by Judith Benhamou | Oct 27, 2021 | Art Market, Contemporary art
https://youtu.be/5lhu6XXCBNk Art market/Art history For the past few years now the art market has been making its grand entrance into art history. In museums there have been exhibitions dedicated to great art dealers such as Ambroise Vollard or more recently Pierre...
by Judith Benhamou | Oct 24, 2021 | Contemporary art, Video, Video art, Video interviews
https://youtu.be/YFhT55y8xLs Love is the message… Let’s use the big words: Arthur Jafa (born in 1960) is probably one of the most relevant artists of our time thanks to his creation of three films headed by “Love is the message. The message is death” in 2016,...
by Judith Benhamou | Oct 20, 2021 | Art Market, Contemporary Art
Several art markets Seen in light of recent events, it could be said that there’s not one but rather several art markets. The star work in Paris: Calder So what’s the common thread between the sale for 21.4 million euros at Sotheby’s in London on 14 October 2021 of an...
by Judith Benhamou | Sep 19, 2021 | Exhibition, Modern Art, Uncategorized
Modern Treasures For a long time Russia jealously guarded its modern art treasures, its breathtaking Matisses, the climactic sensations of its Monets, its radically cubist Picassos, the lost paradise of its Gauguins, without determining exactly where the paintings...
by Judith Benhamou | Sep 14, 2021 | Uncategorized
Made in USA Art is eminently political. Towards the end of the Second World War, when Europe had been bled dry and the way was paved for new forms of expression that were “made in the USA”, like the abstract expressionism of artists like Pollock and Rothko, the most...
