Corporeal quality There’s only a handful of artists capable of giving drawings an almost corporeal quality in their works on paper. In Ingres we don’t just see portraits in black and white, but rather figures whose eyes sparkle with life. In...
Art Basel Miami Beach: the uncertainties of the world and the art market
Noisy parade Since it was founded in 2002, the fair showcasing current art, Art Basel Miami Beach (ABMB), has seen its image change considerably. Initially it suffered from a reputation mitigated by the very nature of the city hosting it, as an...
Parreno + Gordon = Zidane. A 21st-century masterpiece
Athletes like divinities In Greek and Roman times, as in the Italian Renaissance, athletes were celebrated by artists as veritable divinities. Alas, this idea was resurrected during the Nazi period, but that’s no reason to abandon the monopoly...
Paul Guillaume: The dealer who made Modigliani move from sculpture to painting
Tortured artist https://youtu.be/1kbP4hweCBE?si=4x-0L34R3J5ReCM2 The most high-profile exhibitions are often the ones that bring together a maximum number of artworks. But there are smaller displays that can also be savoured with relish. Until...
Antony Gormley at the Musée Rodin in Paris: “my new pieces are the result of the teachings of Rodin”
https://youtu.be/j-TmBXCxmMg?si=CAylDj4l4akb2H4F Two stars of sculpture British sculptor Antony Gormley (born in 1950) is a star of contemporary sculpture. His repertoire is limited, like Rodin’s, to using human silhouettes as his subjects. But...
Ser Serpas at Pinault Collection: ghosts and the deconsecration of the art market
https://youtu.be/M8A3Qyex0VI?si=cm960DT9VROfbZCS In her mother's arms When she was a child Ser Serpas (born in 1995), daughter of a female police officer who raised her by herself in Los Angeles, created a cinematographic culture for herself,...
Van Gogh was not a cursed artist. An intense exhibition at Orsay
https://youtu.be/Spvn1Ne8TKM?si=1DowF-U7LebnxhR8 An extraordinary exhibition at Orsay The Musée d’Orsay is presenting an extraordinary exhibition dedicated to the last days of Vincent Van Gogh when he was living near Doctor Gachet in Auvers sur...
Fondation Louis Vuitton: 110 artworks by Rothko for a major Parisian show
https://youtu.be/VOJw81WMAXA?si=mzr71W89HX-9gLBf Just paint No razzle dazzle or rigmarole, no frills or filters. Just paint. Nothing but paint. Colours and nothing but colours that interplay with a wild power. It was the artist who decided that...
Frieze Art Fair: the art ecosystem in London is still making sparks fly
At auction in Hongkong Despite what Sotheby’s is shouting from the rooftops, the Hong Kong sale from 5 October 2023 of a small part of the collection from the Long Museum in Shanghai – China’s most famous private museum – which acted as a test...
Lito: 21st-century lithographs are cloning the surface of paintings
A copy in relief At the recent inauguration of the breathtaking exhibition at the Musée d'Orsay dedicated to the last months of Vincent Van Gogh while he was living in Auvers sur Oise, a small space was reserved for not just one of the famous...
The orgiastic resurrection of Sardanapale at the Louvre
https://youtu.be/FDUOWldmgQU?si=Lwc7SW9QhY7oQPUA Feeling of ecstasy Among the lush and extraordinary offerings from exhibitions this October in Paris, there is one place that could easily be overlooked yet which, through the sight of a single...
Josefowitz: the man who created a market for some major figures of Post Impressionism
https://youtu.be/0yobqHVEOKE?si=yH5hdC0msvJRzg7j The Jeff Bezos of his time “He was a bit like the Jeff Bezos of his time. Samuel Josefowitz created a mail order company that sold records and then books. He went on to sell his business in order...