To give supreme praise to the reject. A pioneer in the art of recycling, Arman has made dilapidated objects from everyday life his artistic medium, transforming debris into archaeological treasures. Villa Kérylos, in its role as guardian of arts and culture, presents us with around fifty major pieces, from its famous inclusions and cuts of objects from the 1960s to its spectacular Accumulation of cello cuts on the terrace, to the apotheosis of the patinated bronzes of the Atlantis series, emerging like wrecks exhumed from an imaginary shipwreck, here facing the sea. Arman, with his gaze, both critical and playful, questions our modern society by integrating banal objects – razors, beer caps, stainless steel kettles – into a dialogue with the relics of an idealized classical culture. A life-size memento mori, pushing the accumulation of objects to the point of absurdity, sending us back to our own vanities.
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VILLA KÉRYLOS Until September 22, 2024
Rue Gustave Eiffel,
06310 Beaulieu-sur-Mer Ticketing here
LES TANNERIES - CONTEMPORARY ART CENTER From October 17, 2026 to February 28, 2027
From October 17, 2026 to February 28, 2027, the contemporary art center Les Tanneries, in Amilly, presents Sœur de nuit, a solo exhibition by Éléonore False: a nocturnal journey of collages, textiles, glass and luminous sculptures, the second chapter of Sœur de jour presented at the CCC OD in Tours.
THADDAEUS ROPAC PANTIN From October 21 to December 23, 2026
Thaddaeus Ropac Pantin presents from October 21 to December 23, 2026 David Salle, The Venice Paintings: the canvases shown this summer at the Palazzo Cini, where artificial intelligence deconstructs his Tapestry Paintings.
MUSEUM OF VALENCE, ART AND ARCHAEOLOGY From October 10, 2026 to March 21, 2027
The Valence Museum of Art and Archaeology presents Amélie Bertrand, Neon Club, from October 10, 2026 to March 21, 2027: around thirty paintings, almost all of them new, designed for the space with painted curtains and illuminated display cases.
LUMA Arles presents Gerhard Richter's Overpainted Photographs until January 10, 2027. The painter covers his own family photographs with scraped oil, taken from the remains of his abstract canvases.
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