Gisèle Buthod-Garçon is French and lives in the region of Occitania. She became aware of her passion for clay in 1976, after visiting Senegal. The raw aspect of clay, the burning vivacity it offers and its carnal appearance are at the source of this attraction. Ever since she adopted ceramics and started work as a pro­fessional in 1982, she has continually experimented, relentlessly learning and solving problems with unequalled stubbornness. All her work is conditioned by her adoption of a...

Jephan de Villiers’ book is an invitation to break away from the alienating burdens of everyday life and immerse ourselves in an imaginary civilisation. Here, we set out with the artist on a journey to encounter a lost world, where nature and culture were once closely entwined, where humanity lived in harmony with the elements.

Trees and water are of central importance throughout the artist’s work. Whether as a reminder of the origins of life or as testimonies of ancestral beliefs and pra...

L'île de Gorée a été choisie comme symbole et comme lieu de mémoire. Elle est un des sites historiques où s'est joué le destin de milliers d'africains qui durant cinq siècles furent victime de la traite négrière. C'est un des lieux ou la diaspora africaine trouve un espace de reconnaissance et de réconciliation. L'Unesco a classé l'île de Gorée patrimoine mondial en 1978. Le site est resté quasi intact et fait l'objet de restaurations. Il est visité chaque année par des milli...

A comprehensive monograph on award-winning visual artist Bai Ming

Veertig beklijvende ontmoetingen. Cultuurredactrice Delphine Martens en fotograaf Julien Hayard gaan jullie voor naar de ateliers van hedendaagse ambachtslieden, en laten je kennismaken met hun wereld. Timmerlui, steenhouwers, meester-glasmakers… Ze bezitten een eeuwenoude vakkennis, verworven door jarenlange opleiding en praktijk. Met passie voor de materie hebben ze ervoor gekozen om te leven van hun handenarbeid, een discreet verzet tegen het digitale tijdperk. Ze staan te popelen om dez...

“Nature is the great Creator, the maker of all things; I am merely her instrument” says Catherine François, with the humility of the greatest. The oeuvre of the sculptor reflects the escalating chaos that grips the world and feeds her anxiety and our own. The disorder is deep, organic. But for the artist, these accidents are the source of an ambitious research which aims, through art, to underline the necessity for humankind to finally respect Nature, on which our survival depends. This ...