Catalan avant-garde artist Antoni Tapies, has died aged 88, his art foundation said Tuesday. He began as a surrealist painter then moved towards informal art, incorporating waste paper, rags and other material into his canvases.
French artist Philippe Ramette's gravity defying perspective on the world is celebrated at Galerie Xippas' new exhibition in Paris. His series of offbeat photographs, drawings and sculptures present us with surprising points of view. Then for something rather decadent; vanity, celebrity and politics are exposed at the Yvon Lambert gallery's new exhibition, "La décandence."
We take a look back at this year's Paris International Art Fair - otherwise known as the FIAC. 68,000 art amateurs and collectors gathered in the Grand Palais for the artistic rendez-vous of the year. We find out why modern art is beating the financial crisis and what prestigious galleries were involved. Plus, we head to the Yvon Lambert gallery for our art pick of the week - fragile installations by Zilvinas Kempinas.
In today’s Culture show we look at the extraordinary success of contemporary art. Eve Jackson meets one of the most interesting artists of our time, the inventive sculptor Xavier Veilhan. Also in the show the Paris contemporary art fair, the FIAC, thumbs its nose at the economic woes. We discuss this year's edition with our resident art critic, Sean Rose.
We head to the south of France for an exhibition devoted to Spanish sculptor Eduardo Chillida in Saint-Paul-de-Vence. This architect-turned-artist is known for his large scale sculptures which play with volume and space. Also, art critic Martin Gayford's book "Man With a Blue Scarf" gives us an insight into the late Lucian Freud's life.
We head to Paris' Museum of Modern Art for a behind-the-scenes look at a new exhibition about Georg Baselitz's sculptures. Better known for his painting, the German artist's sculptures give off a primitive and primal energy. Vigorous paint brush strokes and ambiguous forms create a sense of topsy-turvy distortion not to be missed.
In this special show, we head to Versailles to meet artist Bernar Venet whose metallic sculptures have taken over the palace grounds. Contemporary art installations at Versailles may have divided opinion in the recent past, but Venet hopes to prove that modern art can help keep French heritage very much alive.
This week, discover British artist David Shrigley at Paris' Yvon Lambert Gallery. His distinctive child-like drawings and sculptures are inspired by a strong sense of irony and derision.
Sean Rose takes us to the Fondation Beyeler in Switzerland. We discover Richard Serra and Constantin Brancusi, two giants of modern sculpture. Brancusi is a Romanian artist who was one of the contemporaries of the Cubists and the Surrealists in the 1920s and 1930s, and Serra is one of the biggest American sculptors to date.
Sculptor Daniel Buren is the latest person to cancel an exhibition in China to protest against the detention of artist Ai Weiwei. France24.com takes a closer look at Ai, whose political activism has put him in the spotlight as much as his art.
