by Judith Benhamou | Oct 6, 2021 | Artists, Contemporary art, Paintings, Uncategorized, Video interviews
https://youtu.be/ewBKSBa7aoc Same since the 1950s Imagine an artist who – since the 1950s – has always painted in the same style, with more or less the same subjects, using very similar colours. This is the American artist Alex Katz (born in 1927). Regenerating...
by Judith Benhamou | Oct 3, 2021 | Architecture, Art Market, Design
https://youtu.be/AT9mQcrSZRE A landmark of 20th-century architecture The Maison de Verre is nothing less than one of the great landmarks of 20th-century architecture. Located in Saint Germain des Près in the courtyard of an 18th-century building, it cannot be seen...
by Judith Benhamou | Sep 29, 2021 | Art History, Exhibition, Modern Art, Museum
To think as a couple There are artists – and they are in the majority – who think as an individual, and there are others who think as a couple. This is the case, for example, of Christo and Jeanne Claude who created and authored their huge artworks jointly (See here...
by Judith Benhamou | Sep 22, 2021 | Art Basel, Art Market, Contemporary art, Fair
Resilience Resilience. Since the onset of the public health crisis sweeping the entire planet, this is a word that has been used extensively – and not always correctly. But if there’s a field that truly merits this label, it’s the art market. Not just online Because...
by Judith Benhamou | Sep 1, 2021 | Contemporary art, Exhibition, Paintings
https://youtu.be/hbhprpFeE_0 Large scale and large number It must be the sensation of the season in Paris. At the Fondation Cartier, Damien Hirst (born in 1965), the superstar from the 1990s and former leader of the Young British Artists, is displaying his new work in...
