The HAIKU is a magnificent hymn to life.
Born nearly four centuries ago in Japan, under the name of haikai, haiku is the world’s shortest poetic form. An art of ellipsis and suggestion, …
Self-portrait and Art therapy by Anik BOTTICHIO.
An avid painter, Anik Bottichio began practising the plastic arts at secondary school before going on to perfect her skills at the Beaux Arts. In …
Aboriginal artistic creativity is ageless, Salli GABORI.
Mirdidingkingathi Juwarnda Sally Gabori was born around 1924 on Bentinck Island in northern Australia. She belongs to the Kaiadilt people. She had to leave her …
A duo of Spanish geniuses in Bordeaux : DALI and GAUDI.
The former German submarine base is home to the world’s largest immersive digital exhibition space in the Bassins des Lumières. It’s a successful conversion, a …
Fifty shades…of BLUE.
LeZ’ArTs takes you on a journey through the history of the colour blue in art from the Middle Ages to the present day.This approach to …
A humanist and globe-trotting photographer, Marta ROSSIGNOL.
Marta Rossignol, a Swiss-Spanish author and photographer, lives in Bordeaux. An avid traveller, she explores the world in search of others and draws her inspiration …
Criss Canning, a life creating beauty
Australian Criss Canning, born in Melbourne Victoria in 1947, is one of the world’s leading still life artists. Criss Canning’s rich, strong paintings are clearly …
Sculpture at its best.
The word sculpture comes etymologically from the Latin “sculpere”, which means “to cut” or “to remove pieces from a stone”. This definition, which distinguishes between …
Nicolas de Staël, painting with a thousand vibrations.
An encounter with Nicolas de Staël (1914-1955) is like a plunge, sometimes overwhelming, into colour and light. Oscillating between abstraction and figuration, this tightrope walker …
ART DECO on display !
Art Deco, whose name is derived from “Art Décoratif” and abbreviated from the Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes held in Paris in …