by Judith Benhamou | Jul 9, 2020 | Art Market, Auction house, Contemporary art, Interview, Modern Art, New York
Patrick Drahi It’s been 12 months since Sotheby’s was bought by the French businessman Patrick Drahi. It’s been 9 months since he appointed a new head of the auction house, former investment banker at Morgan Stanley then co-president of Altice USA,...
by Judith Benhamou | Jun 1, 2020 | Artists, Contemporary art, Exhibition, Museum, Retrospective, Video interviews
Christo Christo Christo Christo Christo Christo & Jeanne-Claude Christo Christo Christo Fondation Maeght Christo died on 31 May 2020 at the age of 84. He was one of the very first artists that I interviewed early on in my career. I went to meet him in 1993 at his...
by Judith Benhamou | Jan 10, 2020 | Art Market, Contemporary art, Video interviews
Adam Lindemann Jeff Koons Jean Michel Basquiat Maryan Peter Saul Roger Brown H.C. Westermann Joseph Elmer Yoakum Unknown artits Artist Ambrym Island Symbol of love Imagine a gleaming red heart made of metal measuring 2.7 metres and weighing 1500 kilos...
by Judith Benhamou | Dec 20, 2019 | Art Market, Contemporary art, Design, Exhibition
FX Lalanne, D Buren (Catalogue Sotheby’s Jacques Grange) François Xavier and Claude Lalanne François-Xavier Lalanne François Xavier Lalanne François Xavier Lalanne François Xavier Lalanne François-Xavier Lalanne. Claude Lalanne François Xavier Lalanne...
by Judith Benhamou | Dec 19, 2019 | Contemporary art, Exhibition, Video interviews
Gabriel Orozco Gabriel Orozco Gabriel Orozco Gabriel Orozco Gabriel Orozco Gabriel Orozco The theme of movement They say that what best characterizes the work of Gabriel Orozco (born in 1962) is the theme of movement. Impatient This may well be true,...