by Judith Benhamou | Oct 16, 2025 | Art Market
Consequences of Brexit Seen from France, the London art market—with the consequences of Brexit, the simultaneous rise of the French capital, and the growing importance of Art Basel Paris (to be held October 24–26, 2025, at the Grand Palais)—would not appear to be in...
by Judith Benhamou | Oct 12, 2025 | Art History, Contemporary art, Exhibition, Video interviews
Magic There is a certain magic that exceptional artists possess — the ability to renew their vocabulary endlessly while remaining unmistakably themselves. It is not so much that they crave novelty; rather, they are in constant pursuit of a kind of unattainable...
by Judith Benhamou | Oct 8, 2025 | Art History, Exhibition, Video interviews
https://youtu.be/oiqjrU6ZFY8 François Pinault Season after season in Paris — and in Venice at the Punta della Dogana and the Palazzo Grassi — the Pinault Collection’s program continues to reveal different facets of the vast ensemble amassed by the French businessman,...
by Judith Benhamou | Oct 5, 2025 | Art History, Art Market, Contemporary art, Modern Art, Photography, Video interviews
https://youtu.be/k71kMCpGtt0?si=RZafvMibrTPPueHn Stylist of the female image Among the pantheon of modern fashion photographers stand two American talents turned legends: Richard Avedon (1923–2009) and Irving Penn (1917–2009). Among their many common traits, both...
by Judith Benhamou | Sep 30, 2025 | Art History, Exhibition, Video interviews
https://youtu.be/S1NHvbciBFY?si=3FSAGe-7heUC0dcX Madame X and Princess X The title of the work is Madame X. Imagine a fashionable artist pretending to anonymize, in this way, the portrait of a well-known woman. The effect is guaranteed. In 1915, for example, the...
