https://youtu.be/5Im2OwRQnvA The meaning of the work “The meaning is what you bring to the work.” When I interviewed Richard Serra (born in 1938) in 2008 about his monumental installation at the Grand Palais in Paris called “Promenade”,...
Revolution in the museums: NFTs are now being exhibited in major institutions
https://youtu.be/yKeXf_Prlec Once reticent So far the institutions have been reticent. But now there are three serious museums exhibiting the work of two very prominent digital artists working with NFTs. Reminder Let’s remind ourselves that...
The Hubert de Givenchy mega-sale in Paris: a challenge for Christie’s
https://youtu.be/Ux4oq351fQg Audrey Hepburn Hubert de Givenchy became a legendary figure thanks to two women. The first, who is the embodiment of cinematic grace, is Audrey Hepburn, for whom he designed the legendary silhouettes worn in films...
Sanyu: the cursed artist in Paris who became the star of the Chinese modern art market
Unfair artworld The art world can be very unfair. Imagine a painter with a unique, fascinating style who makes compositions (nudes, animals, flowers, landscapes…) in pared-back and fluid forms, animated by strong contrasting colours, that are...
Fondation Louis Vuitton: Simon Hantai is reinstated with his impressive polychrome series
https://youtu.be/IvpNpXftP38 Not retinal art The 20th century will be defined as the period when art was completely called into question. It was Marcel Duchamp who proclaimed, very early on and contrary to what people had hitherto...
New York: six artworks that explain the good results at auction despite the global economic and geopolitical situation
Positive signs The official shop window of the global art market consists of a series of sales at auction organized twice a year in New York by Christie’s, Sotheby’s and to a lesser extent Phillips. At the time of writing this article the...
Douglas Gordon and Alberto Giacometti: elective affinities with a ghost
https://youtu.be/m4zh9NOUhzc After Zidane How do you exist in relation to Alberto Giacometti (1901-1966) when you make sculpture? The Scottish artist Douglas Gordon (born in 1966), former Turner Prize laureate and co-author with Philippe...
Robert Storr: “the art world today is almost entirely commercial”. A meeting with the great American art critic capable of numerous premonitions
https://youtu.be/P3i5fvE8ti8 Media hype As the modern and contemporary art sales opened with the auctioning of a portrait of Marilyn from 1964 by Andy Warhol for 195 million dollars, we realize that the media hype surrounding works presented at...
Warhol, the big comeback with the Shot Marilyn from the Ammann collection
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vgoz9L5WZqQ To shoot It’s all a question of language. In English people employ the same verb to mean “taking a photo” and “firing a gun”: to shoot. The scene took place in the autumn of 1964 in New York...
Brussels: while waiting for Christopher Wool, the futurist art of Neil Beloufa and the spiritual paintings of Cassi Namoda
Christopher Wool On 2 June 2022 Brussels will see the opening at the new and third space restored by the Xavier Hufkens gallery, over 2500m2, of an exhibition of one of the legends of American art from the late 20th century, Christopher Wool...
Arthur Jafa: the largest exhibition on the American artist has opened in Arles at the Luma Foundation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59UEnXYLGNc Love was the message For an artist, producing a recognized masterpiece means being immediately put on the global map of the art world. In 2016 Arthur Jafa (born in 1960) created an extraordinary film...
Venice Biennale: war, women and children first. A very dense journey through the biggest contemporary art exhibition in the world
In keeping with the times The Venice Biennale 2022 has never before been so in keeping with the times. Firstly because the vast majority of it is dedicated to women, the half of the global population demanding their rights with increasing...