by Judith Benhamou | Jun 6, 2021 | Art History, Contemporary art
Heritage of the traumas For some time now colonialism, slavery and the heritage of these traumas has been at the centre of an unusual kind of attention, giving rise to what was once called “history painting” up until the 19th century, only in a new genre. Tina M.Campt...
by Judith Benhamou | May 26, 2021 | Art History, Contemporary art, Exhibition, Gallery, Photography
https://youtu.be/ELj2brIz4OA An Irishman and an American dandy Take an American dandy who liked women, wild animals and photography. Then take another dandy, an Irishman who loved men and made paintings depicting torment and suffering with elaborate and dramatic...
by Judith Benhamou | May 24, 2021 | Uncategorized
https://youtu.be/13JxbPM3yDE Golden Lion I have a confession to make. I disliked Anne Imhof’s German pavilion in 2017, called “Faust”, which won the Golden Lion that year displaying a slick showcase of beautiful and disillusioned youths, striking poses to express...
by Judith Benhamou | May 17, 2021 | Collection, Collector, Contemporary art, Museum
https://youtu.be/Zn9YIvr9p5I A poor rural family What more is there to aspire to when you’re an 84-year-old billionaire who was born into a poor rural family in a Breton village? The answer lies in the district of Les Halles in Paris inside a circular...
by Judith Benhamou | Apr 20, 2021 | Art Market, Contemporary art
https://youtu.be/cGAPJhvLlA4 30 years old He’s thirty years old and he’s in a hurry. It’s been scarcely six months since NFTs were created and already Justin Sun, the Hong Kong-based Chinese founder of the cryptocurrency platform Tron, states in an exclusive...
