produced a large-scale land art installation in …
More Artworks 05/03/2019The CNAP Public Art Collection
Sculpture Nature met with Philippe Bettinelli, visual arts collection (1961-1990) curator and public art advisor at the CNAP, …
More Welike Artworks 16/09/2018
Creation: Julie Navarro, Dissoudre le paysage
On June 16th, 2018, at the Domaine de Suriane in Saint-Chamas (Bouches-du Rhône), Julie Navarro inaugurated the first …
More Artworks 20/06/2018Vassivière Art Center artist residencies
Marianne Lanavère, director of the Vassivière Art Center, Martina Sabbadini, artist and researcher, and Indian artist Hemali Bhuta, …
More Artworks 14/06/2018Art in the Rural Sphere at the CIAP, Vassivière island
The seminar Art in the Rural Sphere has been organised in the framework of the Transhumance exhibition-trail and for …
More Artworks 21/05/2018Eduardo Chillida. La gravedad insistente at Les Abattoirs
In collaboration with the Fundación Eduardo Chillida-Pilar Belzunce, Les Abattoirs, Musée – Frac Occitanie Toulouse offers a monographic …
More Artworks 14/03/2018Toward the invisible. Virginie Luc and her Magicians
An Italian-style format with a grey hardcover… A soft grey onto which the title of the book, Les …
More Artworks 01/03/2018Sheila Hicks: Sculpting Textile
The Centre Pompidou has invited American artist Sheila Hicks for Lignes de vie, a retrospective retracing sixty years …
More Artworks 12/02/2018Catalogue Christo and Jeanne-Claude. The Floating Piers
Following the announcement of a major exhibition at the Serpentine Gallery (London) and an open-sky project in Hyde …
More Artworks 14/12/2017The restoration of Niki de Saint Phalle’s Nana at La Petite Escalère
After four months of restoration, Niki de Saint Phalle’s Nana fountain (1967) has regained its original splendor thanks …
More Artworks 26/09/2017Couleurs
As part of La Forêt d’Art Contemporain, Philippe Fangeaux presents Couleurs (2017), a sculptural ensemble located at La Barp, in …
More Artworks 15/09/2017Dan Graham at La Petite Escalère
Discover the installation of Pavilion for Pisces (2017) by Dan Graham at La Petite Escalère, with Floris Franquet and Harrie …
More Artworks 12/06/2017LAND by A.Gormley, C.Richardson and J.Winterson
Whether you are passionate about art or not, Land is the book that should be on everyone’s bookshelf. …
More Artworks 17/03/2017Material matters: El Anatsui
People passed without noticing. But El stopped to pick up the dusty bag filled with discarded bottle tops, …
More Artworks 07/03/2017DVD Venet / Sculptures
Released shortly after the historic Bernar Venet exhibition at the Château de Versailles in 2011, the documentary Venet …
More Artworks 01/03/2017Horizon
As regards the horizon – the limit of our view which manifests itself as a line where the …
More Artworks 22/02/2017In the Shade of Trees #1
Ai Weiwei — The Tree Recomposed
Since Antiquity, the tree has intrigued, fascinated, questioned and inspired all fields of creation, thoughts and emotions. Humans’ …
More Artworks 21/02/2017Interview with John Clement
The result of studying and working with such acclaimed artists as Mark di Suvero and John Henry, John …
More Artworks 25/01/2017Land Art by Michael Lailach
The Basic Genre collection from Taschen Books is probably the most famous art book series in the world. …
More Welike Artworks 20/01/2017
Ana Teresa Fernández Erases the U.S.-Mexico Border
The far northwest corner of Mexico is a bit peculiar. It is both a place of militarization and …
More Artworks 22/11/2016Silence Buried in White Cement. Petra Noordkamp, Il Grande Cretto di Gibellina, 2015
Il Grande Cretto di Gibellina, 2015 An interview with filmmaker Petra Noordkamp Il Grande Cretto di Gibellina is …
More Artworks 14/11/2016Gloria Friedmann presents Attraction fatale at the Tuileries Garden.
