Artpress Issue #402: James Turrell, Ange Leccia, and Venice Biennale

The July/August 2013 issue of artpress (n°402) features a cover story on James Turrell's volcanic crater project, alongside Ange Leccia at Mac/Val, and the 55th Venice Biennale. François Jonquet writes on Turrell's installation within a volcano. Anaël Pigeat covers Leccia's romantic experimentalism at Mac/Val. The issue includes an interview with Bernard-Henri Lévy on his curated exhibition 'Peinture et philosophie' at Fondation Maeght. Other highlights: Panamarenko's biotope by Raymond Balau, Simon Hantaï's international presence by Paul Rodgers, and a focus on Abidjan's art scene by Franck Hermann Ekra. Reviews cover Michelangelo Antonioni, Keith Haring, Michelangelo Pistoletto, and the Salon de Montrouge. The back section features Jean-Jacques Lebel on the Beat Generation and a decade of Avignon Festival by directors Vincent Baudriller and Hortense Archambault.