by Judith Benhamou | Jul 15, 2024 | Contemporary art, Exhibition, Modern Art, Video interviews
Like a firework It’s like when you’re awaiting the grand finale at the fireworks display: the Turner exhibition at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco has 80 works by the illustrious British master (1775-1851) and has travelled from London’s Tate gallery, but it is the final...
by Judith Benhamou | Jul 14, 2024 | Contemporary art, Exhibition, Video art, Video interviews
https://youtu.be/SRY_n2ujxdc?si=iRMyLW6B9toIUzgQ Pioneer Even today, in the eyes of the general public, what is known as video art (which in fact takes many forms) still seems like the poor relation compared to sculpture and painting. But if there is one video artist...
by Judith Benhamou | Jul 11, 2024 | Art History, Contemporary art, Exhibition, Video interviews
https://youtu.be/vtlKXdKSrWQ?si=5SD2JbAj9vAeokVx Treasure of Roman art As soon as you arrive there’s a powerful visual impact. We are at the Palazzo Borghese, a treasure of Roman art, a villa created by the Cardinal Scipion Borghese (1577-1633), the rich nephew of...
by Judith Benhamou | Jul 7, 2024 | Art Market, Contemporary art, Exhibition, Video interviews
Extraordinary inventiveness There are certain periods when artists from a particular country show evidence of an extraordinary inventiveness. The training they’ve followed, along with the political and sociological conditions in which they evolve or have evolved, give...
by Judith Benhamou | Jun 19, 2024 | Contemporary art, Exhibition, Video interviews
Countdown The scene takes place at the Louvre. The countdown has already begun. In less than a year it will be nothing more than a memory. Imagine a fresco doomed to obliteration, handmade by one of the most prominent painters of our time. This is the astonishing...
