by Judith Benhamou | Jul 27, 2023 | Contemporary art, Exhibition, Photos, Pinault Fondation, Video art, Video interviews
https://youtu.be/kEz-PYdAB0c Imbibing what is happening Like everyone, I arrive at an exhibition and I wonder what there is to see. In certain cases, an opinion forms immediately. Photos, sculptures, paintings, installations and films allow their stories to...
by Judith Benhamou | Jul 21, 2023 | Contemporary art, Exhibition, Photos, Pinault Fondation, Video art, Video interviews
France’s colonial past France’s colonial past is a subject that haunts artists across national borders. In Venice in 2021, for example, one of the most visited pavilions, belonging to the United States, was occupied by Simone Leigh who created an entire...
by Judith Benhamou | Jul 17, 2023 | Contemporary art, Exhibition, Photos, Video art, Video interviews
https://youtu.be/nVonVjYHG9w New York, London and Arles In every impactful artistic work, it is the form and content that makes it. In Arles, Luma is hosting a large-scale, spectacular exhibition of the work of American artist Carrie Mae Weems. I haven’t seen...
by Judith Benhamou | Jul 11, 2023 | Contemporary art, Exhibition, Photos, Pinault Fondation, Video art, Video interviews
https://youtu.be/7qy3KJRXkS0 Strange and glorious The American artist David Hammons (born in 1943) is a strange and glorious figure, frequently absent, yet always seeming to appear where he’s least expected. He isn’t affiliated with any one gallery, and what we know...
by Judith Benhamou | Jul 5, 2023 | Contemporary art, Exhibition, Photos, Pinault Fondation, Video interviews
An augmented Provence Arles is first and foremost an unusual place, a kind of “augmented” Provence. It is here, for example, that we find exceptional Roman ruins such as the recently renovated site that tourists always forget to visit: the Cryptoporticus. Beneath...
