by Judith Benhamou | Apr 29, 2020 | Artists, Contemporary art, Video interviews
Tirana in bright colors His first great exploit dates from the 2000s. Edi Rama (born in 1964) was the newly elected mayor of Tirana, the capital of Albania (a country with 2.8 million inhabitants), when he decided to have a number of the building facades in his poor,...
by Judith Benhamou | Apr 26, 2020 | Artists, Contemporary art, Food, India, Interview, Video interviews
To reinvent obsessions The main strength of artists lies in their ability to reinvent identical obsessions. We are familiar with Subodh Gupta’s work through his installations – accumulations of metal kitchen utensils that have become the calling card of one of India’s...
by Judith Benhamou | Apr 22, 2020 | Contemporary art, Video interviews
Leviathan: 72000m3 It was announced in 2011 but it was very difficult to grasp its importance at the time. When the Grand Palais in Paris staged an extraordinary show entitled Monumenta, following the participation of Richard Serra and Anselm Kiefer, the guest that...
by Judith Benhamou | Apr 20, 2020 | Art History, Art Market, Video interviews
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1LdRmFZdnU War War. Economists and politicians alike are readily comparing the impact of the coronavirus to that of a military conflict. The 20th century’s most devastating and traumatising conflict was the Second World War. Disgust...
by Judith Benhamou | Apr 15, 2020 | Art History, Modern Art, Museum, Paintings
American inferiority complex For a long time the United States suffered from an inferiority complex with regards to its painting. This was because despite America’s status as an economic powerhouse, up until the Second World War it was Paris – the global epicentre of...
