ART & CULTURE
L.A.’S ENCHANTING STORY
Florian Maier-Aichen Untitled 2023 © Florian Maier-Aichen Courtesy of the artist and BLUM Los Angeles, Tokyo, New York Photo: Justin Craun Everyone has a story with L.A., even if you...
REDISCOVERING TOM WESSELMANN’S MONUMENTAL WORLD OF COLORS
The Louis Vuitton Foundation’s massive exhibition dedicated to Pop artist Tom Wesselmann comes at the perfect time. It’s a joyful explosion of colors, a manifestation of life energy and humor,...
MOMA’S CELEBRATION OF ROBERT FRANK
Robert Frank, Andrea, 1975. © 2024 The June Leaf and Robert Frank Foundation Robert Frank, one of the greatest 20th Century photographers, waited until turning 100 for his retrospective at...
NOT VITAL AN ARTIST IN THE WORLD
Not Vital’s life philosophy greets visitors as they enter the courtyard of his castle in the Engadin region of Switzerland, in the far eastern part of the country. It is...
TAPTA: A FLEXIBLE GENIUS
The town of Susch does not figure prominently on the international art circuit - yet. But when art aficionados discover Muzeum Susch, this absolute jewel of an institution founded in...
SARAH SZE: A SHAMAN IN PARIS
Sarah Sze is a shaman. For the American artist, anything can become art. In 1999, in her first exhibition in France, at the Cartier Foundation, Everything That Rises Must Converge,...
FASHION PHOTOGRAPHY AS AN ART FORM (AT LAST)
Coco Capitan, Boy in Socks, 2017 Richard Avedon had to have been dead for 4 years before he had an exhibition at the Jeu de Paume, the prestigious photography institution...
ELLSWORTH KELLY’S SHAPES AND COLORS
Ellsworth Kelly, White Dark Blue, 1968 Ellsworth Kelly, Red Curve VI, 1982, Ellsworth Kelly, Black White, 1968, Ellsworth Kelly, Blue Yellow Red III, 1971 © Ellsworth Kelly Foundation; © Fondation...
YOKO ONO A TRAILBLAZER FOR NOW
Yoko Ono with Half-A-Room1967 from HALF-A-WIND SHOW, Lisson Gallery, London, 1967. Photo © ClayPerry As has been the case throughout the history of women in general, and women in art,...
KING OF FASHION: JOHN SINGER SARGENT AT TATE
Sargent and Fashion installation view with Lady Agnew of Lochnaw, 1892 © Tate (Jai Monaghan) Before Annie Leibovitz, there was John Singer Sargent (1856-1925). The Florence born American painter was...
WHEN HIROSHI SUGIMOTO AND ALBERTO GIACOMETTI MEET
Hiroshi Sugimoto Pins, 2022 Rideau en tissu 345,4 x 727,2 cm © Collection Odawara Art Foundation © Hiroshi Sugimoto. Courtesy of the Odawara Art Foundation Alberto Giacometti and Hiroshi Sugimoto...
WRITTEN WITH LIGHT
Guinevere, Paris, 2007 The great French poet, Victor Hugo, wrote: “To love beauty is to see the light.” Over the course of several months, as they moved around the world...
