Frivolity The situation is this: Miami, the famous Floridian resort city synonymous with frivolity, has become, against all odds, the epicenter of a very serious American art market. This phenomenon occurs annually during the first week of...
Wesselmann, the Pop artist who painted in 3D
https://youtu.be/rZJlJ75b7tc Backwards and forwards This is how the avant-garde works: in order to move forwards, it looks backwards. To allow their creation to grow and bear fruit, artists use the work of their elders as a catalyst. It was in...
Paris: the colossal impact of Art Basel at the Grand Palais
Grand-Palais effect There is an “Art Basel effect” within the art market, or in other words, how an entire city can be transformed over a few days by a massive influx of art professionals but also art fans, who come expecting the best in...
Art Basel: a show of strength in time of crisis
Always dynamic The art market is showing signs of an unusual level of dynamism. In times of growth, galleries with their structures of all sizes fearlessly strike out to conquer new territories, from China to the Middle East. And in times of...
Art Basel: The spectacular resilience of the biggest contemporary art fair in the world
Resilience Resilience. Since the onset of the public health crisis sweeping the entire planet, this is a word that has been used extensively – and not always correctly. But if there’s a field that truly merits this label, it’s the art market....
Art Basel online: artworks in the millions of dollars flood the internet
Online: the new norm In barely three months the online contemporary art market has become the new norm. Nothing can ever replace seeing artworks “in the flesh”, but while we await more favourable times once travelling restrictions are lifted,...
Where is the art market heading in response to the coronavirus crisis? Online
Troubled times In these exceptional troubled times, with part of the planet living in confinement in response to the life-threatening nature of the pandemic, as the entire world comes to a standstill, it might seem inappropriate to talk about...
Art Basel Hong Kong: the organizers’ response to the coronavirus, a virtual fair which looks set to be interesting
Rushing towards technology As the coronavirus outbreak spreads across the world, art dealers and gallerists have been rushing at breakneck speed towards technology. In parallel to the Tefaf antiques fair in Maastricht, which was supposed to...
Art Basel Miami Beach: 2.5 billion euros worth of art on sale, mainly to the American continent
Contrary to what the president of the United States Donald Trump would have us believe, America is a multicultural country rich in diversity, particularly when it comes to art. As Adam Weinberg, director of the famous Whitney Museum dedicated to American art in New...