by Judith Benhamou | Sep 24, 2025 | Art History, Art Market, Exhibition, Video interviews
Like Van Gogh “It is not because I sell little that I am a bad painter.” On August 22, 1882, Vincent van Gogh closed a letter to his brother Theo with these words, complaining of the hurtful remarks of a shortsighted art dealer. As he explained, and contrary to the...
by Judith Benhamou | Sep 21, 2025 | Art History, Exhibition, Video interviews
https://youtu.be/0Y81nKHGEMA?si=7njVbwZrhaV82n9T Light obsession For painters, light is an obsession. It is what gives life to a picture, sometimes to the point of provoking a mystical response.(Take for instance the light in Cézanne paintings, at the excellent...
by Judith Benhamou | Sep 16, 2025 | Art Market, Contemporary art, Exhibition
https://youtu.be/KnGmc6-kgdo Panorama Pozzuoli At a time when the art market is caught in a chasm of pessimism, a small four-day event in Italy breathed new life into the idea of the fair, animated by a fresh and invigorating spirit. Here there were no million-dollar...
by Judith Benhamou | Sep 13, 2025 | Contemporary art, Exhibition
Global celebrity The architect Rem Koolhaas (born in 1944) is a global celebrity in his field. Winner of the Pritzker Prize, he has signed such landmark projects as the CCTV tower in Beijing, the National Library in Doha and, in France, Euralille, the...
by Judith Benhamou | Sep 10, 2025 | Art Market, Contemporary art, Exhibition, Video interviews
https://youtu.be/9NV4pUxSQE4 In Lee Ufan Arles Through October 5, Lee Ufan Arles—the institution that the Korean artist opened in 2022 in the Camargue—presents “A Conversation Piece,” a dialogue between his own work and that of Michelangelo Pistoletto. Unexpected...
