Widely regarded as the world’s pre-eminent organization of fine art, antiques and design, TEFAF recently opened on March 16. With 279 participants grouped by specialty, this fair offers the best works available on the art market. A number of press articles are already celebrating the quality of the 2019 edition, especially because of its Ancient and Classical…

In February 1939, the fall of Barcelona causes a major exodus. Close to half a million people flew because of Franco’s troops and crossed the Pyrenees. It is called the Retirada. Clavé is one of these refugees who were interned into a camp in the Eastern Pyrenees right upon arrival in France. …

Alexej Von Jawlensjy, Selfportrait, 1911 © Kunstmuseum Basel Since 2004 the collection of Karl Im Obersteg (1883-1969) and his son Jürg Im Obersteg (1914-1983) is on deposit at the Kunstmuseum in Basel. The collection is comprised of 190 works, paintings, sculptures, works on paper as well as a number of artist letters. Major works…

At the occasion of « Picasso Méditerranée 2017-2019 », the Museum of Vence introduces us to an exhibition presenting the influence of Picasso with a new approach (till October 28). This exhibition showcases sculptures from the Master created in the 50s and 60s (which are on loans from the Picasso Museum Paris) alongside with works…

Without the black stripe in the foreground, the format would have been a square. Antoni Clavé invites us straight away in a world of illusion: fake square and pleated fabrics. Half of the painting is indeed composed of a trompe l’œil: a “creased paper” as art historians like to define these effects around which Clavé started playing in the…

Francisco Goya – Tauromaquia n° 12 « Desjarrete de la canalla con lanzas, medias-lunas, banderillas y otras armas. » 1815-16 Etching, aquatint and drypoint © Museo del Prado, Madrid « Corrida » 1951 B/W lithograph « Corrida » 1951 Colour lithograph It is not the first time that Antoni Clavé creates a…