The 2025 Étant donnés Grantees
Villa Albertine and Albertine Foundation are pleased to announce the laureates of the 2025 Étant donnés grants, a flagship program supporting contemporary art exhibitions, commissions, and curatorial research. Founded in 1994, the Étant donnés program has focused on highlighting the work of living French and American visual artists whose works have rarely, if ever, been
LES PENSIONNAIRES 2025 – 2026 Villa Médicis
Résidence d’artistes, centre d’art pluridisciplinaire et site patrimonial de 7 hectares, l’Académie de France à Rome – Villa Médicis accueille chaque année près de 70 artistes, auteurs et chercheurs pour des séjours de durées variables, dont 16 pensionnaires en résidence pendant un an. Les lauréats retenus en qualité de pensionnaires pour l’année 2025-2026 Alia Bengana – architecture Arianna
From the Other Side of a Landscape
Enrique Ramirez and Matthias PuechFrom the Other Side of a Landscape, 2024Total time: 53:18 Excerpt from: Vanina Saracino – From the Other Side of a Landscape:"You’re now standing in an enormous, empty glass room. The objects have vanished, leaving only this sound entwined with the inaudible yet thriving vegetal noise outside and below. Every atom,
Text for Elainealain / The Rhythm of Return by Joseph Del Pesco & Enar de Dios Rodríguez
All inquiries have a moment in time. This moment is moved by the changing winds in Enrique Ramirez’ life, that are being redirected thanks to a new compass: his recently arrived daughter. Her presence has precipitated a new series of almost existential questions about his artistic practice. While the past has been a recurring