https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7LAKrSwfDI Léonce Rosenberg The idea of reconstructing the interior space of an art collector has several advantages. Not only does it showcase artistic dialogues rather than individual artworks but it also...
Arco Madrid: making a case for less expensive contemporary art
Average and exceptional art There isn’t just one art market but many – and they meet different demands. They are stratified with distinct ways of being and rules of functioning. It is common to say, for example, that during times of crisis only...
Tefaf Maastricht: the museum where anything can be bought
Rare quality For some time now each new edition has provoked the same reaction. Against all odds, Tefaf Maastricht is of a rare quality. Through the standard of artworks displayed it induces a kind of state of stupefaction. This year, from 9 to...
The Dubai bubble in the Middle Eastern art market
The mosque, synagogue and church https://youtu.be/8MK6v8slhag?si=w0Z8hthHfbb-PzLD The United Arab Emirates exists within a privileged bubble, a long way from the concerns of the world. While the Israel-Palestine conflict rages not far away, in...
Wim Delvoye’s comeback is in Geneva: he smashes statues and cuts holes in paintings
https://youtu.be/TC461eDvzWU?si=Ix8_jaQRP35S67A9 Contemporary art star Around the 2000s, Belgian artist Wim Delvoye (born in 1965) was one of the contemporary art stars who loved to cause controversy. He ran a farm in China where he reared and...
Bijoy Jain in Paris: the extraordinary architect who creates sensations , spaces and sometimes buildings
https://youtu.be/NoGANqQNVvA?si=Kz_70c8Zc7W4YK3h Breath of an architect It is a true experience. This exhibition stirs in the visitor an unusual sensation of tranquillity and harmony. “Bijoy Jain. Studio Mumbai. Breath of an Architect” is on...
New York, Paris: the collection of the man who made Picasso a millionaire
Vulgar money For a long time money had a sulphurous smell as far as art historians were concerned; a vulgar reputation that prevented them from examining the artist’s preoccupations and market. People just liked to talk about the genius...
Lacan at the Centre Pompidou Metz: the owner of Courbet’s “Origine du monde” was also a great psychoanalytic theorist
https://youtu.be/5D4kTB8rfiA Supernatural powers of the artist We have a tendency to endow great artist with quasi-supernatural powers. The most illustrious theorists of psychoanalysis claim that certain painters and other sculptors have, in...
Brancusi in Romania, back to his roots. A sharp exhibition
https://youtu.be/pgsp_dXITcA Timisoara For a long time Timișoara wasn’t a name that was familiar to the ears of the international crowd. Then in December 1989 the multicultural Romanian city became synonymous with horror when a mass grave was...
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...
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...
Modern and contemporary art sales in New York: all the methods that continue building confidence in the market
Brave face It’s rare that Sotheby’s and Christie’s have interests that coincide. But during these times of acute uncertainty, as wars rage from Eastern Europe to the Middle East, environmental challenges shake the planet – Extinction Rebellion...