by Judith Benhamou | Mar 28, 2024 | Art Market, Contemporary art, Video interviews
Political context Since Covid, the art world has changed. 2024 is the first year that Art Basel Hong Kong (ABHK) has readopted its habitual format following the pandemic, featuring 242 exhibitors who are showcasing their finest wares at the Convention Center from 28...
by Judith Benhamou | Mar 27, 2024 | Art History, Contemporary art
https://youtu.be/7uMTM02GFTI?si=ra6dXYWo9XBtRPxp Brancusi’s studio At a time when the Centre Pompidou is organising a retrospective of the great sculptor of the first part of the twentieth century, Constantin Brancusi, just after closing the artist’s...
by Judith Benhamou | Mar 20, 2024 | Contemporary art, Exhibition, Video interviews
French touch The story often goes (in France) that French artists aren’t internationally successful. But there are at least two artists who contradict this theory. They represent a contemporary “French touch” that’s as ambitious as it is insightful, and they see their...
by Judith Benhamou | Mar 17, 2024 | Art Market, Collection, Modern Art
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7LAKrSwfDI Léonce Rosenberg The idea of reconstructing the interior space of an art collector has several advantages. Not only does it showcase artistic dialogues rather than individual artworks but it also gives a sense of the spirit...
by Judith Benhamou | Mar 12, 2024 | Art Market, Contemporary art, Modern Art, Old masters, Video interviews
Average and exceptional art There isn’t just one art market but many – and they meet different demands. They are stratified with distinct ways of being and rules of functioning. It is common to say, for example, that during times of crisis only exceptional pieces are...
