https://youtu.be/C2aX2xqltow Testosterone-fueled, Soviet-style building In the center of Warsaw, on Parade Square, stands a 231-meter-high colossus in a dated architectural style: the Palace of Culture. A gift from Stalin, built...
Art Basel Hong Kong: In Asia, the Artists Are Overflowing with Creativity and the Museums Are Multiplying
The center of the art world For one week out of the year, the center of both the art world and the art market is found in Asia—more specifically, Hong Kong. That’s where, from March 28 to 30 this year, Art Basel Hong Kong (ABHK) is being held,...
Guggenheim Bilbao: Refik Anadol’s AI Revolution Applied to Frank Gehry’s Creations
https://youtu.be/-u5ui10phds Using artificial intelligence This is not the kind of art one is used to seeing in a traditional museum. Nor is it one of those giant immersive installations, purely decorative, that rehash images from art...
Centre Pompidou: “Paris Noir”, a Milestone, Blockbuster Show on Black Diasporia
https://youtu.be/e0IetCCkiBg The changing narrative The history of art resembles a puzzle that can never be solved. Every time the makers of this narrative think the work is complete, another piece is revealed to be missing. For a long time,...
Tracey Emin in Florence: The Renaissance
https://youtu.be/rWv6IJnEiuY Tumultuous life For a long time, Tracey Emin, superstar from across the Channel, was seen as the Young British Artist who shouted the loudest about her personal life. But was her work truly seen? Not so sure....
TEFAF Maastricht: The Golden Works of the Dutch Golden Age
Definite slowdown At TEFAF Maastricht, which brings together 271 galleries from 21 countries from March 15 to 20, 2025, dealers readily admit: The market is experiencing a definite slowdown, outside of truly exceptional pieces. And so, they are...
Centre Pompidou-Metz: Escaping the Current Western Order According to Manuel Borja-Villel
https://youtu.be/g0nKm0D89oI Manuel Borja -Villel https://youtu.be/Vg5B8EyEbfs In times of uncertainty, alongside the shouting oracles from the world of economics, strategy and politics, artistic minds are venturing their own alternative...
ARCO Madrid: Selling for Less, to Sell More
Not in a buying mood Amid global upheavals, even the wealthiest collectors are not in a buying mood. So, what can be done in a rather sluggish contemporary art market? Two strategies can be observed amongst the world's most powerful galleries....
Is It a Mountain or a Mathematical Curve? AI and Generative Art: Pioneering Works Up for Auction
Artificial intelligence Through March 5, Christie’s is hosting an online-only sale that began on February 20, featuring 34 works of art produced exclusively using artificial intelligence. This unprecedented auction, titled “Augmented...
Backstage at the Pritzker Prize, or How to Become a “Starchitect”
https://youtu.be/JNewZIS3RjU?si=uHz98K2vdQkVb176 The Nobel of Architecture Every year at the beginning of March, a piece of news makes waves across the globe: the announcement of that year’s recipient of the Pritzker Prize. In common parlance,...
Musée Picasso, Paris: What Was Once Called “Degenerate Art”
https://youtu.be/nQP6SzCMsGM?si=m-P4w3ULbJUfj1EB Worst enemies of humanity If you think that art is frivolous or that the concerns of the avant-garde are trivial, you should know that, before you, the worst enemies of humanity in the 20th...
Hamish Bowles in Marrakech: The Magical Charge of Yves Saint Laurent’s Couture
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWBBr4LFLL0 Objects of memory When it comes to ancient African art, the idea of an immaculate object is meaningless. They are works that bear the traces of experience, of ritual, of hands passing over...