Born in Palencia in Spain in 1993, Carlos Rodríguez Casado is a passionate portrait artist and caricaturist who works as a press and editorial illustrator. His illustrations, done exclusively in watercolour, are mainly published in the Spanish daily El Mundo, but he has also worked for MTV, Jot Down, Interviú, Metrópoli as well as taking part in various publishing projects.

For an important collaborative project between the Quai 36 agency and famous winesellers Nicolas, artist Alice Wietzel produced 250 digital prints of her works on ARCHES® 88 paper to hand out as gifts to the Nicolas staff and customers attending a special event organised last December.

Specialising in artwork reproduction, Canson® Infinity Certified Print Lab Ian Hill Fine Art Printing is an Australian expert at advising the different artists who frequent his establishment.

From 7 September 2022 to 2 January 2023, the Centre Pompidou is devoting a major retrospective to Gérard Garouste, one of France’s most important contemporary painters. The exhibition presents 120 important works by the artist along with graphic works for which the preparatory studies were done on Velin d’ARCHES® and Velin BFK Rives® paper.

The Page(s fair is THE unmissable event for all booklovers and collectors. It takes place in Paris, at the Palais de la Femme, from 25 to 27 November 2022.

The 87th edition of the Salon de la Société des Aquarellistes Lyonnais will be taking place from 12 to 28 November 2022.

Born in 1973 in Kunming in the Chinese province of Yunnan, a member of the Yi people, Chen Liu gained a M.A. in decorative painting in 1996 at the Central Academy of Arts and Crafts (now called The Academy of Arts & Design of Tsinghua University). He teaches at the School of Fine Arts of Yunnan Art University.