Category: Arts / Culture

China has fascinated us for millennia. It is indeed one of the oldest civilizations in the world, and many sites bear witness to this prestigious past. China, which is also the 3rd largest country in the world by its surface area, seduces by its culture, its gastronomy, its art… These treasures cross borders and charm the whole world, as it is the case for example for the businessman and collector John Dodelande who succumbed to Chinese contemporary art. In this article, we invite you to discover five highlights that characterize…

Read More

Ai Weiwei is a contemporary Chinese artist known for his committed vision of art. He is now acclaimed worldwide, and delights art enthusiasts such as collector John Dodelande. The artist recently presented his film on confinement in Wuhan, Coronation. We invite you to discover a little more about this 100-minute film and Ai Weiwei’s vision on the subject. A video to synthesize China’s handling of an extraordinary crisis Ai Weiwei has once again put all her creativity at the service of art, by offering us an original and shouting video…

Read More

If he is a classical author who marked his time with his unique style, it is indeed Jean de la Fontaine with his famous fables! Albert Camus, Françoise Sagan, Jean Paul Sartre, Félicité Herzog, Andrée Chedid… Which writer hasn’t already read them? Discover in this article the Fables, their morals and their characteristics which place them at the heart of classicism. What is a fable? A fable is an imaginary story, very often written by the fabulist in verse. It often features Man represented by animals, and the aim is…

Read More

No one can dispute the importance of culture in human life. However, young people, especially students, tend to neglect this detail. Indeed, culture is also very important in the daily lives of students. Patrick Bézier, Managing Director at Audiens, explains why. Culture is a body of knowledge that we acquire over time, throughout our lives. This knowledge can come from very different fields such as philosophy, history, technology, art, and can be acquired in everyday life as well as in books. In short, culture is everywhere. It allows one to…

Read More

The integration of digital technologies has, over the last fifty years or so, gradually made artistic practices evolve, even if the majority of artists still express themselves with more traditional supports and materials such as canvas, paper, earth or metal. In order not to fall into the confusion, how can we define digital arts? To answer, here is MJM Graphic Design’s opinion on the question. According to MJM Graphic Design, it turns out that the beginnings of computer technology in the 1960s coincided with the decompartmentalization of artistic categories that…

Read More

All the artistic currents that succeeded each other during the 20th century asked the same questions about the definition of art. Surrealism, abstraction, cubism, dada… They all questioned its forms, both modern and traditional, its codes and its purpose. Jean Baptiste Gouraud, a painter, reveals three masterpieces from this period: Marcel Duchamp’s Fountain, Mondrian’s New York City and a portrait of Marilyn Monroe by Andy Warhol. Fountain by Marcel Duchamp Fontaine, created by Marcel Duchamp under an assumed name at the Society of Independent Artists of New York, is one…

Read More

Less than two hours from Paris by plane is the most original and quirky city in the world. Famous for being the city of museums, Berlin has built up an undeniable artistic identity. There are about 170 museums and 300 contemporary art galleries. Jean Louis Sbeghen, a great lover of Berlin art, invites us to take a guided tour of the city’s most famous contemporary art squares. The city of Berlin itself is an open-air museum. Street Art has given the city the appearance of a gigantic work of art….

Read More

The world of art encompasses a wide range of professions. Indeed, this term includes design, painting, photography, architecture and video. All these art forms aim to create and conceive something by integrating an aesthetic dimension and a certain technicality. But it is also important to know that the world of art is always on the move and that it is continually developing due to technological advances, fashion and trends. This is why there are more and more professions linked to art and many French people are choosing to pursue an…

Read More

When we browse an art gallery, we easily know the works that challenge us. They are usually the ones we often look at the longest. We don’t necessarily like them, but they attract our attention and make us think. But when it comes to choosing artwork to decorate our own homes, we have the opportunity to choose from the styles of art we like the most. To help you, Jean Louis Sbeghen has put together 5 styles that will always be popular. Abstract art Abstract paintings are often difficult to…

Read More