Pablo Picasso: an exhibition reveals his bewitching primitive statues

Pablo Picasso: an exhibition reveals his bewitching primitive statues

Magisterial, beautiful and comprehensively documented. ' Primitive Picasso'  at the Musée du Quai Branly is pieced together like a police investigation and questions commonly held assumptions about the greatest painter of the 20th century,Pablo Picasso (1881-1973). Or...

Rodin: An orgy of works in Paris

Rodin: An orgy of works in Paris

‘The Thinker’, ‘The Kiss’... Auguste Rodin (1840-1917) is a giant of sculpture whose most famous works have almost become clichés (on this idea of Rodin as a cliché, see  the new work by Urs Fischer – a life-sized version of 'The Kiss' in Plasticine, as...

Art Basel Hong Kong: No, China’s art market isn’t a mirage

Art Basel Hong Kong: No, China’s art market isn’t a mirage

‘Asia’s Precarious Rise’ was the headline the Wall Street Journal ran across its front cover not long ago (1). In fact, the eyes of the world are turned towards the great Chinese Leviathan to see whether this boom is not in fact a mirage, none more so than the art...

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