https://youtu.be/E8nWpzFloYY?si=tIyaq1PSIWQhwz04 Humanity’s greatest catastrophes In 1959, Alain Resnais and Marguerite Duras released Hiroshima mon amour, a film punctuated like a refrain by the words of the Japanese hero who tells his French...
Paris-Photo: All the Shades of Man Ray at the Grand Palais
What is a collection? “The collection is a work of art that is offered up for viewing. At first, we advance as though in a forest, not knowing where we are, with no points of reference. But we meet people along the way with whom we enter into...
All the sublime lights of Matisse are in Basel at Fondation Beyeler
https://youtu.be/G3Dq9D7vIK0 Restless spirit When Henri Matisse (1869-1954), the son of a grain merchant, presented himself at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris in 1892, the man who would go on to become one of the greatest painters of the 20th...
Jean Fautrier: Bargain prices at a Paris auction for one of the modern geniuses of French painting
Profession of silent things The genius of artists lies in their ability to give form to the unspeakable. In this regard, the famous 17th-century French artist Nicolas Poussin found the right expression when he said, "I, who make a profession of...
Caillebotte, “the man who loved men” in Paris before Chicago and Los Angeles
https://youtu.be/nrAm83D8B-E Hot topics Museums and art historians, despite their classical appearance, nowadays tend to focus on “hot topics”, in other words, art that expresses current concerns in an effort to address past injustices . Often...
Paris: the colossal impact of Art Basel at the Grand Palais
Grand-Palais effect There is an “Art Basel effect” within the art market, or in other words, how an entire city can be transformed over a few days by a massive influx of art professionals but also art fans, who come expecting the best in...
Tarsila do Amaral: the Brazilian modernist genius is back in Paris
https://youtu.be/6OJ13CLW4i4?si=dJ1psKl41Ee9yw79 A Brazilian woman Regardless of the strength of her talent, this painter exhibited at least two handicaps for her time: she was a woman - the weaker sex in art - and Brazilian, therefore far...
A different idea of the territory. In the land of Edouard Glissant
Speaking of nations Land, territory, country. In living memory, from the United States to the Middle East, the Mediterranean to the Channel, politicians have always had on the tips of their tongues these words that speak of nations, of...
In New York the art market is seeking a new lease of life
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,...
The big surrealist show at Centre Pompidou: There are still many things to discover from this revolutionary period
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, land of the artists
“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...
Matisse star of the Côte d’Azur this summer
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...