by Judith Benhamou | Dec 14, 2021 | Art History, Contemporary art, Exhibition
The same painting Across kilometres and kilometres, since the very beginning, or almost, Anselm Kiefer (born in 1945) has been making the same painting. This is not to say that he’s repeating himself, that the theme or composition are identical. In France since...
by Judith Benhamou | Dec 10, 2021 | Exhibition, Modern Art, Museum
Oslofjord On the banks of the Oslofjord in the all-new cultural district of Bjorvika, located in a former container port set amid the maritime landscape that was so beloved by the famous Norwegian native Edvard Munch (1863-1944), there’s a 13-storey building with a...
by Judith Benhamou | Dec 6, 2021 | Contemporary art, Exhibition, Video interviews
Soft power In the early French Renaissance when King Francis I assembled the greatest artists of the time, such as Leonardo da Vinci, in the West, or closer to the present day during the postwar period when the United States extended its cultural power across Europe,...
by Judith Benhamou | Nov 24, 2021 | Art History, Exhibition, Video interviews
France filters In his introduction to the history of French art, the historian André Chastel writes: “France filters. It receives and it sifts.” The best demonstration of this is one of the most talented Spaniards of the 20th century, who the country caught in its...
by Judith Benhamou | Nov 21, 2021 | Art History, Exhibition, Video interviews
Place de la Concorde To travel through time all you have to do is go to Paris to the Place de la Concorde. You will first arrive in the 18th century, visiting the building designed by the King’s architect, Gabriel, sumptuously restored by designers Joseph Achkar and...
