An art centre created by Michèle Cohen of La Non-Maison has unveiled an iconic, forgotten landmark in Paris, the former studio of Georges Braque, the Villa de Guelma, in Pigalle. This is where he and his neighbour Pablo Picasso first experimented and developed cubism in 1911.
The tiny building was a hotbed of creation: one floor below was Raoul Dufy's studio, and on the ground floor Suzanne Valladon, and her son Maurice Utrillo.
The Atelier Braque welcomes art historians’ residencies in an intimate setting. Conceived as a research laboratory, it holds conferences, exhibitions and events, reviving this historic studio, integral to French cultural heritage.
La Villa de Guelma hosted Taiwanese researcher and visual artist Alice Tsai 蔡欣芸, who's developed her own ideographic language, in her Dictionnaire des Relations 關係字典.
Superimposing past and present, interior and exterior, through polymorphic experiences, she combines video installations, image texts, sculptural images, and performances.
