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Art Press Revisits Supports/Surfaces Movement

publication · 2026-04-23

The French magazine art press has revisited its editorial choices by reexamining the Supports/Surfaces movement through the lens of conceptual art, a topic it has covered extensively over the past decade. The movement, more contradictory than any avant-garde, rehabilitated painting—considered archaic by other avant-gardes—while espousing radical political positions and relying on psychoanalysis.

Key facts

  • Art press magazine reevaluates its editorial choices
  • Conceptual art has been the subject of several dossiers over the past ten years
  • Supports/Surfaces is reconsidered through the evolution of conceptual art
  • The movement is described as more contradictory than any avant-garde
  • It rehabilitated painting, which other avant-gardes considered archaic
  • The movement displayed radical political positions
  • It relied on psychoanalysis as a disturbing mode of thought

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  • Art Press

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