Gloria Friedmann presents « Attraction Fatale » at the Tuileries Garden. This new version of Adam and Eve is part of …
More Artworks 07/10/2016Asier Mendizabal, La chaine et la trame (Urritza), 2016 at La Petite Escalère
A site specific installation by Spanish artist Asier Mendizabal on view at La Petite Escalère. Asier Mendizabal, La …
More Artworks 22/09/2016Rachel Labastie, Enlisement (Run aground), 2016
French artist Rachel Labastie presents Enlisement (2016) : a sculpture representing a boat half buried in mud at the site of Izadia (Anglet). …
More Artworks 02/09/2016Walking through Central Park with Tatiana Trouvé
It’s her first public commission in the United States. Italian artist Tatiana Trouvé was inspired by the miles …
More Artworks 28/08/2016Landscapes for Art. Contemporary Sculpture Parks
Landscapes for Art, Contemporary Sculpture Parks, edited in 2008 by Glenn Harper and Twylene Moyer, respectively Editor and …
More Artworks 28/06/2016Discovering Art in Nature: Two Guides on Outdoor Art Throughout the World.
Here are two publications on the topic of sculpture gardens and parks and outdoor art throughout the world. …
More Artworks 16/06/2016Creation: Théodora Barat Artist-in-Residence at La Petite Escalère
« Ils allaient obscurs, dans la nuit solitaire »…1 In 2014, artist Théodora Barat spent a month at …
More Artworks 06/05/2016The Parliament of Reality, Olafur Eliasson
It is a place to gather and discuss in the Hudson Valley, upstate New York. An island at …
More Artworks 06/04/2016The Forty-Part Motet : 40 speakers, 40 voices. A Janet Cardiff sound installation.
40 loud speakers in an empty room overlooking the garden. The installation is simple but the experience amazingly beautiful. …
More Artworks 01/04/2016An Egg-Shaped Auditorium for the Garden of Inhotim in Brazil
German industrial designer Ingo Maurer specializes in light installations. For the sculpture park of Inhotim in Brazil, he …
More Artworks 30/03/2016Tuileries Garden: Penone, Moore, Dubuffet and many more…
Did you know that while visiting the Tuileries Garden you can discover year round sculptures by artists such …
More Artworks 22/03/2016Maillol at the Jardin des Tuileries
The reopening of the Musée Maillol is scheduled for September 2016. Meanwhile, visitors can admire twenty of the …
More Artworks 14/03/2016Louise Bourgeois at the Jardin des Tuileries
Intertwined hands laid on five granite stones, varying in size from 20 to 30 inches wide and high… …
More Artworks 18/02/2016Animitas or the Music of Souls : In the World’s Driest Desert, a Poetic Sound Installation by Christian Boltanski
Animitas is the most recent large scale outdoor installation by French sculptor Christian Boltanski. It is installed …
More Artworks 09/02/2016The Wall that Went for a Walk
It is the story of a wall that went for a walk in the United States… The first …
More Artworks 07/07/2015Mary Miss’s South Cove
Mary Miss belongs to a generation of New York-based women artists whose work first was recognized in the …
More Artworks 14/04/2015MoMA Director’s Passion for Henri Matisse
In connection with the Matisse exhibition The Cut–Outs, MoMA director Glenn Lowry invites us to the sculpture garden …
More Artworks 06/04/2015Andy Goldsworthy’s Ephemeral Refuges
In 2008, British artist Andy Goldsworthy came to La Petite Escalère along with his team of Scottish masons …
More Artworks 03/04/2015Spotlight on Alberto Giacometti in MoMA Sculpture Garden in New York
This Tall Figure by Alberto Giacometti is one of MoMA director Glenn Lowry’s favorite sculptures. A large number …
More Artworks 02/04/2015L’artiste contemporain et la nature
At the end of the 1960s, “artists come out of the art studio” and venture into cities, gardens, …
More Artworks 01/03/2015Sam Falls colors the outdoors
It is a maze of colors installed in a New York public garden and which will go through …
More Artworks 31/01/2015In New York City, George Sherwood’s kinetic art scintillates by the Hudson River
Along the Hudson River, on the Greenwich Village side, passersby can discover six kinetic sculptures by American artist …
More Artworks 15/01/2015Sol LeWitt in the Garden
Those who are familiar with American conceptual artist Sol LeWitt (1928-2007) and his murals and sculptures (which he …
More Artworks 11/01/2015Zao Wou-Ki’s Les Fonds Marins restored
« Les Fonds Marins » is one of the very few mosaics by Zao Wou-Ki (1921-2013). It was created in …
More Artworks 01/01/2015Sculpture Today by Judith Collins
« Sculpture in expansion »… This could well be an alternate title for this 485-page book, which explores contemporary sculpture …
More Artworks 01/01/2015A whirlwind of sculptures on Park Avenue in New York
Since 1969, sculpture installations by world renowned artists such as Bernar Venet, Dubuffet, Robert Indiana and Manolo Valdes …
More Artworks 29/12/2014Students get trained on the playground
In 1994, artist Federica Matta imagined a children’s playhouse for a private garden located in the southwest of …
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