“The Martyrdom of Saint Catherine” (1508-09) by Lucas Cranach the Elder. © Ráday Library of the Hungarian Reformed Church, Budapest A mystery surrounds the authorship of the paintings of Lucas Cranach the Elder (1472-1553). Like today’s fashion and object designers … Read More
“Untitled” (2009), one of Miquel Barceló’s paintings on termite-eaten paper. © Miquel Barceló/ADAGP Miquel Barceló, like Pablo Picasso, is a natural-born artist, working with enormous ease, superhuman energy and great versatility. Just as Picasso could … Favorite
“Underwater Swimmer, Esztergom” (1917) by André Kertész. Gelatin silver print. Bibliothèque Nationale de France. If there had been no André Kertész (1894-1985), would there have been a Brassaï, a Henri Cartier-Bresson, a Robert Doisneau, a Willy Ronis? Kertész the precursor … Read More
“Animal” (1986) by Fischli & Weiss. A friend told me the other day that he didn’t like contemporary art. But what is contemporary art? It is simply art being made today or made in the recent past, so in theory … Read More
“Business Man Toy Factory” (2008) byAES+F, from the Louvre’s “Counterpoint” exhibition, © AES+F © Adagp, Paris 2009 The other day I spent six hours dashing around every wing of the Louvre for a work assignment. I don’t recommend such an … Read More
Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat: “6.99” (1985). Collection Bischofberger, Switzerland © The Estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat © ADAGP, Paris 2010 Larry Clark’s sensational photographs of teenagers having sex and shooting drugs seem to have more to do with his personal … Read More
Nothing is left of Mondrian’s orderly Paris studio (at 26, rue de Depart), a work of art in itself, which has been recreated as it was in 1926 for the current show at the Centre Pompidou. © Adagp, Paris 2010 … Read More
“Psyche Abandoned” (1795) by Jacques-Louis David. © Private Collection Art styles come and go with the ever-seesawing cycles of fashion just as surely as hemlines and shoulder widths change every few years. One style that is always sure to make … Read More
Left: “Bédouine – Souvenir de Manon” (1947), an aquatint by Henri Matisse. © Sucession H. Matisse. Photo: Michael Matisse. Right: “Eugénie Grandet” (2009), a gouache drawing by Louise Bourgeois. Photo: Christopher Burke. © Adagp, Paris 2010. © Louise Bourgeois Trust. … Read More
From John Batho’s “Parasol Series” (1981-2002). © John Batho. The exhibitions reviewed below – “John Batho: Le Champ d’un Regard,” “Henri Gaudier-Brzeska” and “Tarzan!” – have nothing in common except that … Favorite
