https://youtu.be/JlZFZgi-Jeo Magical beliefs It is an extraordinary world, steeped in magical beliefs and the polar opposite of a Western Cartesian mindset. It is inhabited by hybrid beings, stretched to the extreme, hidden within a...
Tribute to Frank Gehry: “I hope people will have loved what I have created. It was all done with a great deal of love.”
Seven years ago, I interviewed Frank Gehry for the first time. Since then I have seen him many times, notably for the opening of the Luma Foundation in Arles and, in the spring of 2025 in Abu Dhabi, when he was already frail, on the occasion of the Pritzker Prize...
Art Basel Miami Beach: a sublime Joan Mitchell, a coral reef, robot dogs with billionaires’ heads, and the great comeback of enthusiasm
Crisis or not? The United States is the epicentre of the global art market. In 2024, art transactions worldwide were estimated at 57.4 billion dollars, of which 24.8 billion were generated in the United States (1). The crisis, in step with all the economic,...
Hans Ulrich Obrist, artistic director of the Serpentine Gallery: it all began when he was six
https://youtu.be/vdpZCn1LW8Q?si=jKoKnOtTDkVUtfaX To celebrate the 10th anniversary of Judith Benhamou Reports, I invited five leading figures from the art world to speak with us in public: Glenn Lowry, Maja Hoffmann, Rirkrit Tiravanija,...
Lina Ghotmeh, architect: imagination rises from the ruins
https://youtu.be/1_saHy29KRc?si=tAOHzieFFg6thPcw To celebrate the 10th anniversary of Judith Benhamou Reports, I invited five leading figures from the art world to speak publicly with us: Glenn Lowry, Maja Hoffmann, Rirkrit Tiravanija, Lina...
Musée du Petit Palais, Paris. In the 18th Century Greuze Was Already Depicting Sexual Predators
https://youtu.be/BbtWXAtAKkI It's not a gallant scene She looks at you with her huge, innocent eyes, discreetly filled with fear. Her complexion is porcelain, and from her silky bodice emerges the nipple of a small milky breast. Her appearance...
Does a $236 Million Klimt Signal the End of the Market Crisis?
https://youtu.be/0hmym3W53No?si=5BLGmQ9yZBx3IK1l 236.4 million Rationality is the enemy of artists. They obey more poetic rules, which lend an exceptional magic to the works they produce. As a result, these paintings or sculptures can sometimes...
Studio Museum: The Harlem-Born Institution with a Flair for Discovering Artists Reopens in Grand Style
https://youtu.be/8NZC9iFStv8?si=ralfyE9dMdU5W4AL African American culture Barely a few hours after a Socialist mayor of Indian origin was elected to lead New York City, another politically crucial event was taking place in the same megalopolis,...
The Three Names That Matter in New York This November: Leonard Lauder, Gustav Klimt, and Marcel Breuer -COPY
https://youtu.be/Iyfu93YEhpE?si=gdTfSG7F5LGuNs_6 Generous trustees In the United States, unlike in France, museums are rarely funded by the public sector. To attract ever greater private generosity, they have developed an elaborate system of...
Rirkrit Tiravanija, an artist in the lineage of Buddha and Marcel Duchamp
https://youtu.be/JSfTrpvg_uU?si=04RiZ5xANr2NpEzS To celebrate the 10th anniversary of Judith Benhamou Reports, I asked five leading figures in the art world to come and speak to us in public: Glenn Lowry, Maja Hoffmann, Rirkrit Tiravanija, Lina...
The Three Names That Matter in New York This November: Leonard Lauder, Gustav Klimt, and Marcel Breuer
https://youtu.be/Iyfu93YEhpE?si=gdTfSG7F5LGuNs_6 Generous trustees In the United States, unlike in France, museums are rarely funded by the public sector. To attract ever greater private generosity, they have developed an elaborate system of...
George Condo: All the Faces of Dread in a Beautiful Paris Exhibition
https://youtu.be/dYxajiWeE1E?si=Vlo8CQrkLFyll6Es The artmarket The art market can sometimes have a decisive influence on the way we perceive artists. That could well have happened with the American painter George Condo (born 1957), a star of...