by Judith Benhamou | Jun 3, 2016 | Art Market, Auction, Contemporary art, Modern Art
Warhol Basquiat Jean Tinguely Maurice Denis Edgar Degas There’s no doubt about it: at the June and December auctions in Paris, where the most beautiful lots of the season are all concentrated, the trophy works tend to be snapped up by foreign buyers. In fact, some of...
by Judith Benhamou | May 31, 2016 | Artists, Contemporary art, Video interviews
JBH Reports It was the famous collector from Miami Mira Rubell who first told me about Hank Willis Thomas. Born in 1976, he’s a talented American artist dealing with popular culture, gender and racial stereotypes in contemporary consumer society, and the perception of...
by Judith Benhamou | May 30, 2016 | Artists, Collection, Contemporary art, Video interviews
Lee Ufan Lee Ufan Lee Ufan Chateau la Coste Calder @ Chateau la Coste Chateau la Coste Chateau La Coste Inside the vietnamese Pavilion Frank Gehry building @ Chateau La Coste Frank Gehry building @ Chateau Lacoste It’s the most beautiful sculpture park...
by Judith Benhamou | May 26, 2016 | Biennale, Contemporary art, Gallery, Video interviews
JBH Reports There’s one thing that both wine and art have in common. In countries with long wine growing traditions like France, the wines considered the best have a ‘long finish’. In other words the flavour lingers, it takes time to fully appreciate. On the...
by Judith Benhamou | May 25, 2016 | Book, Collection
Catalogue Proust auction Marcel Proust, Lucien Daudet et Robert de Flers Marcel Proust and his brother Robert Proust Marcel Proust drawingMarcel Proust Letters to Reynaldo Hahn I sometimes wonder if those men dressed head to toe in leather, chains strapped across...