https://youtu.be/j-TmBXCxmMg?si=CAylDj4l4akb2H4F Two stars of sculpture British sculptor Antony Gormley (born in 1950) is a star of contemporary sculpture. His repertoire is limited, like Rodin’s, to using human silhouettes as his subjects. But...
Ser Serpas at Pinault Collection: ghosts and the deconsecration of the art market
https://youtu.be/M8A3Qyex0VI?si=cm960DT9VROfbZCS In her mother's arms When she was a child Ser Serpas (born in 1995), daughter of a female police officer who raised her by herself in Los Angeles, created a cinematographic culture for herself,...
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...
Paris Photo: disasters of war, memories of segregation and the grace of young models
Poor war hero The first thing that draws you in is his steady, clear gaze. In this image his face is tilted to the side because his head rests on a pillow. Then you notice his shaved head, marked at the top by a bloody swelling. In...
Anish Kapoor: blood, illusions and “l’origine du monde”. A new exhibition in Florence
https://youtu.be/U5-513yUZMM?si=TTwzLBKr5dzpOUYf Palazzo Strozzi The colossal Palazzo Strozzi in Florence has become, thanks to its director Arturo Galansino, in just a few years the benchmark site for two kinds of exhibitions. On the one hand...
Is the art market resilient or not? The Fisher Landau collection goes to auction as the world worries
Andy Warhol diaries “I did her portrait but it never really looked good, and the reason I wanted to do it again was because she has all these great paintings like Rauschenbergs and Picassos and I didn’t want to have mine looking bad there.” On...
Van Gogh was not a cursed artist. An intense exhibition at Orsay
https://youtu.be/Spvn1Ne8TKM?si=1DowF-U7LebnxhR8 An extraordinary exhibition at Orsay The Musée d’Orsay is presenting an extraordinary exhibition dedicated to the last days of Vincent Van Gogh when he was living near Doctor Gachet in Auvers sur...
Paris+: The augmented reality of Paris’s contemporary art scene
Emily in Paris+ There’s a Paris+ by Art Basel effect just like there’s an Emily in Paris effect. In the entertainment world, the sentimental and irreverent TV show has brought about a renewal of mass tourism to the French capital and we might...
Fondation Louis Vuitton: 110 artworks by Rothko for a major Parisian show
https://youtu.be/VOJw81WMAXA?si=mzr71W89HX-9gLBf Just paint No razzle dazzle or rigmarole, no frills or filters. Just paint. Nothing but paint. Colours and nothing but colours that interplay with a wild power. It was the artist who decided that...
Frieze Art Fair: the art ecosystem in London is still making sparks fly
At auction in Hongkong Despite what Sotheby’s is shouting from the rooftops, the Hong Kong sale from 5 October 2023 of a small part of the collection from the Long Museum in Shanghai – China’s most famous private museum – which acted as a test...
Lito: 21st-century lithographs are cloning the surface of paintings
A copy in relief At the recent inauguration of the breathtaking exhibition at the Musée d'Orsay dedicated to the last months of Vincent Van Gogh while he was living in Auvers sur Oise, a small space was reserved for not just one of the famous...
The orgiastic resurrection of Sardanapale at the Louvre
https://youtu.be/FDUOWldmgQU?si=Lwc7SW9QhY7oQPUA Feeling of ecstasy Among the lush and extraordinary offerings from exhibitions this October in Paris, there is one place that could easily be overlooked yet which, through the sight of a single...