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Entre Orient et Occident, la quête intérieure de Shuo Hao

Entre mythologies grecques et chinoises, métaphores, animaux symboliques et quête intérieure, Shuo Hao développe une œuvre profondément nourrie par la transformation. Pour l'artiste, la création est indissociable d'un processus de déconstruction et de reconstruction permanent, où chaque œuvre devient le reflet d'une renaissance personnelle.

À travers la peinture, l'installation et l'écriture, elle explore les liens invisibles qui unissent les cultures, les récits fondateurs et l'expérience humaine. Convaincue que l'art possède une dimension thérapeutique, Shuo Hao fait de son travail un espace de guérison, de transmission et de dialogue.

À l'occasion de cette rencontre, elle revient sur son rapport aux mythes, à la métaphore, à la liberté et à cette recherche constante de sens qui traverse l'ensemble de son œuvre.

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Anna Peter Breton — Peindre les paysages de la mémoire

Entre souvenirs de voyage, horizons intérieurs et silhouettes presque fantomatiques, l’univers d’Anna Peter Breton oscille constamment entre réel et imaginaire. Née en Hongrie avec des racines kirghizes, l’artiste développe depuis Paris une peinture délicate, vaporeuse et profondément contemplative, où la lumière semble toujours sur le point de disparaître.

Ses œuvres, à la frontière entre figuration et abstraction, convoquent autant les grands espaces d’Asie centrale que l’esthétique du silence japonais. À travers des compositions floues et aquarellées, Anna Peter Breton explore la mémoire, l’impermanence et les traces émotionnelles laissées par les lieux traversés.

Alors qu’elle présente actuellement une exposition solo à la Scuola Grande dei Carmini à Venise, en plein cœur de la Biennale, l’artiste revient sur son rapport au voyage, à la féminité, à la spiritualité et à cette peinture atmosphérique devenue sa signature.

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Between Order and Entropy: Zhou Song on Painting the Posthuman Condition

Born in 1982 in Jiangxi Province and trained at the Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts, Chinese artist Zhou Song has built a practice that refuses easy categories. His paintings — layered, restless, perpetually unresolved — navigate the charged territory where machine aesthetics meet biological form, where Eastern philosophy intersects with questions of artificial intelligence and cosmic scale.

With works held in collections from Harvard's CAMLab to the Fondazione Benetton, and a forthcoming solo exhibition at the National Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art in Rome, Zhou Song has become one of the most compelling voices in contemporary painting. In this interview, he speaks about contradiction as a working method, the emotional landscape of the posthuman, and why a painting that feels too certain no longer interests him.

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Le temps comme matière — Rencontre avec Quentin Carnaille

Architecte de formation, sculpteur par vocation, Quentin Carnaille construit une œuvre où engrenages, glace et miroirs deviennent les instruments d'une même question : qu'est-ce que ça veut dire d'exister dans le temps ?

De Roubaix aux galeries de Dubaï, en passant par les sculptures de Lille recouvertes de cubes miroirs, cet artiste inclassable suit un fil tendu entre prouesse technique et intention radicale — et lorgne déjà vers l'espace.

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Suspended Between Worlds: A Conversation with Tornike Robakidze

Born in Tbilisi and now working from a studio at POUSH on the outskirts of Paris, Georgian painter Tornike Robakidze moves between architecture and painting, between the dreaming and the real, between a homeland he carries within and a new city that is expanding his world. His canvases — built in oil, watercolor, and pastel, without outlines, color pressing against color — explore the eternal weight of love, death, doubt, and paradise with a lightness that disarms. In this conversation, he reflects on the origins of his visual language, the quiet dialogue he holds with Georgian art history, and what it means to find your voice in an unfamiliar space — suspended, for a moment, in the air.

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"Foreign Everywhere": Marcela Florido on Memory, the Body, and the Language of Paint

Marcela Florido arrived in London at eighteen with no painting experience and a scholarship to art school. What followed — the Slade, then Yale, then New York — shaped a practice built on displacement, layering, and the textures of a Brazilian childhood she can no longer quite return to.

In this conversation, she speaks with striking candor about learning to stop thinking and start feeling; about the shift from geometric restraint to something larger, looser, and more honest; and about what it means to make work that will always be, at least in part, misread. Her paintings, she says, are for the body first — that moment before language catches up.

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The Painting That Scrolls Back - A Gina Beavers Interview

Gina Beavers doesn't just look at the internet — she builds it, layer by layer, in thick acrylic. Her canvases are almost grotesque in their abundance: frosting, skin, makeup, food.

Objects that feel too real, too digital, too much. In this conversation, she talks about painting the life inside her phone, the shamelessness of social media, and why excess has always been her language.

