https://youtu.be/6Xgimxy54t8 Carte Blanche Every winter through spring, the very traditional Museum of Art and History in Geneva lets loose by inviting a contemporary artist to reinterpret its collections. This unique carte blanche frees...
Art Dubai: The Fast Growing Art Bubble
Middle East Buying art—especially contemporary art—is an activity requiring financial ease as well as a calm state of mind. Wars, stock market downturns, shifting taxes… It’s fair to say this isn’t the most favorable time. And yet, a few...
Artemisia Gentileschi: The Most Feminist Painter in History
https://youtu.be/i2Jgl5PwlFo No great women artists “Why have there been no great women artists?” In 1971, American art historian Linda Nochlin published a groundbreaking article in ARTnews that challenged conventional thinking and...
PoMo: You Need to Venture to the Heart of Norway to Find this Impressive New, Small Contemporary Art Museum
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjjY3S53wVI The king Munch While Norway, a constitutional monarchy, has been ruled for 34 years by King Harald V, in the art world, the country remains undeniably under the reign of one superstar painter, albeit...
David Hockney at Fondation Vuitton in Paris: a Bigger Sensation
https://youtu.be/TOzI08Ix4E8 Freedom always The first thing that strikes you upon looking closer at the life of David Hockney—the celebrated British painter who will turn 88 this July—is his freedom. He has always walked the path of...
Warsaw: The Contemporary Art Museum They’ve Been Waiting 20 Years For
https://youtu.be/C2aX2xqltow Testosterone-fueled, Soviet-style building In the center of Warsaw, on Parade Square, stands a 231-meter-high colossus in a dated architectural style: the Palace of Culture. A gift from Stalin, built...
Art Basel Hong Kong: In Asia, the Artists Are Overflowing with Creativity and the Museums Are Multiplying
The center of the art world For one week out of the year, the center of both the art world and the art market is found in Asia—more specifically, Hong Kong. That’s where, from March 28 to 30 this year, Art Basel Hong Kong (ABHK) is being held,...
Guggenheim Bilbao: Refik Anadol’s AI Revolution Applied to Frank Gehry’s Creations
https://youtu.be/-u5ui10phds Using artificial intelligence This is not the kind of art one is used to seeing in a traditional museum. Nor is it one of those giant immersive installations, purely decorative, that rehash images from art...
Centre Pompidou: “Paris Noir”, a Milestone, Blockbuster Show on Black Diasporia
https://youtu.be/e0IetCCkiBg The changing narrative The history of art resembles a puzzle that can never be solved. Every time the makers of this narrative think the work is complete, another piece is revealed to be missing. For a long time,...
Tracey Emin in Florence: The Renaissance
https://youtu.be/rWv6IJnEiuY Tumultuous life For a long time, Tracey Emin, superstar from across the Channel, was seen as the Young British Artist who shouted the loudest about her personal life. But was her work truly seen? Not so sure....
TEFAF Maastricht: The Golden Works of the Dutch Golden Age
Definite slowdown At TEFAF Maastricht, which brings together 271 galleries from 21 countries from March 15 to 20, 2025, dealers readily admit: The market is experiencing a definite slowdown, outside of truly exceptional pieces. And so, they are...
Centre Pompidou-Metz: Escaping the Current Western Order According to Manuel Borja-Villel
https://youtu.be/g0nKm0D89oI Manuel Borja -Villel https://youtu.be/Vg5B8EyEbfs In times of uncertainty, alongside the shouting oracles from the world of economics, strategy and politics, artistic minds are venturing their own alternative...