Profane #20

Profane is a French independent magazine that moves between art and collecting and is characterized by truly experimental graphics.  It's dedicated to the amateur, artist or collector, novice or expert, fervent admirer or creator in his spare time.

Inside this issue: Amateur & Art

This is the Spring/Summer 2025 issue of the art magazine ‘dedicated to amateurs, artists and collectors,’ celebrating twenty issues and ten years in print. 

Featuring a metallic purple confetti dappled cover, the issue opens with a hazy, stream of consciousness-like editor’s letter from Carine Soyer, which weaves together some of what you’ll encounter within: a window into the home of circus enthusiast and collector Gilles Maignant; psychiatrist Mathias Mazaltob’s figurative paintings; the rhizomatic origins of psychologist Agnès Santourian’s nature inspired paintings; and a conversation with art dealer and gallerist Christian Berst on the 20th anniversary of his Paris-based art brut gallery. 

As usual, a broad and visually stimulating mix of practices and personalities.