https://youtu.be/-pd-TWUaU24?si=lTTsXrJc7iOFXtVd Royal Academy In London, the Royal Academy is the country’s most renowned custodian of art. Inside, its neo-classical palace—with mouldings shaped like temples—fits squarely within the aesthetic...
Here Is the Testimony of Two Grande Dames of the Art World: Sheila Hicks and Monique Lévi-Strauss
https://youtu.be/3w93mVWNMJk?si=q5g1qmQ5fYn6dnxq Tristes tropiques In 1955, Claude Lévi-Strauss published a masterpiece that would change minds forever: Tristes tropiques (published in 1961 in English). Not only did he dare to take on a...
Tribute to Frank Gehry: “I hope people will have loved what I have created. It was all done with a great deal of love.”
Seven years ago, I interviewed Frank Gehry for the first time. Since then I have seen him many times, notably for the opening of the Luma Foundation in Arles and, in the spring of 2025 in Abu Dhabi, when he was already frail, on the occasion of the Pritzker Prize...
Art Basel Miami Beach: a sublime Joan Mitchell, a coral reef, robot dogs with billionaires’ heads, and the great comeback of enthusiasm
Crisis or not? The United States is the epicentre of the global art market. In 2024, art transactions worldwide were estimated at 57.4 billion dollars, of which 24.8 billion were generated in the United States (1). The crisis, in step with all the economic,...
Hans Ulrich Obrist, artistic director of the Serpentine Gallery: it all began when he was six
https://youtu.be/vdpZCn1LW8Q?si=jKoKnOtTDkVUtfaX To celebrate the 10th anniversary of Judith Benhamou Reports, I invited five leading figures from the art world to speak with us in public: Glenn Lowry, Maja Hoffmann, Rirkrit Tiravanija,...
Lina Ghotmeh, architect: imagination rises from the ruins
https://youtu.be/1_saHy29KRc?si=tAOHzieFFg6thPcw To celebrate the 10th anniversary of Judith Benhamou Reports, I invited five leading figures from the art world to speak publicly with us: Glenn Lowry, Maja Hoffmann, Rirkrit Tiravanija, Lina...
Does a $236 Million Klimt Signal the End of the Market Crisis?
https://youtu.be/0hmym3W53No?si=5BLGmQ9yZBx3IK1l 236.4 million Rationality is the enemy of artists. They obey more poetic rules, which lend an exceptional magic to the works they produce. As a result, these paintings or sculptures can sometimes...
Studio Museum: The Harlem-Born Institution with a Flair for Discovering Artists Reopens in Grand Style
https://youtu.be/8NZC9iFStv8?si=ralfyE9dMdU5W4AL African American culture Barely a few hours after a Socialist mayor of Indian origin was elected to lead New York City, another politically crucial event was taking place in the same megalopolis,...
Rirkrit Tiravanija, an artist in the lineage of Buddha and Marcel Duchamp
https://youtu.be/JSfTrpvg_uU?si=04RiZ5xANr2NpEzS To celebrate the 10th anniversary of Judith Benhamou Reports, I asked five leading figures in the art world to come and speak to us in public: Glenn Lowry, Maja Hoffmann, Rirkrit Tiravanija, Lina...
George Condo: All the Faces of Dread in a Beautiful Paris Exhibition
https://youtu.be/dYxajiWeE1E?si=Vlo8CQrkLFyll6Es The artmarket The art market can sometimes have a decisive influence on the way we perceive artists. That could well have happened with the American painter George Condo (born 1957), a star of...
David at the Louvre: the wow effect
https://youtu.be/agVcnVtSl00?si=yHAoIeXITtzKpV07 Monumental David Jacques-Louis David is a monument in more ways than one. Literally, because he painted on an extraordinary scale. Take one of his most famous works, permanently displayed in the...
Maja Hoffmann, founder of LUMA Arles: “A feeling of accomplishment? No!”
https://youtu.be/bKHToaaECbs?si=i93jaTWjeoMbxI6z 10th anniversary To celebrate the of Judith Benhamou Reports, I asked five leading figures in the art world to speak to us in public: Hans Ulrich Obrist, Maja Hoffmann, Glenn Lowry, Rirkrit...