The son of a blacksmith, Lionel began working with iron at the age of 14, in the South of France. His sculptures of all shapes and sizes are the fruit of ideas and inspiration. Once he begins a piece, the sculptor finds it impossible to stop before it is finished. With determination and persistence, he [...]
Art Shopping wound down on Sunday, June 14. Another wonderful exhibition at the Carrousel du Louvre has come to an end. Placed near the entrance, MECENAVIE enjoyed double visibility, as guests entered and left the building. From Friday to Sunday, close to 12,000 collectors came to explore the fair at the Carrousel du Louvre. Art [...]
•MECENAVIE: How did you come up with the idea of working on penguins? •Nathalie Faintuch: I had the opportunity to salvage some penguins. I wasn’t the one who made them. Talking to you now makes me think of Baudelaire’s poem, The Albatross. Penguins are the most touching animals to me: they’re both chic and [...]
A graduate of ESPCI ParisTech, Frédéric Imbert was born in Monaco and now lives and works in Paris. His novel, innovative concept is endlessly surprising, because of the challenge the artist has set for himself : to compatibly meld electronic components from different countries and different eras. Mission accomplished ! Frédéric Imbert’s clocks are true [...]
On Monday, June 1st, a fresco by street artist Banksy, measuring 10 x 2.5 m and painted on a tractor-trailer in 1998, was sold to Hôtel Drouot for €600,000. The piece depicts the spirit of “raving” with these texts in English: “It’s better not to rely too much on silent majorities… for silence is a fragile [...]
The highly original Manon Richardin uses wallpaper as her medium. She portrays female body parts in felt-tip pen and acrylic paint. Some of her pieces seem more abstract when viewed up close, with their subjects becoming clearer as the viewer backs away. Her artwork is full of bright colors with strong lines and varied textures. [...]
There are now only a few spots left. MECENAVIE has rented out a gallery just a few steps from the Picasso Museum in Paris, where you can exhibit your work for a lesser cost ! A display system has been put in place so that you can join us, starting at just €50 ! The gallery [...]
Born in Quito, Ecuador, Fabricia has dual French and American citizenship. After graduating from the Ringling College of Art and Design in Florida, she returned to France in 1987, where she began to paint, exhibiting her work all over the country. Her pieces tend to be colorful, some of them recalling Guadeloupe, where she spent [...]