by Judith Benhamou | Sep 4, 2025 | Art Market, Contemporary art, Exhibition, Video interviews
Morning calm and soft power If there is one country that has mastered the art of soft power, it is South Korea. In just a few years, the “Land of Morning Calm” has become a global cultural reference point, especially for younger generations. First came the tidal wave...
by Judith Benhamou | Aug 31, 2025 | Art Market
Blum’s gallery sunset On 1 July, a bombshell announcement shook the global art market. Blum, one of the most influential galleries in the United States—and more specifically Los Angeles—announced it was closing its doors. In describing this decision, Tim...
by Judith Benhamou | Jul 27, 2025 | Art History, Contemporary art, Exhibition, Museum
https://youtu.be/Ng2-g8ImgEk?si=8_HaXiEnGgBXqQ2L The fate of women There’s a great deal embedded in the work of Anna Maria Maiolino. But nothing reveals itself at first glance. The artist—who, though born in Italy in 1942, has spent most of her life in São Paulo, by...
by Judith Benhamou | Jul 22, 2025 | Art History, Contemporary art, Exhibition, Museum
Van Gogh, tourist magnet The scorching sun, the Rhône winding majestically through the city, lively café terraces, Roman ruins, Van Gogh—the ever-present tourist magnet—and everywhere, down one alley or another, contemporary art exhibitions. Arles is a beautiful small...
by Judith Benhamou | Jul 20, 2025 | Abstraction, Art History, Exhibition, Modern Art, Museum
Never before attempted “Here, something never before attempted is being tried: to create the universe, create instinctively, and through love, the universe in which modern art might find both its rightful place and that otherworld once known as the...
