MICHAEL RAIVARD

Invited to Geneva by the Womanity Foundation, Michaël Raivard created a live portrait of Nelson Mandela, which was auctioned in support of the foundation. Impressed by the performance, philanthropist John McCall MacBain later invited him to Oxford to create two new works: one for his private collection and another for the Nelson Mandela Museum in South Africa. Splashing Art embodies the meeting of powerful artistic gesture and universal emotion — a visual language that connects continents and pays tribute to Mandela’s legacy.

In Barcelona, during the Premios MARCA ceremony, Michaël Raivard created a live portrait of Lionel Messi in front of the FC Barcelona team and the international press. Revealed in a burst of glitter, the artwork captures a striking moment: the audience holds its breath as the champion’s image emerges into the light. As the creator of Live Gluing, Raivard transforms performance into an icon — a dialogue between virtuosity and emotion, where artistic gesture becomes a symbol of excellence and surpassing one’s limits.

Invited to this international summit bringing together political leaders, business executives, and European institutions, Michaël Raivard created three live portraits before the forum’s participants. The portraits of Giorgia Meloni, Christine Lagarde, and Kristalina Georgieva were unveiled one after another before the guests, each revealed in a fraction of a second. At the end of the performance, the artworks were kept by their recipients, extending the emotion far beyond the event itself.