by Judith Benhamou | Oct 21, 2024 | Art Basel, Art Market, Contemporary art, Museum, Video interviews
https://youtu.be/rZJlJ75b7tc Backwards and forwards This is how the avant-garde works: in order to move forwards, it looks backwards. To allow their creation to grow and bear fruit, artists use the work of their elders as a catalyst. It was in this way, from his very...
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....
