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When art goes spherical
A brief look at several artists who have made the sphere their subject.


A brief look at several artists who have made the sphere their subject.


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The exhibition "L'esprit de suite," on view at the Musée Angladon in Avignon, offers an opportunity to (re)discover the artist François Morellet.

In Mouans-Sartoux, in the Alpes-Maritimes, a strange apple-green cubic building catches the traveller's eye. Dedicated to concrete art, it gives pride of place to geometric abstraction. In particular, works by François Morellet and Josef Albers can be found there.

Advertising regularly makes use of it, as do graphic designers and artists. Self-reference has become a genre in its own right, appealing not only to our eyes but to all our senses! Let's take a wild tour of this seemingly limitless creativity.

Three artists share their visions of knots.
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