https://youtu.be/7Ytoz98rzSk Gagosian Le Bourget It’s probably the biggest aesthetic show of emotion in France right now. At Gagosian’s space located in Le Bourget, at the heart of the air terminal complex for private jets, which is...
Massimo de Carlo descends on Paris with a new gallery model
Nex https://youtu.be/Wofl6m4Iazo A result of Brexist We are living through times of scarcity in the contemporary art trade, and yet they all keep coming. As a result of Brexit, the likes of Zwirner, White Cube, Continua and Levy-Gorvy are all...
Thomas Ruff: “China is fulfilling all of George Orwell’s predictions”
https://youtu.be/ylCsjeUQVo8 Conceptual artist The first thing you might say about the legendary German artist Thomas Ruff (born in 1958) is that he is a photographer. And instantly, with that initial phrase, you would be wrong. With...
Botticelli: Explanations and questions regarding a 92.2 million dollar painting
https://youtu.be/N_50PZxHyoY There are successive stories of old masters on the art market and yet no two are quite alike. Absolute record The absolute record for an old masters work, 450 million dollars, was obtained by Christie’s in...
Revolution at Opera Gallery: the creation of a 100-million-euro fund for garanties at auction and the promotion of recognized artists
https://youtu.be/Kk24fEsCY9g Reactive art market The art market is exceptionally reactive. It is adapting at great speed to the conditions of the world health crisis. Focused demand This is because demand in the first place is very focused. In...
Paris, Berlin, Shanghai: the fascination with the young painter Xinyi Cheng
https://youtu.be/axefSbjy6mw Art history and 21st century How does one invent a new way of painting in the 21st century? There are few artists who belong to this small group who have managed to come up with new alternatives, to...
Art market: speculation on figurative art, digital fatigue, and the growing power of Paris. No crash on the horizon for now…
Safe haven and resilience All the art market specialists agree on at least one thing concerning the forecasts for 2021: there won’t be a crash. This is primarily because, as the dealer and Picasso collector David Nahmad explains: “art remains...
The art that makes you feel good (1)
Richard Prince (Choice of Edouard Carmignac) 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...
Daniel Buren and Philippe Parreno: a luminous dialogue in Paris
https://youtu.be/iWyIlMBh0lQ Les colonnes de Buren Reducing Daniel Buren to coloured lines on a white background would be like closing your eyes when looking at his art. In France, the artist (born in 1938) and now a veritable institution is...
“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...
Balthus: 144 drawings and paintings by the great and controversial painter to be auctioned in Paris
Woman and muse The French politician Talleyrand is attributed with the saying: “Behind every great man there’s a woman.” In observing art history, we might add that behind numerous great artists there are many women. Sublime source of...
“I’m No Longer Here”: a masterpiece on Netflix exalting popular Mexican counterculture
https://youtu.be/rVv5X5iooB4 Poetry & Photography Exile, immigration, and the sublimated street aesthetic. These are themes that are very often addressed in contemporary art. “I’m No Longer Here” is a film currently available to watch on...