by Judith Benhamou | Feb 12, 2016 | Art Market, Auction, Book, Contemporary art
Michael Peppiatt Francis Bacon, Two Figures, est. £5.000.000-7.000.000 (1) Renowned historian and curator Michael Peppiatt saw his life change one day in 1963 when, by sheer coincidence, someone advised he meet the painter Francis Bacon. From then on a friendship...
by Judith Benhamou | Feb 12, 2016 | Contemporary art, Exhibition, Museum
Liu Wei Studio Zhang Huan By Zhang Huan By Zhang Huan Xu Zhen By Madln China is changing at lightning speed, and so are its artists. Communist folklore, gaudy-colored post-Pop artworks and giant portraits of grimacing people are long gone. Today, China’s artists have...
by Judith Benhamou | Feb 7, 2016 | Art Market, Auction, Modern Art
Marina PicassoMarina Picasso By Picasso By Picasso By Picasso Marina Picasso is one of the heirs of the overabundant estate of Pablo Picasso, the person people call “the greatest painter of the 20th century.” On the occasion of Sotheby’s London February 5th sale of...
by Judith Benhamou | Feb 7, 2016 | Artists, Contemporary art
Ai Weiwei Instagram Instagram By Ai Weiwei Ai Weiwei By Ai Weiwei A Chinese artist and global art star, Ai Weiwei is an intelligent, quick, smiling, mischievous, facetious, surprising, off-center human being, by turns moral and inflammatory. What else? He doesn’t take...
by Judith Benhamou | Feb 7, 2016 | Collection, Contemporary art, Exhibition, Museum
Doha Alriwaq By Luc Tuymans Exhibition entrance By Luc Tuymans By Luc Tuymans Museum of Islamic Art By Luc Tuymans This story takes place in a land known as the world’s top gas producer, the owner of the Paris Saint Germain soccer team, the 2002 World Cup Soccer...
