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Until 27th of July! The Académie des beaux-arts launched the Mario Avati Engraving Prize – Académie des beaux-arts 2023 – last June. Only a few days left to participate ! The winner will be awarded a cash prize equivalent in value to US $ 40,000. The Prize rewards the work of an established artist of any nationality using traditional printmaking techniques such as intaglio, woodcut, lithography, serigraphy and monotype and gives rise to an exhibition of the winner’s works at the Palais de l’Institut de France. The competition takes place in two stages: submission of an online application by July...

Come and discover the art of printmaking ! During this two-year introductory course, you will experiment with etching, drypoint, aquatint, linocut, including even lithography or photoengraving….. You will learn how to master these processes and become familiar with press printing. Participants will gradually become independent and will develop projects on a variety of themes linked to the museum’s exhibitions. From September onwards. Registration open. Membership : 03 28 51 81 04

La Chambre Syndicale de l’Estampe, du Dessin et du Tableau wishes you all the best for 2023! The CSEDT has commissioned the artist Judith Rotchild to produce a greetings card for 2023. “Autumn Leaves”, black etching printed in the artist’s studio in Octon, on 300g Hahnemülhe. Printed at 100 copies + 10 E.A., numbered and signed.  

The PAGES Book fair: November 25, 26 and 27, 2022.  The association of Page(s) art publishers entirely dedicated to contemporary bibliophily, gathers one hundred or so publishers from all over Europe and from the Americas. The books presented are limited editions, sometimes unique. Printmaking in all its forms is very much in evidence. Poets, artists, printmakers, lithographers, printers and publishers pool their know-how, using both traditional techniques and new technologies, to produce these rare works. The PAGE(S) Book fair has an average of 3000 visitors in November. This year, in parallel with the100 participating publishers, Pages will feature (as a...