https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdwEglW8EX8 On paper the Dau project doesn’t fail to amaze. This is the story of a Russian filmmaker who hasn’t filmed all that much, Ilya Khrzhanovsky (born in 1975), who is said to have succeeded in convincing a New Russian who...
The legendary counterculture figure Jonas Mekas died on 22 January 2019. We are republishing a tribute to this magnificent underground filmmaker, whom I interviewed in 2018 and who inspired Andy Warhol, among others, during the 1960s. Ever curious about new filming...
Immersive art Dialling up the “wow” factor, that’s the aim. A great wave is washing over the art world across the globe, a wave that submerges everything, a wave of immersive installations. From the Japanese Team Lab collective to veteran Japanese Pop artist...
Ever since Marcel Duchamp presented an upside-down urinal which he called “Fountain” and the artistic community decided this was an act of significance, ever since artists began distorting silhouettes to imprint upon them their personal feelings and impressions while...
Paul Cézanne father of all “Everything in nature is modelled on the sphere, the cone and the cylinder. One has to learn to paint from these simple shapes”. It’s 1904 and the artist writing these words, the Aix-born Paul Cézanne (1839-1906), has been doing a lot...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTJYVDMXfow The French language is facetious. In order to provide an emphatic and worthy name for amateur artists, for those who practise a hobby, it has found a unique description that’s even entered international usage:...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aes8g44lBog With all these artworks in the millions of dollars whose prices become the most memorable thing about them, with all the fairs you could ever want, with all these figurative or abstract paintings flooding the...
Mr and Mrs… There are certain artists like that, especially when it comes to women, who are always presented as a couple. Take Sonia Delaunay, who is systematically associated with Robert, her guru. Take Sophie Taeuber-Arp, the other half of sculptor Jean Arp… We’re...
Certain figures take their place in the art history pantheon because they’ve invented something new. These rare artists have looked at the world with unusual acuteness and have been bold enough to convey a new message through their art. Within this hall of fame...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKl4hIE6fqM There are certain people like that: the great Renaissance artist Leonardo da Vinci was also interested in architecture and music, among other things. At the end of the 18th century Goethe the exceptional man of...
Contrary to what the president of the United States Donald Trump would have us believe, America is a multicultural country rich in diversity, particularly when it comes to art. As Adam Weinberg, director of the famous Whitney Museum dedicated to American art in New...
The world of African art collecting has been rocked by an announcement made by Emmanuel Macron on 23 November. Following the submission of a report on the restitution of artworks to Africa, the president of the French Republic has decided to return 26 works requested...