by Judith Benhamou | Mar 12, 2026 | Art Fair, Art History, Art Market, Contemporary art, Video interviews
Share this articleViral image This image went around the world. In November 2017, Christie’s sold a remarkably rare painting by Leonardo da Vinci, a Salvator Mundi painted around 1500, for $450 million, making it the most expensive work ever sold at auction. The fact...
by Judith Benhamou | Mar 8, 2026 | African Art, Exhibition, Museum, Video interviews
Share this articleImmense ambitions The Louvre once had immense ambitions. Then came the controversies — the resignation of its president, water leaks, strikes, and even a spectacular burglary — that buried the world’s largest museum under a mountain of problems. As...
by Judith Benhamou | Mar 5, 2026 | Art Market, Contemporary art, Exhibition, Video interviews
Share this articleMood of war When the mood is one of war, it is hardly one for buying art. The contemporary art fair Art Dubai was scheduled to take place from April 17 to 19, 2026, in the tourist hub of the United Arab Emirates. On March 2, just two days after the...
by Judith Benhamou | Mar 1, 2026 | Cinema, Contemporary art, Exhibition, Video interviews
Share this article Inner Strength It takes uncommon inner strength to turn a resounding failure into a model success. It takes a rare spiritual stamina to transform the story of a science-fiction film boasting the most extraordinary cast imaginable — DalÃ, Orson...
by Judith Benhamou | Feb 26, 2026 | Contemporary art, Exhibition, Video interviews
Share this article Christian aesthetic What strikes you almost immediately when visiting the retrospective devoted to Tracey Emin (born in 1963)—the major London event of the season, on view at the Tate Modern through August 31—is that her artistic vision seems, in...
