by Judith Benhamou | May 15, 2022 | Contemporary art, Exhibition, Video interviews
https://youtu.be/m4zh9NOUhzc After Zidane How do you exist in relation to Alberto Giacometti (1901-1966) when you make sculpture? The Scottish artist Douglas Gordon (born in 1966), former Turner Prize laureate and co-author with Philippe Parreno of the cinematic...
by Judith Benhamou | May 11, 2022 | Art History, Art Market, Video interviews
https://youtu.be/P3i5fvE8ti8 Media hype As the modern and contemporary art sales opened with the auctioning of a portrait of Marilyn from 1964 by Andy Warhol for 195 million dollars, we realize that the media hype surrounding works presented at auction will always be,...
by Judith Benhamou | Mar 5, 2022 | Art History, Old masters
It’s just an illusion Seeking to create illusions is one of the great virtues of art. It is a process that is often practiced in current creation. Without mentioning the entire hyperrealist school, we might think for example of Gerhard Richter, one of the most...
by Judith Benhamou | Feb 23, 2022 | Art Fair, Art Market, Contemporary art
Specialities Each fair has its own speciality. Some, like Frieze in London, New York and Los Angeles, are oriented towards novelties that tend to be very on trend. Art Basel in Switzerland and now Miami primarily displays the “blockbusters” of contemporary art across...
by Judith Benhamou | Dec 2, 2021 | Art Market, Contemporary art, Video interviews
Josephine Baker As the Pantheon in Paris – the inner sanctum of the French Republic – saw the entrance of Josephine Baker, a black woman, former music-hall dancer, activist and patriot of American origin, Miami saw the inauguration of the biggest contemporary art fair...