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Carving Time: Between Medieval Shadows and Contemporary Irony with Stefan Rinck

In an era driven by speed, images, and digital saturation, Stefan Rinck chooses to slow everything down—working with stone, one of the oldest and most enduring materials in art history. His sculptures, at once archaic and strikingly contemporary, evoke a world of forgotten mythologies, grotesque figures, and medieval echoes. But beneath their rough surfaces lies a subtle tension between humor and philosophy, memory and invention.

Rather than reconstructing the past, Rinck reshapes it—using the visual language of the Middle Ages not as nostalgia, but as a lens to question our present. His practice navigates between craftsmanship, storytelling, and reflection, where each chisel mark becomes both a gesture and a thought.

In this conversation, recorded in Bangkok, the artist reflects on time, material, mythology, and the quiet power of sculpture in a world that rarely pauses.

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Assoukrou Aké : sculpter la mémoire, révéler l’invisible

Assoukrou Aké appartient à cette génération d’artistes dont le geste ne se contente pas de produire des formes : il fouille, révèle, répare. Né en Côte d’Ivoire et nourri par une trajectoire internationale, il développe une pratique singulière où le bois devient corps, mémoire et matière spirituelle.

Entre rigueur anatomique, héritages Akan, strates d’histoires silencieuses et profonde attention au monde, son travail se situe à la frontière de l’apparition et de l’effacement. Dans cet entretien, il revient sur les fondations intimes de son rapport à l’image, sur la manière dont les lieux traversés transforment son regard, et sur la volonté profonde qui anime son œuvre : rendre visible ce qui cherche encore à être guéri.

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Between Neon and the Sacred: Inside the World of Cindy Bernhard

Cindy Bernhard has long stood at the threshold between the visible and the unseen. Her paintings — shimmering with neon palettes, theatrical chiaroscuro, cats, mirrors, and devotional light — move fluidly between hyper-real precision and dreamlike mysticism. Over the years, Bernhard has built a singular visual language rooted in tension: humor and horror, innocence and drama, the earthly and the transcendent.

In this conversation, the Chicago-born artist reflects on the origins of her surreal sensibility, the slow evolution of her signature motifs, and the deepening spiritual dimension that now shapes her practice. Drawing on medieval iconography, digital aesthetics, and the visions of Catholic mystics, Bernhard speaks candidly about painting as meditation, ritual, and revelation — and about how her new series, When the Eternal Breaks Through, marks a pivotal expansion of her universe, both technically and symbolically.

What follows is an intimate look into the mind of an artist for whom painting is not just an image-making process, but a portal into other worlds.

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Unveiling the Human Psyche: Interview with Coady Brown

With canvases that oscillate between tenderness and tension, Coady Brown captures the fragile complexity of human intimacy. Known for their saturated palettes, distorted perspectives, and figures caught in moments of vulnerability, Brown’s paintings invite us into spaces where desire, identity, and emotion collide. Based in Philadelphia, the artist has quickly emerged as one of the most compelling voices of their generation, exhibiting internationally and drawing attention for their ability to transform the personal into the universal.

In this interview, we dive into Brown’s process, influences, and the emotional undercurrents that fuel their work — from the role of color as a psychological tool to the blurred line between comfort and unease.

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Shuling Guo: Painting Transformation, Motherhood, and Migration.

Painter Shuling Guo creates work that moves fluidly between personal transformation and universal themes. From the mysticism of her Chaoshan upbringing to her nomadic life aboard a sailing vessel, Guo’s practice is rooted in cycles of nature, birth, and renewal.

In this conversation, she reflects on how motherhood, migration, and feminist thought have shaped her approach to painting, and shares a glimpse into the large-scale works she is preparing for her upcoming solo exhibition at Hollis Taggart Gallery in New York.

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The Tremor of a Hand: Cathrin Hoffmann on Texture, Identity, and Survival

Cathrin Hoffmann’s work pulses at the threshold between flesh and code. Her hybrid figures—stretched, wounded, resilient—seem to carry both the weight of history and the dissonance of a digital present.

Largely self-taught, she has forged a language that blends oil painting with sculptural texture, collage, and installation, confronting what it means to be human in an age of acceleration. Born to German-Iranian parents and now based in Berlin, Hoffmann threads questions of vulnerability, identity, and materiality through her practice, while drawing on thinkers from Hannah Arendt to Erich Fromm.

As she prepares to curate MAXIMAL during Berlin Art Week 2025, Hoffmann reflects on her trajectory—from DIY beginnings to large-scale collaborations—and on why, in the end, the tremor of a hand or the raw surface of skin may still burn brightest.

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Sculpting Wool, Shaping Identity: A Conversation with Jessica Costa

Born in São Paulo and trained in fashion and textiles, Jessica Costa weaves together ancestral techniques and contemporary narratives to challenge the boundaries between art and craft.

