In terms of current artistic creation, ever since the 1970s France has been seen as a nation weighed down by its old traditions – a view particularly prevalent on the other side of the Atlantic – and therefore with little capacity for producing innovative artists. But...
The veteran Pop painter Alex Katz, aged 91, has a bewildering dynamism. The day I meet him, having just been with his London gallerist Timothy Taylor and wearing a fluorescent jacket and pink trainers, he’s in a hurry. And it shows. He rushes through answers, skips...
Contemporary African art. This concept, which is far too broad for such a large continent, seems at first glance to be as absurd as the concept of European art. What does German art have in common with Spanish art? About the same as art from South Africa has with art...
The artist Sheila Hicks is exceptional for several reasons. Firstly because she was born in 1934 yet she is one of the most well-known artists currently on the international contemporary art circuit, which has a long given preference to young artists. She is exhibited...
People often talk about a Bilbao effect, which consists of linking the name of a prestigious museum (the Guggenheim) with an exceptional piece of architecture (by Frank Gehry) and thus changing the identity of a city (Bilbao). The new Louvre Abu Dhabi...
In the Parisian district of Le Marais, the Tornabuoni gallery is exhibiting 24 paintings until 24 February by one of the most famous yet also most controversial artists in the history of twentieth-century art: Giorgio de Chirico (1888-1978). They are on sale for...
Until 3 March, one of the best photography galleries in the United States, Fraenkel in San Francisco, is staging an unconventional exhibition. It is comprised of a display of 264 vinyl sleeves designed by artists. This collection belongs to a French bookseller,...
With its international exhibitions programme led by the Franco-Italian curator Chiara Parisi, the Villa Medici is well on its way to becoming a firm fixture in the international calendar of major contemporary art exhibitions. Following the experience of grandiose...
At a time when Facebook’s algorithms are blocking users who post Courbet’s “L’origine du monde” on their wall, despite it being visible to all at the Musée d’Orsay in Paris; at a time when visitors to the Metropolitan Museum in New York are calling for the removal of...
While Geneva may be a relatively small city in terms of the number of inhabitants (450 000 people), it is ultra-powerful in terms of its financial clout, thanks to the presence of numerous large international fortunes but also a great many private banking...
It may sound surprising, but if you can’t make a trip to Japan today and want to bathe in the country’s creative atmosphere, the best solution the West has to offer is to take the TGV 1 hour and 15 minutes from Paris to the Centre Pompidou-Metz, where even the...
“My love I think of you always. But the 14 hours a day I don’t spend with you are a torment to me” (30 June [1949]) “I thus accept the situation as it is and will seek a miracle no longer. I am happy when I think of you” (25 October [1949]) “It is...