by Judith Benhamou | Jul 20, 2020 | Art History, Contemporary art, Exhibition, Interview, Video interviews
Thanks a to a hairdresser There are many smaller stories within the larger sweep of history. Christo, the Bulgarian-born artist who died on 31 May 2020, famous for his gigantic wrapping works at the scale of Paris’s Pont Neuf in 1985 and the Berlin Reichstag ten years...
by Judith Benhamou | Jul 15, 2020 | Contemporary art, Exhibition, Interview, Video interviews
No longer accessible The hazards and disasters of the coronavirus crisis mean many countries and artists that once seemed to be within reach are no longer accessible, and will apparently remain that way for some time. Excellent exhibition This is why we should...
by Judith Benhamou | Jul 7, 2020 | Art Market, Contemporary art, Video interviews
Heartbreaking story “This is Takashi Murakami. I’m a contemporary artist. Today’s story is my very heartbreaking story.” At the end of June Takashi Murakami uploaded a 15-minute video to Instagram that had been filmed at his studio on 23 May, announcing that he had...
by Judith Benhamou | Jun 30, 2020 | Architecture, Art History, Video interviews
https://youtu.be/Y73YWHsMoc8 Absolute masterpiece It’s a small museum that contains an absolute masterpiece. Located at Hauterives, in a commune of 2,000 inhabitants not far from Lyon, Saint Etienne and Valence, it is home to a complete utopia: the Palais Idéal du...
by Judith Benhamou | Jun 25, 2020 | Uncategorized
When the sun never set In a past now relegated to the history books, the English used to say that the sun never set on the British Empire. On 10 July 2020, Christie’s will be able to use the same slogan for their auction. On that day auctioneers from Hong Kong to New...