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BOURSE DE COMMERCE’S MAXIMAL MINIMAL

BOURSE DE COMMERCE’S MAXIMAL MINIMAL

Jean Sebastien Stehli
Dan Flavin, “Minimal” Agnes Martin, White Flower, 1960 In a world teetering on the edge of chaos, the exhibition at the Bourse de Commerce, Minimal, is a welcome respite, surprisingly....
ANDY GOLDSWORTHY’S MIRACLES WITH NATURE

ANDY GOLDSWORTHY’S MIRACLES WITH NATURE

Jean Sebastien Stehli
Andy Goldsworthy, Oak Passage and Ferns. Andy Goldsworthy, Elm leaves held with water to fractured bough of fallen elm. Dumfriesshire, Scotland. 29 October 2010, Land artists of the 1960s left...
THE VIRGIL ABLOH CODES. THE BRILLIANCE OF HIS IDEAS

THE VIRGIL ABLOH CODES. THE BRILLIANCE OF HIS IDEAS

Jean Sebastien Stehli
The monumental celebration of Virgil Abloh’s work, opening on his birth date, September 30, will remind everyone, if need be, of his enormous influence not only on fashion, but also...
GEORGES DE LA TOUR, MASTER OF LIGHT

GEORGES DE LA TOUR, MASTER OF LIGHT

Jean Sebastien Stehli
Georges de La Tour. Le nouveau né. Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rennes. Fame can be slow. It can take years for an artist’s work to be rediscovered and appreciated. In...
PHOTOGRAPHY AND THE MYTH OF SAINT LAURENT

PHOTOGRAPHY AND THE MYTH OF SAINT LAURENT

Jean Sebastien Stehli
Peter Knapp/Elle September 1965. Haute couture autumn/winter 1965Evening dress worn by Violeta Sanchez, haute couture autumn/winter 1982. Yves saint Laurent. Yves Saint Laurent was the world’s most famous fashion designer...
MICHAEL KENNA PHOTOGRAPHY AS HAIKU

MICHAEL KENNA PHOTOGRAPHY AS HAIKU

Jean Sebastien Stehli
Torii, Study 1, Takashima, Honshu, Japan. 2002Mountain Tree, Study 1, Danyang, Chungcheongbukdo, South Korea. The marriage of Michael Kenna, the master of black & white landscape photography, and Guimet, the...
RICHARD AVEDON’S AMERICAN WEST MONUMENT

RICHARD AVEDON’S AMERICAN WEST MONUMENT

Jean Sebastien Stehli
Photograph by Richard Avedon, The Richard Avedon Foundation. Sandra Bennett, 12 years old, Rocky Ford, Colorado, August 23, 1980   Richard Avedon, The Richard Avedon Foundation. Boyd Fortin, 13 years...
THE BEAUTY OF THE BLURRY AND THE FUZZY

THE BEAUTY OF THE BLURRY AND THE FUZZY

Jean Sebastien Stehli
Hans Hartung, T1982-H31, 1982 Miriam Cahn, Das Schöne Blau. What if the out of focus, the blurry, the fuzzy was a better way to depict reality ? This is the...
BEAD TABLES AND ANGRY ANIMALS: THE WORLD OF HELLA JONGERIUS

BEAD TABLES AND ANGRY ANIMALS: THE WORLD OF HELLA JONGERIUS

Jean Sebastien Stehli
Alexandra de Cossette courtesy Galerie Kreo Stepping into the Galerie Kreo, you don’t know what you are looking at, you are slightly disoriented, but you are instantly under a spell....
LUCAS ARRUDA’S DREAMTIME AND MONET’S SENSE OF LIGHT

LUCAS ARRUDA’S DREAMTIME AND MONET’S SENSE OF LIGHT

Jean Sebastien Stehli
© Lucas ArrudaCourtesy the artist, David Zwirner and Mendes Wood DMPhotography by Anna Arca © Lucas ArrudaCourtesy the artist, David Zwirner and Mendes Wood DMPhotography by Anna Arca It’s an...
TYLER MITCHELL AND THE DREAM LIFE

TYLER MITCHELL AND THE DREAM LIFE

Jean Sebastien Stehli
Tyler Mitchell. The Root of all that lives, 2020. Photo Khashyar Javanmardi Since his arrival on the scene in 2018, barely 23 years old, Tyler Mitchell has changed the way...
PHARRELL WILLIAMS’ ANTHEM TO WOMEN

PHARRELL WILLIAMS’ ANTHEM TO WOMEN

Jean Sebastien Stehli
Claire Dorn Thandiwe Muriu, A constellation of power, 2025 The friendship between Pharrell Williams and French mega gallerist Emmanuel Perrotin goes back to a meeting in Miami, during Art Basel,...