https://youtu.be/LxH6-D2iYKA Appeared like by magic Contrary to the situation in France or in the United States, the Louvre Abu Dhabi closed its doors for only 100 days while the world was shaken by the pandemic. The museum appeared as if by...
Contemporary African art: the new wave of success
The effect of 'Black lives matter' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vJz4IHemvA Contemporary African art is a subjet of a new fascination. Touria el Glaoui, founder of the travelling fair 1-54 dedicated to African art, explains: “it was a...
Donald Marron’s collection : the advisor to one of the great American collectors tells all
https://youtu.be/rAsii_aw0pk Art, finance and museums In New York, the worlds of finance, contemporary art, and museums are all interlinked – but not in the way you might think. Take the example of Donald B. Marron, who died in December...
The Art that makes you feel good (2)
Giogione (Choice of Alexandre Giquello) The online world In our new experience of the relationship between art and the internet, the online world has won. The sensation produced by the phone or computer screen almost always predominates over...
“You don’t do business with a buyer in sandals and a t-shirt in the same way as in a New York gallery”: the American art market’s exodus to chic seaside resorts
We are on Long Island. Beyond the 45 kilometres of Hamptons coastline, about two hours from New York by car, there is a unique microclimate in America. With an atmosphere known for being tasteful and cool, surrounded by cornfields and old...
Meanwhile in Shanghai: the incredible frenzy for contemporary art
Art021 Shanghai Art week Shanghai Art Week takes place every year in November and over time it has become an important date in the global art market calendar. Last year it coincided with the opening of the Centre Pompidou Shanghai (See the...
Sotheby’s: maintaining positive results at the expense of transparency at auction
Huge responsibility The major auction houses have a huge responsibility with regards to the entire art market. Through the publication of their official auction results – combined with market databases such as Artnet or Artprice acting as...
Manifesta in Marseille: the very political European biennial closes prematurely after facing challenges from the ex-mayor and Covid
https://youtu.be/OzL5Wq1KGQc European Dutch Biennal Manifesta is a Europe-wide contemporary art biennial that takes place each time in a different city, having originally been Dutch and directed by Hedwig Fijen. After having seen the edition...
Lee Krasner at the Guggenheim Bilbao: the rediscovery of an extraordinary painter eclipsed by the creative power of her husband
https://youtu.be/giE0LqylYOA Heroes who die young In art history, posterity favours misfortune and heroes who die young. We love Van Gogh, who died at 37 without having sold a single artwork. We love Nicolas de Staël, who killed himself due to...
In Paris: there may be no Fiac but there are the young artists from Paris Internationale
https://youtu.be/-Gp0p5XRMyI Cancellation On 15 October 2020 Paris’s contemporary art week was meant to have kicked off, which would ordinarily have accompanied the great French Fiac fair, with its plethora of all kinds of events,...
Victor Brauner: the forgotten surrealist eye rediscovered by the Musée d’art moderne in Paris
By Duchamp, Picabia, Bataille, Bunuel During the surrealist period, the visual organ was an obsession. Marcel Duchamp wanted to make “non-retinal” art, while in 1921 Francis Picabia produced a collage filled with pieces of text with the...
Tatiana Trouvé: her extraordinary headlines drawn during lockdown
https://youtu.be/-f26c9NbR2M Confined Generally, when speaking to artists during these extraordinary times – where the impact is felt on a global scale and involves a large part of the population being confined to their homes – they don’t...