Closure of galleries With the effect of upheavals around the world, the contemporary art market is in the process of restructuring itself. The first evolution is the closure of numerous galleries. In New York, the global epicentre of art sales,...

Closure of galleries With the effect of upheavals around the world, the contemporary art market is in the process of restructuring itself. The first evolution is the closure of numerous galleries. In New York, the global epicentre of art sales,...
https://youtu.be/M1T_8TYbwiQ?si=FrBVR11kUolwpR_I Hotly anticipated The exhibition dedicated to surrealism, which celebrates 100 years of the movement at the Centre Pompidou in Paris, is possibly the most hotly anticipated museum event of the...
“The Starry Night”, mesmerizing work of art It’s one of the legendary paintings by Van Gogh. In September 1888 the artist, who was living in Arles at the time, painted the town by night in deep blue shades, the curve of the Rhône and the stars...
Aimé Maeght and his wife Marguerite Just about 60 years ago, the art dealer Aimé Maeght and his wife Marguerite created a mythical place in the Côte d'Azur, one which would set a precedent: the Maeght Foundation. It was the first time in Europe...
Pompidou is closing In September 2025 the Centre Pompidou is due to close its doors for the next five years. Yes, the building is in need of substantive restorations, but the news of such a long disappearance from the French art landscape of...
Museum quality The most powerful galleries on the planet currently have the luxury of staging exhibitions that could just as well be taking place in museums. Not everything is for sale and the visit inevitably whips up desire in art lovers...
Like a firework It’s like when you’re awaiting the grand finale at the fireworks display: the Turner exhibition at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco has 80 works by the illustrious British master (1775-1851) and has travelled from London’s Tate...
https://youtu.be/SRY_n2ujxdc?si=iRMyLW6B9toIUzgQ Pioneer Even today, in the eyes of the general public, what is known as video art (which in fact takes many forms) still seems like the poor relation compared to sculpture and painting. But if...
https://youtu.be/vtlKXdKSrWQ?si=5SD2JbAj9vAeokVx Treasure of Roman art As soon as you arrive there’s a powerful visual impact. We are at the Palazzo Borghese, a treasure of Roman art, a villa created by the Cardinal Scipion Borghese...
Extraordinary inventiveness There are certain periods when artists from a particular country show evidence of an extraordinary inventiveness. The training they’ve followed, along with the political and sociological conditions in which they...
https://youtu.be/0Q4T5z_5TJA?si=mrsO1XLwxMLaNU32 Countdown The scene takes place at the Louvre. The countdown has already begun. In less than a year it will be nothing more than a memory. Imagine a fresco doomed to obliteration, handmade by...
https://youtu.be/rVSvuNMzwGs?si=ykGUndyrnrPzgP7W In the history of contemporay art The American artist Matthew Barney (born in 1967) created an extraordinary series of five films between 1994 and 2002 that have gone down in the history of...