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FASHION’S DANCE ON THE VOLCANO

FASHION’S DANCE ON THE VOLCANO

Jean Sebastien Stehli
Sophie Abriat has been reporting about fashion for a decade. She started with a very influential blog, interviewing some of the biggest names in and around fashion. The journalist is...
CLIMATE CHANGE ACCORDING TO CLAUDE MONET

CLIMATE CHANGE ACCORDING TO CLAUDE MONET

Jean Sebastien Stehli
Alfred Sisley, Temps de neige à Veneux-Nadon, vers 1880. Collection Musée d'Orsay. Legs comte Isaac de Camondo, 1911© photo : GrandPalaisRmn (Musée d'Orsay) / Jean-Gilles Berizzi Who would have guessed...
FEELING ALIVE WITH RINKO KAWAUCHI

FEELING ALIVE WITH RINKO KAWAUCHI

Jean Sebastien Stehli
Rinko Kawauchi, Untitled, from the series "Illuminance”, 2011, c-print, mounted on Alu-Dibond, 101 x 101 cm, © Rinko Kawauchi, courtesy PRISKA PASQUER GALLERY Looking at Rinko Kawauchi’s work is like listening...
THE LOUVRE AS FASHION MUSE

THE LOUVRE AS FASHION MUSE

Jean Sebastien Stehli
Alexander McQueen, © Musée du Louvre - Nicolas Bousser  It is usually much easier to find an Egyptian sarcophagus, Roman sculptures or old masters paintings in the Louvre than fashion...
THE SURREAL WORLD OF SYLVIE FLEURY

THE SURREAL WORLD OF SYLVIE FLEURY

Jean Sebastien Stehli
In artist Sylvie Fleury’s sculpture, it is difficult to know if she’s celebrating consumer culture by pushing it to the extreme, or if she’s being sarcastic about luxury. Her latest...
JANE EVELYN ATWOOD. A LOVE OF HORSES

JANE EVELYN ATWOOD. A LOVE OF HORSES

Jean Sebastien Stehli
We have become aware of the power of horses to heal us. In the case of Jane Evelyn Atwood, the great American born photographer, horses helped her overcome her grief...
WILLIAM EGGLESTON’S ROMANTIC EYE

WILLIAM EGGLESTON’S ROMANTIC EYE

Jean Sebastien Stehli
William Eggleston, Untitled, 1972© Eggleston Artistic Trust. Courtesy Eggleston Artistic Trust and David Zwirner Anyone in love with William Eggleston’s work should book a ticket to Los Angeles now. David...
THE MAGIC OF OLGA DE AMARAL

THE MAGIC OF OLGA DE AMARAL

Jean Sebastien Stehli
It is one of the most wonderful feelings to go see an exhibition not knowing anything about the artist and their work, ignorant of what to expect, and falling head...
JEAN-PHILIPPE DELHOMME: PAINTING SILENCE

JEAN-PHILIPPE DELHOMME: PAINTING SILENCE

Jean Sebastien Stehli
Jean-Philippe Delhomme, Model Resting Shelim, 2024. Oil on canvas/Huile sur toile. Photo: Tanguy Beurdeley Courtesy of the artist and Perrotin. Jean-Philippe Delhomme was a wildly successful illustrator working for magazines...
EXPLORING THE NEW FRONTIER WITH MARILOU PONCIN

EXPLORING THE NEW FRONTIER WITH MARILOU PONCIN

Jean Sebastien Stehli
Liquid Love is Full of Ghosts, Marilou Poncin’s exhibition, was one the sensations of last summer’s Rencontres d’Arles, the world’s foremost photography festival. The artist imagines the quasi carnal relationship...
ART IN THE ATOMIC AGE

ART IN THE ATOMIC AGE

Jean Sebastien Stehli
Charles Bittiger. Late Stage of Baker, 1946. Photo : Navy Art Collection, Naval History and Heritage Command The discovery of atoms and radioactivity, at the onset of the 20th Century,...
BERNARD PLOSSU: PHOTOGRAPHING HAPPINESS

BERNARD PLOSSU: PHOTOGRAPHING HAPPINESS

Jean Sebastien Stehli
Bernard Plossu Levanzo, 1988. Courtesy Galerie Camera Obscura & Galerie du Jour Agnès b.  In the fall of 1987, photographer Bernard Plossu and his wife, photographer Françoise Nunez, experienced an...