A welcoming book club that explores how reading can be experienced in new ways. Each meeting offers thematic discussions, rapid book pitches and practical writing workshops designed to stimulate imagination and critical reading. Sessions investigate narrative tropes, celebrate disruptive contemporary literature and propose exercises to develop creative writing practice. Participants exchange perspectives, deconstruct genres and discover new approaches to reading, interpretation and collective creation.

In French.

Leonor Cuahonte holds a doctorate in art history from the Sorbonne and is a specialist in modern and contemporary Mexican architecture. She is a curator and independent researcher with international teaching experience.

This lecture examines the pioneering work of Matisse, Mondrian and Magritte, exploring how their experiments with form, color and abstraction reshaped modern art. Cuahonte investigates key artworks and themes, discusses cross-currents between European movements, and reveals why these innovations continue to influence artistic practice and visual perception.

In French.

Leonor Cuahonte, PhD in Art History, leads a five-lecture series on modern and contemporary art, with research focusing on twentieth‑century movements and gender in art.

Across five sessions she examines the movements that birthed modernity, profiles pivotal artists from Matisse to Warhol, and investigates the rising recognition of women artists from Frida Kahlo onward, revealing thematic continuities and shifts in style and cultural significance.

Dates & Topics:
Tuesday 28 January, 19:00 – Art Nouveau – Art Deco
Tuesday 25 March, 19:00 – Elles – Women Painters, Sculptors, Architects
Tuesday 6 May, 19:00 – Pop Art Icons – Warhol, Koons, and Hockney
Tuesday 16 September, 19:00 – 100 Years Ago – Matisse, Mondrian, Magritte
Tuesday 4 November, 19:00 – Frida Kahlo and the Tradition of the Day of the Dead

In French.

Leonor Cuahonte holds a doctorate in art history from the Sorbonne and specializes in Mexican modern and contemporary architecture. A curator and independent researcher, she has worked and taught in Mexico, France and Germany.

This lecture examines Frida Kahlo’s work through the Mexican Day of the Dead tradition, exploring themes of identity, memory and celebration. Cuahonte investigates how cultural rituals inform Kahlo’s symbolism and examines intersections between personal biography, national history and artistic expression.

In French.