Profane #21
155 x 230 mm, 244 pages
Paris, France (English-language)
Founders: Charlotte Halpern & Bertrand Houdin
Editor-in-chief: Carine Soyer
Graphic design: Syndicat
‘Amateur & Art’
This is the Autumn/Winter 2025/2026 issue of the art magazine ‘dedicated to amateurs, artists and collectors’.
Beneath a shadowy cover overlaid with an iridescent rectangle, the issue opens on Thomas Saint-Guillain’s blue-lined hands. This ‘something blue’ is the thread that weaves the issue together: Sophie Barbier swaps art school for Alpine slopes to capture skiers in motion; Charles Villa delves into his fascination with found images slowly turned blue by time; Anne Jaffrenou pursues her meticulous obsession with documenting the sky; and lovers in life and art, Josqlin, spill their shared imagination across their kitchen table. You’ll also find a gallery of Jérôme Pélégry’s ‘naive’ male portraits and a charming questionnaire with French actress Agathe Bonitzer.
As ever, Profane brings together a broad, visually stimulating mix of practices and personalities.