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THE SECRET LIFE OF HILMA AF KLINT

THE SECRET LIFE OF HILMA AF KLINT

Sonam Khetan
Retable, n° 1, 1915, huile et feuille d’or sur toile, 237,5 × 179,5 cm, HаK187 By courtesy of the Hilma af Klint Foundation / photo The Moderna Museet, Stockholm At...
DREAMING OF CALDER

DREAMING OF CALDER

Sonam Khetan
Alexander Calder landed in Paris 100 years ago - in 1926. He was a young American artist who quickly made friends with the artists of the day - Marcel Duchamp...
THE REAL LIFE OF DOUANIER ROUSSEAU

THE REAL LIFE OF DOUANIER ROUSSEAU

Sonam Khetan
La Bohémienne endormie, 1897 Moi-même, portrait paysage, 1890  Sometimes, the simple action of crossing a river can have drastic consequences, like Julius Caesar crossing the Rubicon, in 49 BC. Not...
CHESS AS AN ART AND A GAME

CHESS AS AN ART AND A GAME

Jean Sebastien Stehli
Jean-Philippe Delhomme. Flowers with chessboard, 2025 Oil on canvas. Photo: Tanguy Beurdeley. Courtesy of the artist and Perrotin Many artists have been decent chess players, some have been obsessed with...
LEON SPILLIAERT’S DELICATE WORLD OF SHADOWS

LEON SPILLIAERT’S DELICATE WORLD OF SHADOWS

Jean Sebastien Stehli
Installation view Léon Spilliaert, David Zwirner, Paris, 15 January–28 March 2026. Courtesy David Zwirner Today, perhaps the best place to find silence and a peace tinged with melancholy in a...
GUGGENHEIM BILBAO’S COLLABORATION WITH NATURE

GUGGENHEIM BILBAO’S COLLABORATION WITH NATURE

Jean Sebastien Stehli
Delcy Morelos, Sorgin From the first cave paintings, art has been the tool to understand our place in the universe and to make sense of our relationship with the Earth. Guggenheim...
GEORG WILSON’S MAGIC HERBS

GEORG WILSON’S MAGIC HERBS

Jean Sebastien Stehli
Georg Wilson, The Dream (Henbane), 2025.  Image : Eva Herzog Georg Wilson, Vespertine (Thorn Apple), 2025. Image Eva Herzog Looking at a Georg Wilson painting is like stepping into a...
THE TEN MEANINGS OF WALTER DE MARIA

THE TEN MEANINGS OF WALTER DE MARIA

Jean Sebastien Stehli
Walter De Maria The Singular Experience, 2025, installation view © 2025 Estate of Walter De Maria Photo: Thomas Lannes Courtesy Gagosian Walter De Maria Red Truck / Square, Triangle, Circle,...
THE BRIGHTNESS OF GERHARD RICHTER’S BLURRY IMAGES

THE BRIGHTNESS OF GERHARD RICHTER’S BLURRY IMAGES

Jean Sebastien Stehli
Gerhard Richter, Venedig (Treppe) [Venise (escalier)], 1985 (CR 586-3) The Art Institute of Chicago. Gift of Edlis Neeson Collection  © Gerhard Richter 2025 Just like Christo and Jeanne-Claude wrapped objects...
JOSEPH CORNELL’S WORLD IN A BOX

JOSEPH CORNELL’S WORLD IN A BOX

Jean Sebastien Stehli
Joseph Cornell, 1972 Photo: © Duane Michals Courtesy of DC Moore Gallery, New York If world famous fashion houses near Place Vendôme could walk, it would be a good  -...
BHARTI KHER’S IRRESISTIBLE WORLD

BHARTI KHER’S IRRESISTIBLE WORLD

Jean Sebastien Stehli
Photo: Claire Dorn. ©Bharti Kher/ADAGP, Paris, 2025. Courtesy of the artist and Perrotin Weather Painting: Mother’s Fury. ©Bharti Kher / ADAGP, Paris, 2025 Courtesy of the artist and Perrotin Bharti...
THE MYSTERIOUS RUINS OF PARIS

THE MYSTERIOUS RUINS OF PARIS

Jean Sebastien Stehli
To enter the book of Yves Marchand and Romain Meffre is to step into a parallel universe, as if one could suddenly step into a video game or in a...