Crises comes and go Crises in the art market come and go, and no two are quite alike, but they can help us to understand how market values may be called into question. The crisis sweeping the world today and affecting the economy and the art...
Acute Art: augmented reality and virtual reality from Kaws to Ai Weiwei, how a new kind of art is invading our homes now
Seen by tens of millions of people The figure has been seen and shared on social media over the past few days by tens of millions of people. It’s what’s known as an “art toy”, a figurine now sold as a work of art – we can also see it as a...
Where is the art market heading in response to the coronavirus crisis? Online
Troubled times In these exceptional troubled times, with part of the planet living in confinement in response to the life-threatening nature of the pandemic, as the entire world comes to a standstill, it might seem inappropriate to talk about...
Art Basel Hong Kong: the organizers’ response to the coronavirus, a virtual fair which looks set to be interesting
Rushing towards technology As the coronavirus outbreak spreads across the world, art dealers and gallerists have been rushing at breakneck speed towards technology. In parallel to the Tefaf antiques fair in Maastricht, which was supposed to...
Tefaf, Maastricht: a spectacular antiques fair through hell and high water
An air of bleakness The world is at a standstill and it seems as though the love of art is unable to change anything. China aside, the announcement of the temporary closure of museums in Italy, the cancellation of the Art Basel Hong Kong fair and the fair in Dubai at...
Hans Ulrich Obrist goes green: resolutions and warnings. A video interview
https://youtu.be/ot4aupt4VkY History of contemporary art Swiss-born Hans Ulrich Obrist (born in 1968) is now part of the history of contemporary art. The artistic director of the Serpentine Gallery in London has become a phenomenon in his own right thanks to...
Arco Madrid: the whisper of a new “Movida” in the art market?
Troubled times Coronavirus, various regions in quarantine, political upheaval and economic uncertainty… Do people still want to buy art in these troubled times? And yet it’s against this backdrop that the first large-scale fair of the year, Arco Madrid, has opened...
Helena Rubinstein. In 1909 she was already buying the best in tribal art. The method behind a remarkable collection
From Krakow to New York Picture a Polish woman from Krakow born in 1872, daughter of a shopkeeper and granddaughter of a rabbi, who would go on to make her fortune in Australia by establishing a cosmetics brand, before travelling to Paris, New York and London. The...
Steve McQueen at the Tate Modern: the man with two brains
The filmaker There are certain rare people who seem to have two brains. This is the case of the English filmmaker and artist who lives in Amsterdam, Steve McQueen (born in 1969). Turner Prize In 1999 the video artist was awarded the Turner Prize, Britain’s highest...
Frieze LA: does art that appeals to the angels of entertainment run the risk of being too shallow?
( From Velvet Buzzsaw: "A bad review is better than sinking into the great glut of anonymity.) Art and entertainment industry Los Angeles may be a city rich in art, but it is first and foremost the city of what Americans refer to as the entertainment industry. Here...
Eugenio Lopez: a video interview with the very influential Mexican collector
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fe5XsVzwOwo Trends in contemporary art There are trends within contemporary art. Mexico It’s been several years since Mexico started to become an attractive country for fans of current artistic creation. Firstly because certain...
Amid uncertainty in the art market from London to Hong Kong, Geneva is holding a small fair within a microclimate of thriving tranquillity
Quiet in January Usually in January the art market community is deemed to be quiet. New York in May This year it impatiently awaits the auctions that have received a lot of media coverage due to take place in May in New York, with works on sale by Rothko, Richter and...