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Contemporary Art Library

With 65,640 documents in all (including 51,396 books) and a range of periodicals, Beaux-Arts de Paris library is one of the top French contemporary art libraries. It offers up-to-date documentation on creativity and its context - history of Western and non-Western art, human and social sciences - in order to support students in their learning and artistic projects. It is also open to a wider public, upon request.

Undergraduate degree (1^st cycle)

This degree includes an examination of the student's educational file, the presentation of a selection of significant artistic works from their three years of study and an interview with the jury. The degree jury is made up of a Beaux-Arts de Paris teacher and two external examiners. Admission to the fourth year is conditional upon obtaining the undergraduate degree.

Students are assessed in the courses in which they are enrolled, and it is their responsibility to update their enrolments with the Registrar's Office.

All UE (unités d’enseignements) are assessed on a half-yearly basis.

The assessment methods used for each unit largely take into account course attendance and most often include continuous assessment.

Exchange students are subject to the same assessment requirements.

Assessment of artistic practice in the studio changes throughout the course.

Studios

The Department of Artistic Practice comprises thirty-four studios under the responsibility of artist-teachers. The studio is a place for artistic practice, creation and experimentation. It is also a space for debate, exchange and criticism. At certain times of the year, particularly during graduation or assessment periods, it is transformed into an exhibition space.

Hicham

Berrada

Studio professor

Hicham Berrada is a graduate of the Beaux-Arts de Paris (2011) and the Studio National des Arts Contemporains - Le Fresnoy (2013). His work combines intuition and knowledge, science and poetry. In his works, he uses experimental and scientific protocols to activate different natural processes and/or climatic conditions. "I try to master the phenomena that I mobilise in the same way that a painter masters his pigments and brushes". His work has been exhibited at the Louvre-Lens and the Hayward Gallery in London in 2019, the Yokohama Triennale in 2020 and the Bourse de Commerce - Pinault Collection in Paris in 2023.

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