by Judith Benhamou | Jun 22, 2016 | Book, Contemporary art, Exhibition, Museum, Photography, Video interviews
Michel Houellebecq Michel Houellebecq Present to Michel Houellebecq Michel Houellebecq Michel Houellebecq Michel Houellebecq Michel Houellebecq Michel Houellebecq Michel Houellebecq He’s an arch-narcissist, his teeth are falling out, he’s unattractive, provocative,...
by Judith Benhamou | May 26, 2016 | Biennale, Contemporary art, Gallery, Video interviews
JBH Reports There’s one thing that both wine and art have in common. In countries with long wine growing traditions like France, the wines considered the best have a ‘long finish’. In other words the flavour lingers, it takes time to fully appreciate. On the...
by Judith Benhamou | May 25, 2016 | Book, Collection
Catalogue Proust auction Marcel Proust, Lucien Daudet et Robert de Flers Marcel Proust and his brother Robert Proust Marcel Proust drawingMarcel Proust Letters to Reynaldo Hahn I sometimes wonder if those men dressed head to toe in leather, chains strapped across...
by Judith Benhamou | May 20, 2016 | Artists, Contemporary art, Exhibition, Gallery
Alfredo Jaar Galerie Kamel Mennour Alfredo Jaar Alfredo Jaar Alfredo Jaar Alfredo Jaar (take your time to watch it!) We expect our artists to be visionaries. But when they happen to naturally fit that mould we misunderstand them since they’re too far ahead of...
by Judith Benhamou | May 17, 2016 | Artists, Contemporary art, Installation, Video interviews
Fondation Louis Vuitton Daniel Buren Daniel Buren Daniel Buren Daniel Buren Daniel Buren In the Bois de Boulogne in Paris, there’s something different about the scenery. From the distance, it’s a bundle of colours criss-crossing in strange patterns that you first...