Showcasing alongside Asia Now, from the 21-24th October is the next edition of the International Contemporary Art Fair (FIAC). First appearing in 1974, over the years this prestigious event has made its home all over Paris. With the original Salon taking place in the old Bastille station, the event moved to the Grand Palais before being installed for several years…
Exhibitions and fairs
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Imminently launching in Paris is the much anticipated 7th edition of Asia Now. From the 21-24th October, the public, collectors, and art critics, have the exciting opportunity to visit the home of the art fair, an intimate ‘hotel particulier’ found at 9 Avenue Hoche, as well as explore the 40+ participating galleries spread across Paris. Founded in 2015 by Alexandra…
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Until recently, for many, thinking about the Arc de Triomphe would induce hair-raising images of near miss crashes on Paris’ deathly roundabout that lies at its feet. It therefore may come as a surprise that this oft-overlooked monument has now become the site of Christo’s posthumous installation, Arc de Triomphe, Wrapped. Past and Present Nevertheless, Christo’s draping of the Arc de…
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Isabelle Derecque is a belgium artist and one of the artists participating in the Affordable Art Fair in Brussels. Her paintings have been presented in numerous solo and group exhibitions. Her choice to primarily work with Plexiglas is more than just an aesthetic decision. For Isabelle, it is an invitation to explore the space around us by projecting us into…
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Michel Debully is a French painter and one of the artists participating in the Affordable Art Fair in Brussels. His approach is in line with geometric abstract art, concrete art and constructed art. He discovered a new natural law on the decomposition of light into four colours instead of six. And conceives his compositions by playing on this new partition…
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It has always been important to SINGULART to give our artists a platform to address the topics that matter most to them. Therefore, alongside our charitable auction Celebrating Body Positivity, we spoke to three of our fifteen featured artists to discover more about how the concept of body positivity and the relationship between beauty and art inspires their work. Taking…
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‘I was brought up on fairy tales’ echoes the voice of French-American artist Niki de Saint Phalle as you wander between the rooms of her first major US exhibition Niki de Saint Phalle: Structures for Life. This exhibition, taking place at MOMA until September 6th, aims to engage with this convention-breaking artist’s interdisciplinary approach to her art, as well as…
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Taking part in this year’s Affordable Art Fair in Brussels is artistic duo Alan Stuart and Michael Lake-McMillan, who together make up Dangerous Minds Artists . Dangerous Minds Artists’ distinctive work constantly reference light, such as through the use of neon signs in their Linear Musings collection. Their practice is also highly dependent on the concept of duality as their…
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Selected as one of seven SINGULART artists appearing at the Affordable Art Fair in Brussels this September is Belgian painter and draftsman Vanessa Van Meerhaeghe. Her works, which are highly influenced by her time spent working in the fashion industry, intermingle vibrant colors and scenes from nature. With her subjects often taken out of context and placed amidst paradisal surroundings,…
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At first glance there seems little connecting contemporary British artist Tracey Emin with Norwegian born artist Edvard Munch. Born exactly a century apart, Munch’s best known work The Scream, seems to bear no relation to Emin’s provocative conceptual works, such as My Bed, Everyone I Have Ever Slept With, or her neon gas signs. And yet, currently at The Royal…
