The introductory text to A Show of Hands – which is shared below in its French version – raises the question of the relationship between art and craft. From a historical perspective, it is clear that the emergence of the notion of art in the…

To mark the publication of A Show of Hands. Crafting Concepts in Contemporary Art (Berlin, De Gruyter, 2025), Anthony Masure sits down with Ileana Parvu, the book's editor, and Nadia Radwan, author of a chapter of the book. Parvu…

In 1981, Ian Burn posited that conceptual art was responsible for a loss of manual skills among artists. By putting the emphasis on conception, artists have deprived themselves of the specific knowledge that was previously at their disposal when they…