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...
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...
The scene takes place in Amsterdam’s red-light district. In the old alleyways thronging with groups of pimply teenagers doing the kind of window shopping that would be impossible anywhere else, somewhere amid these old, narrow streets where sailors once used to go to...
Gisèle Vienne: "Crowd" While Anne Imhof was staging dark, aesthetically pretentious performances on the theme of gutter punks, which resemble photoshoots for Nordic fashion magazines and for which she was unfortunately awarded the Golden Lion at the 2017 Venice...
The multinational gallery-owner Larry Gagosian is not especially known for his soft-heartedness or his lack of interest in business. Hence why I was particularly surprised to learn last October that he would be exhibiting work by a choreographer in the vast Parisian...
Since time immemorial, mankind has wanted to be at the centre of things. In ancient times, for example, the centre of the world for Westerners was Athens followed by Rome, each of which was proud of its status as the central seat of power, whereas elsewhere, in the...
She’s the Wonder Woman of the French contemporary art world. Christine Macel (born in 1969) is chief curator at the Centre Pompidou and this year she was the artistic director of the biggest, most newsworthy contemporary art event in the world, the Venice Biennale or...
Those arriving in Miami for the first time are initially struck by the city’s ubiquitous palm trees with their branches dancing in the wind, the romantic sunsets over the ocean, and the frequent brazenness of the young women, expressed, among other things, via...