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L'Officiel Art
Cover of the December 2016/January/February 2017 issue, Amalia Ulman by Giasco Bertoli
CategoriesArt
Founder
  • Benjamin Eymère
  • Victoire de Pourtalès
First issueApril 2012; 14 years ago (2012-04)
Company
CountryFrance
Based inParis
LanguageFrench, English
Websitelofficiel.com/categories/art
ISSN2262-1415

L'Officiel Art (French pronunciation: [lɔfisjɛl]; stylised in all caps), is a French art magazine that began publication in 2012 as a spin-off of the French fashion magazine, L'Officiel. Under the control of Éditions Jalou until its 2022 acquisition by Hong Kong–based AMTD, the magazine is now operated through a French subsidiary, The Generation Essentials Group.[1]

Background

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L'Officiel Art is a French art magazine founded in 2012 by Benjamin Eymère and Victoire de Pourtalès.

The magazine was a quarterly publication from 2012 to 2020, published four times per year for March/April/May, June/July/August, September/October/November, and December/January/February. After the cessation of publication in 2020, L'Officiel introduced an annual 'Art' issue, from 2024 this themed issue was scrapped and L'Officiel Art transitioned into a digital publication.

L'Officiel Art was published by Éditions Jalou from launch, the Jalou family sold the magazine and their publishing house in 2022 to AMTD. As of 2026, L'Officiel Art is under the control of The Generation Essentials Group.

Editors

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Editor Start year End year Ref.
L'Officiel Art Paris (2012–2018)
Jérôme Sans 2012 2014
Olivier Reneau 2012 2013
Victoire de Pourtalès 2013 2014
Marie-José Jalou 2013 2015
William Massey 2014 2016
Pierre-Alexandre Matéos[note 1] 2017 2018
Charles Teyssou[note 2] 2017 2018
L'Officiel Art International (2018–present)
Bruna Roccasalva 2018 2019 [2]
Olympia Scarry[note 3] 2019 2019
Pierre-Alexandre Matéos[note 4] 2020 2020
Charles Teyssou[note 5] 2020 2020
Marie-José Jalou 2021 2021
Vanessa Bellugeon 2022 present

History

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L'Officiel Art launched in March 2012, founded by Benjamin Eymère and Victoire de Pourtalès as a quarterly spin-off of L'Officiel dedicated to contemporary art.[3][4] Jérôme Sans served as the creative director and editor-in-chief of the magazine, the cover of the first issue was designed by Daniel Buren and the issue included the contributions of Francesco Vezzoli and Erwin Wurm, among others.[3]

In 2013, Marina Abramović and Terence Koh created a performance art piece for the cover of the magazine.[4]

L'Officiel Art Paris rebranded to L'Officiel Art International in 2018.[5] The publication now had 80,000 copies published quarterly and distributed around France, Hong Kong, Italy, Singapore, Switzerland, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom and the United States.[5] It was now under the direction of Bruna Roccasalva and published exclusively in English.[6] The first rebranded issue (October 2018) featured Kerry James Marshall on the cover and included the contributions of Cecilia Bengolea, Helen Cammock, Maurizio Cattelan, Jennifer Flay, Petrit Halilaj, Jacqueline Humphries, Chris Kraus, Sarah Lucas, Mike Nelson, Suzanne Pagé, Tomás Saraceno, Ingrid Schaffner, Amy Sillman, Martine Syms, Andra Ursuța and, Fatoş Üstek.[4][6] The magazine also participated in the 2018 editions of Art Basel (Miami Beach), Art Düsseldorf (Düsseldorf), Artissima (Turin), Asia Now (Paris), Foire Internationale d'Art Contemporain (Paris), and Paris Photo (Paris).[6]

At the 2023 edition of Art Basel Hong Kong, L'Officiel Art exhibited and opened a magazine newsstand.[7]

In 2026, alongside The Art Newspaper Hong Kong, L'Officiel Art was designated as a media partner for the "Art in Resonance" programme of The Peninsula Hong Kong.[8]

Foreign editions

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Operating

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  • L'Officiel Art Italia (for Italy, from 2017 to 2017 and since 2022)
  • L'Officiel Art USA (for the United States, since 2020)

Defunct

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  • 市场周刊 L'Officiel Art China 艺术财经 (for China, from 2011 to 2014)
  • L'Officiel Art España (for Spain, from 2016 to 2018)
  • L'Officiel Art Belgium (for Belgium, from 2019 to 2020)
  • L'Officiel Art Türkiye (for Turkey, from 2020 to 2024)
  • L'Officiel Art Polska (for Poland, from 2021 to 2022)
  • L'Officiel Art Suisse/L'Officiel Art Schweiz (for Switzerland, now defunct)
  • L'Officiel Art Middle East (now defunct)

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ As 'Curator', alongside Charles Teyssou
  2. ^ As 'Curator', alongside Pierre-Alexandre Matéos
  3. ^ As 'Curator'
  4. ^ As 'Guest Editor', alongside Charles Teyssou
  5. ^ As 'Guest Editor', alongside Pierre-Alexandre Matéos

References

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  1. ^ Hopkins, Kathryn (20 January 2022). "L'Officiel Sold to Hong Kong-Based AMTD International". WWD.
  2. ^ "Curators". Artefiera. Retrieved 3 May 2026.
  3. ^ a b L'ADN. "Lancement de l'Officiel Art". L'ADN (in French).
  4. ^ a b c Teyssou, Charles; Matéos, Pierre-Alexandre (20 November 2021). "A Decade of L'OFFICIEL Art - 10 Years of Art Fashion Magazine". L'Officiel USA. Retrieved 4 May 2026.
  5. ^ a b "L'Officiel Art International" (PDF). Greg Corbett Associates International. Retrieved 4 May 2026.
  6. ^ a b c "L'Officiel Art International". e-flux. Retrieved 4 May 2025.
  7. ^ "L'Officiel Art Makes a Debut in Art Basel HK 2023 After Celebrating Its 10-Year Anniversary on the Back of L'Officiel SAS Inc.'s 100-Year Heritage". The Globe and Mail. 24 March 2023. Retrieved 4 May 2026.
  8. ^ "The Art World Gathers at The Peninsula Hong Kong to Debut the 2026 Art in Resonance Exhibition". The Peninsula Hotels. Retrieved 25 March 2026.
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  • L'Officiel Art Paris Official website
  • The Generation Essentials, Official website of the publisher of L'Officiel Art
  • Wikimedia Commons logo Media related to L'Officiel Art at Wikimedia Commons
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