“An ascending concrete spiral ramp, unspooling like a film reel, offered a dim vantage point for avant-garde work. My architect partner stood fixed before a rare series of Gordon Matta-Clark photos just before the crowning glory of film clips by Chantal Akerman, this year’s honoree and the subject of a show at the Jeu de Paume. And I tucked into my memory bank Lita Albuquerque’s sketches for the Washington Monument Project, discreetly concealed in a corner.” Read the article

« There was a palpable sense of excitement at OFFSCREEN, held in several floors of the Grand Garage Haussmann. A former parking lot, the venue had 28 solo presentations wound around the car park ramp, with each artist personally selected by artistic director Julien Frydman, who, through his vision, has created one of the most immersive, moving art experiences of the entire week. Maybe even the year. »

“At OFFSCREEN, you can’t beat the level. And not just because there are eight floors in the disused Haussmann garage. […] there are the galleries (Rolf Art, Zander, Binome, Toluca, Anita Beckers…) and the works that pop in this underground environment […]”.

“In this raw concrete setting, we discover projects by 28 international artists and a wide variety of media: videos, films, photographs, installations, digital art… proof that images can get out of the box! The highlight of the show is Chantal Akerman’s sublime solo show (Galerie Marian Goodman) […].”

“OFFSCREEN offers an immersive journey through a brutalist structure where each work seems to question the very notion of visual temporality.”

« Last but not least, another relatively new fair that collectors seemed to have appreciated was OFFSCREEN, which took place not far from the Grand Palais at Grand Garage Haussmann (yes, a former garage) »

“Works by 25 carefully selected artists, well displayed, sometimes in spectacular formats, ranging from photocopies to artificial intelligence - to the point where you feel you’re visiting an exhibition rather than a fair”.
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“An upward trajectory for the second edition of Offscreen”.
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“For its second edition, Offscreen cofounded by Julien Frydman and Jean-Daniel Compain and devoted to “installation, still and moving images” has pulled off a magic trick”.
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“OFFSCREEN, a kind of unclassifiable. For its second edition, this unclassifiable event around still and moving images brings together installations, videos, films, sculptures and digital works, mixing generations of artists. Guest of honor is video artist Rosa Barba.”