by Judith Benhamou | Jan 29, 2020 | Art History, Exhibition, Modern Art, Uncategorized, Video interviews
In the Oval Office It was Barack Obama who, during his presidency, chose to hang two paintings in the Oval Office, one above the other. We recognized them as two views of Cape Cod, the coastal area which was a favourite of the Kennedys. More generally, they were two...
by Judith Benhamou | Jan 26, 2020 | Art History, Artists, Exhibition, Museum, Uncategorized, Video interviews
Pilgrimage in Montauban Picasso didn’t wait for the invention of the high-speed train or the arrival of airliners when he specially embarked on the interminable journey three times to the little town of Montauban, situated 54 kilometres outside of Toulouse in the...
by Judith Benhamou | Jan 23, 2020 | Artists, Contemporary art, Exhibition, Gallery, Museum, Video interviews
What he is not This is an artist of whom it’s easier to say what he is not, as opposed to what he is. Peter Saul (born in 1934) is not a pop artist in the true sense, as you will often read. Extreme distorsions His style is indeed characterized by bright...
by Judith Benhamou | Jan 16, 2020 | Artists, Contemporary art, Exhibition, Museum, Uncategorized, Video interviews
Walter Benjamin The visionary writer Walter Benjamin once said of Marcel Proust (1) that he admired “his astounding way of using the great poets’ method of taking their metaphors from everything that is close at hand and seems of no consequence”. City flaneur...
by Judith Benhamou | Dec 12, 2019 | Art History, Exhibition, Old masters
Albrecht Dürer Albrecht Dürer Albrecht Dürer Albrecht Dürer Albrecht Dürer Albrecht Dürer Albrecht Dürer Leonardo in Paris As the whole world descends on Paris to see the masterpieces at the magnificent Leonardo retrospective, there is another very important...