Her vibrant, sculptural works blur the lines between tapestry, painting, and sculpture—amplifying feminist histories and overlooked labor. In this conversation, she reflects on her Brazilian heritage, her creative process, and what it means to reclaim textile as both language and resistance.

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Color, Flesh, Machines: A Conversation with Rafa Silvares

Born in Santos, Brazil, and trained in fine art, literature, and language in São Paulo, Rafa Silvares draws from an eclectic past as a DJ, illustrator, and designer.

His paintings fuse industrial objects, vivid gradients, and surreal sensuality into a distinct visual language. In this conversation, Silvares reflects on his evolving practice, the influence of color theory, and how he builds strange yet seductive “rides for the eye.

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“Last Human Teachers”: Sculpting Humanity, Memory, and Myth in a Tech-Driven World with Ryan Schneider

American artist Ryan Schneider presents “Last Human Teacher”, his first large-scale solo exhibition in Europe, at the historic Citadel of Villefranche-sur-Mer. Known for his visceral sculptures carved from redwood, bronze, and stone, Schneider draws from desert landscapes, ancestral mythologies, and personal rituals.

Created largely in his Joshua Tree studio—and partially on-site during a residency at the Citadel—this exhibition reflects a dialogue between earth, body, and spirit. The result is a haunting, deeply human encounter with form, fire, and transformation.

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Interview Presentation: Billy Tartour, Gallerist Behind OPA Projects.

Explore an exclusive conversation with Billy Tartour, the art historian, collector, and renowned art advisor who founded OPA Projects, now one of Miami’s most talked-about contemporary galleries

Located in Little River, OPA Projects is a sleek, loft-like space flooded with natural light. From curated exhibitions to private dinners and engaging events, the gallery aims to bridge artists, collectors, and major institutions, fostering meaningful cultural dialogue.

Our talk dives into OPA’s latest show, “Echoes of the Unseen,” a group exhibition featuring eight international artists whose works probe memory, materiality, and the unseen forces shaping identity and perception. Through striking portraits, repurposed objects, and layered installations, the exhibition invites viewers to enter a realm where the visible meets the intangible.

Billy shares how he transitioned from advising collectors to founding his own gallery, his bold vision for redefining figurative art, and how he positions OPA as a contemporary art hub with global reach. With a focus on community-building, cultural exchange, and powerful programming, this is an opportunity to hear from a curator deeply embedded in Miami’s art ecosystem

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From Graffiti to Plasticism: A Journey Through the Multifaceted Art of Stefan Stanojević

Stefan Stanojević is a contemporary artist whose career began in the graffiti scene of 2001 and has since evolved into an extraordinary exploration of digital, physical, and 3D art forms. With over a decade of professional design experience, Stanojević’s artistic practice is a captivating blend of abstract, pop, and surreal elements, often tied together by a unique aesthetic he calls "plasticism." His works are not only visually arresting but also emotionally resonant, striking a balance between narrative depth and playful humor.

In this interview, Stanojević shares the inspirations and creative processes behind his multidisciplinary projects, which seamlessly merge digital and traditional mediums. Looking ahead, he reveals his excitement about exploring inflatables and other new mediums, emphasizing his philosophy of letting curiosity and experimentation guide his artistic journey. His work, deeply rooted in absurdity and visual storytelling, promises continued evolution that challenges and redefines artistic boundaries.

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César Piette : La Peinture à l’Ère de la Simulation et de l’Hyperréalité

Dans un monde où le virtuel se confond avec le réel, César Piette s'impose comme une voix singulière dans l'art contemporain. Peintre figuratif et visionnaire, il explore des thèmes traditionnels tels que les vanités ou la nature morte, tout en intégrant des outils numériques comme les logiciels 3D et l'intelligence artificielle dans son processus créatif. Son esthétique "hyper plastique", caractérisée par des surfaces lisses et des textures simulées, interroge les frontières entre l'art et la technologie, entre l'objet tangible et l'illusion numérique.

Dans cette interview, César Piette revient sur son parcours, ses inspirations et ses réflexions sur la place de l'art à l'ère de la simulation.

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Inside “Divine Fool”: Austin Lee on Blurring the Lines Between Innocence and Absurdity with Carl Kostyál Gallery

In his latest exhibition, Divine Fool, presented by Carl Kostyál Gallery, artist Austin Lee invites viewers into a vibrant, surreal world that merges innocence with absurdity. Known for his playful yet thought-provoking style, Lee continues to push the boundaries of digital and traditional media, creating pieces that feel both childlike and profound.

In this interview, we explore the inspirations behind Divine Fool, Lee's creative process, and how he uses art to question perception, reality, and the delicate balance between humor and sincerity.

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