by Judith Benhamou | Jul 17, 2023 | Contemporary art, Exhibition, Photos, Video art, Video interviews
https://youtu.be/nVonVjYHG9w New York, London and Arles In every impactful artistic work, it is the form and content that makes it. In Arles, Luma is hosting a large-scale, spectacular exhibition of the work of American artist Carrie Mae Weems. I haven’t seen...
by Judith Benhamou | Jul 11, 2023 | Contemporary art, Exhibition, Photos, Pinault Fondation, Video art, Video interviews
https://youtu.be/7qy3KJRXkS0 Strange and glorious The American artist David Hammons (born in 1943) is a strange and glorious figure, frequently absent, yet always seeming to appear where he’s least expected. He isn’t affiliated with any one gallery, and what we know...
by Judith Benhamou | Jul 5, 2023 | Contemporary art, Exhibition, Photos, Pinault Fondation, Video interviews
An augmented Provence Arles is first and foremost an unusual place, a kind of “augmented” Provence. It is here, for example, that we find exceptional Roman ruins such as the recently renovated site that tourists always forget to visit: the Cryptoporticus. Beneath...
by Judith Benhamou | Jun 26, 2023 | Contemporary art, Video interviews
https://youtu.be/_p31N7P2xJk Burden of classical painting Over the course of the 20th century artists have sought to cast off the burden of classical painting. Forget the figurative, forget western painting, forget “flat” painting that only depicts the...
by Judith Benhamou | Jun 15, 2023 | Art Market, Contemporary art, Modern Art, Video interviews
Slow down The art market always has a few surprises up its sleeve. While at the New York auctions in May prices showed a certain degree of slow-down – naturally enough, given the global context – at the opening of the Art Basel fair on 12 June the...
