by Judith Benhamou | Mar 20, 2022 | Art History, Contemporary art
https://youtu.be/aeC76ncf66w The Andy Warhol diaries It’s hard to find a more fitting idea than that of a TV documentary made about the artist who wanted to be a television star: Andy Warhol. Netflix has just released a documentary series made by Andrew Rossi composed...
by Judith Benhamou | Mar 17, 2022 | Art Market, Auction, Contemporary art
https://youtu.be/O3TJaji4dVs 17 billion dollars in 2021 at auction Through hell and high water the world still has faith in art, or at least in the art market. The global public health crisis was not yet over when 17 billion dollars’ worth of artworks changed hands at...
by Judith Benhamou | Mar 14, 2022 | Contemporary art, Exhibition, Uncategorized
https://youtu.be/PW4IZ8UlY70 Opulent It’s an opulent kind of painting. Contrasting and shimmering hues, shapes arranged in spirals seemingly the product of reflections or anamorphoses. And these blurred representations, which even seem to have emanated from a waking...
by Judith Benhamou | Mar 9, 2022 | Art Market, Contemporary art
The future “We know the future is a source of anxiety. To greet visitors we have therefore created an avatar to accompany them on their journey.” Brendan McGetrick is the creative director of the museum that has just opened in Dubai: the Museum of the Future. 200 to...
by Judith Benhamou | Mar 1, 2022 | Contemporary art, Exhibition, Interview
Before everyone else It’s not a good thing to be right before everyone else. The artist Louise Bourgeois (1911-2010) whose work is haunted by themes of trauma and femininity only started to gain recognition in the 1970s. The Met, the Hayward, and Kunstmuseum Basel...
