https://youtu.be/XE0qmphievc The end of colonial ruls Even before the world was put on hold due to the arrival of a highly contagious virus, our society was already experiencing a profound shift in values. A number of countries that were...
Art Basel online: artworks in the millions of dollars flood the internet
Online: the new norm In barely three months the online contemporary art market has become the new norm. Nothing can ever replace seeing artworks “in the flesh”, but while we await more favourable times once travelling restrictions are lifted,...
Etel Adnan and Simone Fattal: “we have to tell governments to stop the madness of economic growth at all costs”
47 years together They’ve lived together for 47 years. Those 47 years have fostered a shared interest in painting, sculpture, literature, and poetry. Simone Fattal (born in 1942 in Damascus) grew up in Lebanon. Etel Adnan was born in 1925 in...
Where does the myth of the cowboy fit in a racist America? Cowboy: the book
World afterwards again Since the start of the coronavirus crisis there's been too much talk about what the world's going to look like afterwards, to the point of rendering the expression meaningless even if it's true. No doubt mankind will still be pursuing...
The Old Masters market: why would artworks that have stood the test of time be affected by the coronavirus?
Established for many centuries When talking about the art market there’s a tendency to immediately think of 20th-century art, which attracts the most fans and the highest figures. However, at a time when values are being called into question,...
Arthur Jafa about the black experience in America : ” Love is the message. The message is death”
https://youtu.be/iRPVvzwfR68 Injustice to a black man While the United States reverberates with violence over the injustice done to a black man, George Floyd, who died as a result of the racism of a police officer in Minneapolis who believed...
Tribute to Christo: the art of gigantism and the impossible
Christo died on 31 May 2020 at the age of 84. He was one of the very first artists that I interviewed early on in my career. I went to meet him in 1993 at his studio in Soho in New York, where I made his acquaintance through the dealer Daniel Varenne, now also...
Neil Beloufa: we’ve got to find strategies to fight against a monopoly in art
https://youtu.be/IM2QdRGikHI Ebullient artist It has to be said: Neil Beloufa (born in 1985) is one of today’s most promising artists. The ever-ebullient French artist, represented by Kamel Mennour in Paris, François Ghebaly in Los Angeles...
Sotheby’s: the great revolution in the art market
Patrick Drahi It hit the art market like a bolt from the blue. On 17 June 2019, the French Moroccan-born businessman Patrick Drahi, who specializes in media and telecommunications, announced he had bought one of the world’s two leading auction...
Giacometti: the first exhibition to reopen in the flesh in Paris is fascinating
https://youtu.be/B-BqBh5cN5g Works that no longer exist It’s a paradox: the first major exhibition to reopen in Paris addresses, fittingly, the subject of works that no longer exist. But what a pleasure to rediscover art without it...
Frieze New York viewing room: towards greater market transparency
Only from your computer Until 15 May the Frieze New York virtual fair can be accessed by anyone from their computer, which is the only medium available as a result of the global coronavirus crisis. Frieze London’s younger sister, which...
Waiting for the art market’s “corona prices”
Silence It’s exceedingly difficult to get insiders to talk about the current evolution of the art market. A number of them refuse to make any statement, others tend to stick to abstract analyses, while a third group prefers to remain...