by Judith Benhamou | Oct 16, 2024 | Art Basel, Art History, Art Market, Contemporary art, Modern Art, Museum, Video interviews
Grand-Palais effect There is an “Art Basel effect” within the art market, or in other words, how an entire city can be transformed over a few days by a massive influx of art professionals but also art fans, who come expecting the best in artistic creation as selected...
by Judith Benhamou | Oct 13, 2024 | Art History, Modern Art, Museum, Video interviews
https://youtu.be/6OJ13CLW4i4?si=dJ1psKl41Ee9yw79 A Brazilian woman Regardless of the strength of her talent, this painter exhibited at least two handicaps for her time: she was a woman – the weaker sex in art – and Brazilian, therefore far removed from the...
by Judith Benhamou | Oct 10, 2024 | Art Market, Contemporary art, Video interviews
Art Basel Paris The entire art world has been waiting for this crucial moment for a long time: the Art Basel Paris fair – with its international clout – which is taking place for the first time under the glass roof of the Grand Palais, one of the most...
by Judith Benhamou | Oct 5, 2024 | Architecture, Contemporary art, Museum, Video interviews
Fabulous collections The Gulbenkian name is globally synonymous with fabulous collections. It first belonged to an Armenian businessman, Calouste being his first name (1869-1955), who managed at one time to obtain a 5% share of all oil transactions operated in Iraq....
by Judith Benhamou | Sep 30, 2024 | Art Market, Contemporary art, Video interviews
https://youtube.com/shorts/YYT5sVEZMwQ?si=nijLyFSzf-8HR_yd Spirit of conquest always As the general context fuels many concerns across the world, the spirit of conquest still seems to be the watchword in the art market. In Hong Kong, for example, Sotheby’s and...
