Artpress Anthology Charts Painting's Resurgence Since 2000

The French magazine artpress has published a new anthology titled "La Peinture : le retour du retour. Depuis 2000" as part of its "50 ans d'art contemporain" collection. The 136-page volume collects articles from artpress since 2000 that trace painting's return to centrality after its relative retreat in the 1990s. The book examines contrasting situations: the international success of German painting in the early 2000s versus France's relative disinterest in its own painters. It covers figurative renewals through artists like Jenny Saville and Adrian Ghenie, as well as abstract painting's ongoing redefinition between returning to sources and exploding categories. The publication coincides with a new fashion for painting and aims to contribute critically to current debates, emphasizing judgment criteria often lacking today. It is published jointly with "La Peinture : le retour" covering the 1980s. The anthology is inseparable from the posthumous aura of Martin Kippenberger, whose influence looms over the renewed interest.