https://youtu.be/gNyuk6G2GBE?si=q_i4EeB_Y7jATAV7 Site of grandeur When sites of grandeur reach a certain level, they become religious. Which isn’t to say that visiting such places makes one believe more in Jesus or Buddha. Simply, the feeling...
Matisse / Picasso: And the Winner Is…
https://youtu.be/LsfgADzyBrQ?si=nZtUVPDOw8dq4Whm Several Matisse At the most recent Art Basel fair in Basel, paintings by Henri Matisse (1869-1954) could be found at several booths. London- and New York-based gallery Luxembourg & Co, for...
Niki de Saint Phalle: The Great Return
https://youtu.be/uoNuSN7Ap3s Audacious and monumental Picture a colossal woman, 25 meters long and 9 meters wide, figured three-dimensionally in rounded, simplified shapes and covered in bright, contrasting colors. She is lying on her...
Art Basel in Basel: A Market Between Uncertainty and Resilience
Shielded form the world's Chaos? As Art Basel in Basel opened on June 17, with its festive spirit, endless dinners, and an exceptional program of museum exhibitions held across the city, one might have thought for a moment that the art market...
Venice: When Renaissance Artists Let Loose
https://youtu.be/q8U8JJt7o5w Absolute masterpiece When we think of the absolute masterpieces of art history, we often think first of the Italian Renaissance. And among the Italian museums that house some of the most significant examples, the...
Wolfgang Tillmans at Centre Pompidou — a Closing Statement That’ll Leave Its Mark
https://youtu.be/ZT3WhHz1xJU?si=TBv-NHSJDO6_cHL5 Wolfgang Tillmans (born in 1968) is a major figure in the global art scene. For some forty years, the German artist has practiced photography—but not merely in order to capture images. He’s what...
The Daguerreotype: the First Real Image Ever Made of Oneself in Human History
Capturing reality Imagine this: Up until that point, aside from a mirror’s reflection, no human being had ever seen their own precise and real image. Then suddenly, there was news of a kind of mirror that could capture your likeness and...
New York: An Exquisite Return Visit to Mr. Frick
https://youtu.be/eLvjpERKfHA Once upon... This story could begin with "Once upon a time," because it concludes in a veritable palace. But a palace of a particular kind. It can be found on Fifth Avenue in New York, opposite Central Park....
Venice: The Metamorphosis of Palazzo Grassi by Tatiana Trouvé
https://youtu.be/FvLBH3oc3Uk?si=CjemCFvJqRiFAjPg Palazzo Grassi Stepping into the world of Tatiana Trouvé (born in 1968) means entering her “magical mind,” tracing the contours of her unconscious, embracing her singular imagination. In Venice,...
Despite Global Turmoil, the Lalannes’ Work Keeps Breaking the €10 Million Mark
https://youtu.be/BlOYNbjqotc?si=ob2bXAAeUSpqXeDP Gloomy The world is in crisis. The general mood is gloomy, and the art market is feeling the strain, as evidenced by the noticeable drop in transactions during the recent modern and contemporary...
Musée d’Orsay: Lucas Arruda meets Claude Monet, Gustave Courbet and Paul Cézanne
https://youtu.be/1UTkrdude1Q A whirlwind of greenery Suddenly, the world of contemporary art has been swept up in a whirlwind of greenery. Lucas Arruda (born in 1983), a Brazilian landscape painter known for his small-format works, has...
The Art of Tarek Atoui: Mapping Sounds from Milan to Marrakech
https://youtu.be/s67KWsuD478?si=SrBg1ctuvi4jrjz3 Musical memory Did you know that a 500-millisecond music fragment is enough to trigger a person’s memory? In the brain, music is etched more deeply than an oft repeated fact. That’s why, when we...