Académie des beaux-arts
Image: Eva Jospin, Selva exhibition view, Fortuny Museum, Venice, 2024. Courtesy the artist and GALLERIA CONTINUA. Photo: Benoît Fougeirol. © ADAGP, Paris
ART
Eva Jospin
Sculpture section
The Académie des beaux-arts has elected Eva Jospin to chair I of the sculpture section, previously occupied by Jean Cardot (1930-2020). The sculpture section now has 7 members: Claude Abeille, Brigitte Terziev, Pierre-Edouard, Jean Anguera, Jean-Michel Othoniel, Anne Poirier and Eva Jospin. Eva Jospin's work is characterized by a subtle play between monumental scale and microscopic elements. For about fifteen years, she has been composing meticulous forest and architectural landscapes in a variety of mediums. Drawn in ink or embroidered, carved in cardboard or sculpted in bronze, they are reminiscent of Italian Baroque gardens, 18th century Rocaille style and artificial caves.
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Notre-Dame Cathedral
Stained Glass Windows Commission
Image: Claire Tabouret, sketch for Saint Joseph. Photo: Marten Elder. Courtesy of the artist
ART
Claire Tabouret
Stained Glass Windows Commission
French figurative painter Claire Tabouret has been chosen to create new stained glass windows for Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, which reopened on December 7. Tabouret was selected by French president Emmanuel Macron and the Paris archbishop, Laurent Ulrich. Her winning designs which feature people in prayer and contemplation in hues of turquoise, yellow, pink and red, will replace windows originally designed by French architect Eugène Viollet-le-Duc. Claire Tabouret is based in Los Angeles and will collaborate with Simon-Marq storied glass studio in Reims, which was once enlisted to restore cathedrals damaged during World War II.
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Circulation(s) 2025
Image: Ashes of the Arabian's Pearl © Valentin Valette
PHOTOGRAPHY
Circulation(s)
The Circulation(s) festival, dedicated to young European photography, has revealed the names of the 23 photographers who will make up the program of the 25th edition of the event which will take place at the CENTQUATRE-PARIS from April 5 to June 1, 2025. Since 2019, the festival has been highlighting a particular emerging European photographic scene as part of its focus. Previous focuses have been on Romania, Belarus, Portugal, Armenia and Bulgaria, followed by Ukraine in 2024. For this 15th edition, the focus will be on Lithuania, with the presentation of series by four artists from that country.
2024 Don Tyson Prize
Image: Nicholas Galanin, The Value of Sharpness: When it Falls, 2019. 60 porcelain hatchets, 13 1/4 x 5 x 1 in (33,7 x 12,7 x 2,5 cm) each, installation variable.
ART
Nicholas Galanin
Don Tyson Prize
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art announced Nicholas Galanin as the 2024 recipient of the Don Tyson Prize, a biennial award for outstanding achievement in American art. Galanin, a Tlingit-Unangax̂ artist based in Sitka, Alaska, is a renowned figure in the art world whose multidisciplinary practice spans sculpture, video, music, performance and craft. Blending traditional Tlingit art forms with modern techniques, his work critiques colonialism and challenges stereotypes about Indigenous art while addressing critical social and environmental issues.
Hiroshima Art Prize
Image: Mel Chin, Revival Field, ongoing since 1991.
ART
Mel Chin
Hiroshima Art Prize
The City of Hiroshima has selected Mel Chin as the winner of the 12th Hiroshima Art Prize. Born in 1951 in Houston, Texas, Mel Chin lives in Egypt Township, North Carolina. His ideas are inspired by environmental issues and other complex social challenges and are conveyed in distinctive ways that are non-conforming to established categories. His multidisciplinary body of work, which includes sculptures, drawings, paintings, videos, animation, video games and large-scale installation art, has attracted people from diverse backgrounds and cultivated their interest in societal issues. In addition, Chin has created long-term projects that explore how art may inspire social awareness and responsibility by collaborating with local communities and taking a scientific approach in art creation.
Dezeen Awards China 2024
Image: line+, Woven Passage to Cloudy Peaks, Xiayanbei Village, China, 2023. © line+ studio
ARCHITECTURE
line+
Architect of the year
line+ studio was founded by Fanhao Meng and Peidong Zhu in 2017. From the construction of urban space to the revitalization of rural China, line+ responds to and interprets diverse connotations of contemporary culture, while consciously balance the economic efficiency of each project. The studio's recent projects include Woven Gateway and Sky Ring and Yunhai Forest Service Station. "This prolific studio has consistently demonstrated a great balance of design creativity and quality control," said the architecture judges. "The sensitivity towards local culture is evident through the materiality in each project."
Image: Chen Min Office, APOW a piece of wood, bamboo, limited edition, 2024. Courtesy Chen Min Office
DESIGN
Chen Min Office
Design of the year
Min Chen's production ranges from object design to creative direction. He has dedicated his work to promoting Chinese design by identifying the best bonding point of tradition and modernization, east and west, without simplifying it as an aesthetic style. Recent projects by Chen include neooold gallery and a bench made of bamboo. "A prominent advocate of Chinese design on the global stage, Chen not only continuously produces work that challenges the traditional definition of Chinese design, but also actively supports young Chinese design talents with innovative ideas through his curation of Neooold exhibition," said the judges.
Image: W.Design, Sanya Haitang Bay, Sanya, China. © W.Design
DESIGN
W.Design
Interior designer of the year
W.Design was founded by Wu Bin. Known for its modern orientalism aesthetics and design language, W.Design's work explores the relationship between man and nature, using art to enhance the interior experience as one of its key signatures. Recent projects designed by W.Design include CR Sanya Haitang Bay in Sanya and Deqin Meri Poodom Hotel in Meili, China. "W.Design uses well considered material to create cohesive design that respects the architecture. Simple and effective details support the overall concept," interior judge Yabu Pushelberg commented.
2024 Richard Mille Art Prize
Image: Nicène Kossentini, Landscapes, Art Here 2024 installation view, Louvre Abu Dhabi.
Courtesy Richard Mille Art Prize
ART
Nicène Kossentini
Richard Mille Art Prize
Nicène Kossentini is the winner of the fourth edition of the Richard Mille Art Prize. Nicène was one of five shortlisted artists to showcase her workin the Louvre Abu Dhabi Art Here 2024 exhibition. Nicène Kossentini, a Tunisian artist known for her interdisciplinary approach, uses her work to challenge how we perceive the passage of time and the ephemeral nature of the world around us. In her submission, Landscapes, Kossentini explores the theme of disappearance through five evocative video pieces, each depicting desolate landscapes from central and southern Tunisia. As the images unfold, they gradually freeze and fade beneath a layer of wax, symbolizing the gradual erasure of these places.
