François Pluchart (5 August 1937 – 27 November 1988) was a French

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and journalist. He was one of the theorists of

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in France, with artists like Michel Journiac and

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. Pluchart founded the art journal '' ArTitudes''.

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1988 deaths 1937 births French art critics French magazine founders People from Montmorency, Val-d'Oise {{France-journalist-stub