by Judith Benhamou | Feb 7, 2016 | Art History, Collector, Museum, Old masters
Rembrandt Once upon a time there was a man who spent every one of his nights sleeping under the benevolent gaze of two exceptional human beings. Mr. and Ms. Soolmans were born in 1634 under the brush of one of art history’s most celebrated painters, Rembrandt. And so...
by Judith Benhamou | Feb 7, 2016 | Artists, Contemporary art, Exhibition, Sculpture
By Anish Kapoor By Anish Kapoor Anish Kapoor @ Couvent de la Tourette near Lyon By Anish Kapoor By Anish Kapoor It was a 73,000-cubic-meter (2,578-cubic-foot) blood-red belly—the original matrix—and you could enter it. Those who were in Paris in spring 2011 haven’t...
by Judith Benhamou | Feb 7, 2016 | Contemporary art, Exhibition
Anish Kapoor By Anish Kapoor By Anish Kapoor By Anish Kapoor By Anish Kapoor By Anish Kapoor In the vulgar trend that seeks to undermine art’s credibility and make a media scandal of any public installation on French soil, the last of the trend’s all-too-frequent...
by Judith Benhamou | Feb 7, 2016 | Collection, Contemporary art, Museum
In Teshima In the Monet Garden In the Monet Garden By Walter de Maria In Tadao Ando Building Naoshima This place is one of the hotbeds of global contemporary art fantasies, the incarnation of a super mega dream worthy of the early 21st century. A suite of sites...
by Judith Benhamou | Jan 7, 2015 | Artists, Contemporary art
Ai Weiwei It was 11 a.m. when I got to this suburban neighborhood of Beijing in a cab. Was this it? Under the street number, the letters FAKE seemed to spell the name of whoever resided there. Right outside near a tree, a bike held a basket brimming harmoniously with...
