by Judith Benhamou | Mar 24, 2016 | Art Fair, Art Market, Contemporary art
Marlene Dumas R Rauschenberg R Rauschenberg M Borremans M Borremans ‘There was a lot of expectation and nervousness when the fair opened its doors. Sales figures at Chinese auctions have been underwhelming but the contemporary art market is establishing itself...
by Judith Benhamou | Mar 22, 2016 | Art History, Exhibition, Modern Art, Museum, Old masters, Video interviews
Le douanier Rousseau Le Douanier Rousseau Vittore Carpaccio/ le Douanier Rousseau le Douanier Rousseau / Giorgio Morandi Le Douanier Rousseau Le Douanier Rousseau / Carlo Carra Who would possibly make a comparison between Henri Rousseau (1844-1910) also called Le...
by Judith Benhamou | Mar 20, 2016 | Art History, Art Market, Collection, Modern Art, Museum
JBH Reports In art there are those mythical places believed to have changed the course of history. Until the nineteenth century, if you considered yourself a serious painter you were obliged to make an initiatory journey to Italy on the trail of the Renaissance and...
by Judith Benhamou | Mar 18, 2016 | Artists, Contemporary art, Emerging artist, Exhibition, Museum
Neil Beloufa Laura Poitras Laura Poitras Neil Beloufa Neil Beloufa It’s a textbook case. In New York two major museums are currently showing two different artists exploring more or less exactly the same subject: the saturation of images in society and the omnipresence...
by Judith Benhamou | Mar 14, 2016 | Collection, Contemporary art, Exhibition
JBH Reports It’s always something of a disappointment when visiting the Getty Museum in Los Angeles to see the size of the exhibition spaces. After all for exemple Getty owns one of the finest photography collections in the world. But in fact as Glenn Phillips, Head...