A French Connection: The News According to Bonhomme Opens April 19 at The Art Garage   Do stop by to help celebrate the opening of the French Connection:  The Political Art of Olivier Bonhomme. Several dozen stunning drawings made between 2015 and 2024: powerful, first-edition, full-color giclees. Bonhomme e lives in Montpelier, a famous cultural center in the south of France. Le Monde, the French newspaper, regularly features his political cartoons. The Washington Post and  Arte (France) have also published his art. Enjoy a European artist’s take on world events, and his visual commentary on contemporary culture—social media, TikTok, political and social movements, cell phones and more, all pervasive globally. Illuminating, thought-provoking and visually striking. The artist plans to briefly attend from France via Zoom c. 4:30PM. The gallery is open Saturdays, 11-2, and daily with a text or call to 315-941-9607. Preview will be 11-1 Sat. April 19. This show ends May 17.   The international events and personages he characterizes hail from the US, the EU, Asia, Turkey etc. He translates news or thoughts into startling visual images to convey a range of sentiments. His style is inspired by surrealism and mid-20th-century European comics. “Finding an echo through the current world’s questions [with editorial work] and exploring my own narrative and graphical vocabulary in my personal work is a kind of leitmotiv,” he explained. “Reality and imagination are part of the same process.” A graduate of the Ecole Emile Cohl art school in Lyons, he works with different clients as an illustrator and art director. He co-founded the BK studio in 2012, a  digital art research facilities and production company that works for corporate and non-profit clients.  His dream is to one day create a New Yorker cover. Bonhomme loves jazz  and plays the  saxophone. Adept in many art forms, he noted, “I tint my universe with the sound of bebop, swing and the big time!” FB/Instagram: @ArtGarageCooperstown; leartgarage@gmail.com; text 315-941-9607, te. 607-547-5327.