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For 6 years, the BD Revelation of ADAGP, the french society of authors in the graphic and plastic arts, in partnership with the Quai des Bulles festival (Saint-Malo), has been promoting and encouraging the work of young cartoonists.

Among the 21 shortlisted artists, the 2020 ADAGP / MAD Artist Book Revelation was awarded to Lauren TORTIL, for her work "A genealogy of large ears" (Tombolo Presses).

From September 16 to October 23, 2020, ADAGP welcomes the work of Thibault Brunet on its walls. Due to the health situation, this presentation will be accessible to the public only by appointment.

The creators detail in an op-ed signed by leading European creatives the devastating effects the COVID-19 crisis has had on the creative sector and call on EU leaders to “be bold”, to rethink current pledges and invest more in creativity and the arts.

In 2020, ADAGP joins for the first time with the Quotidien de l'Art and AICA France to allow 10 artists to benefit from a critical text on their work.

In 2020, the ADAGP – Etant Donnés grant endows the monographic exhibitions of Michèle Magema and Vera Molnar. These two artists from the French scene will be exhibited in the United States in the fall of 2020 and in February 2021.

Björn Ulvaeus, co-founder of ABBA and prolific writer of over 150 hit songs and shows, Björn Ulvaeus heads CISAC, the global network for the collective management of copyright, for the next 3 years.

The ADAGP is launching the 2020 edition of the "Connexion" grants intended to provide financial assistance to broadcast locations in order to materialize an international co-production project or the resumption abroad of exhibitions by artists from the French scene. Submission of applications until October 15, 2020.

ADAGP maintains its 2020 program of awards and grants for artists. Find the calendar of the various calls for applications in progress.