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TAPTA: A FLEXIBLE GENIUS

TAPTA: A FLEXIBLE GENIUS

Jean Sebastien Stehli
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: A SHAMAN IN PARIS

Jean Sebastien Stehli
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)

FASHION PHOTOGRAPHY AS AN ART FORM (AT LAST)

Jean Sebastien Stehli
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’S SHAPES AND COLORS

Jean Sebastien Stehli
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 A TRAILBLAZER FOR NOW

Jean Sebastien Stehli
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

KING OF FASHION: JOHN SINGER SARGENT AT TATE

Jean Sebastien Stehli
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

WHEN HIROSHI SUGIMOTO AND ALBERTO GIACOMETTI MEET

Jean Sebastien Stehli
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

WRITTEN WITH LIGHT

Jean Sebastien Stehli
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...
EDWARD BURTYNSKY’S TERRIBLE BEAUTY

EDWARD BURTYNSKY’S TERRIBLE BEAUTY

Jean Sebastien Stehli
Salinas #2, Cadiz, Spain, 2013. Photo Edward Burtynsky, courtesy Flowers Gallery, London. The Saatchi Gallery in London is the perfect space to showcase Edward Burtynsky’s spectacular and deeply troubling work....
BIJOY JAIN’S SENSE OF SPACE

BIJOY JAIN’S SENSE OF SPACE

Jean Sebastien Stehli
  We met Bijoy Jain on Tuesday, March 26, 2024, in the afternoon on the 4th floor of the Fondation Cartier, Boulevard Raspail, in Paris, a building designed by Jean...
HEALING EARTH: THE DEEP CONNECTION BETWEEN US AND EARTH

HEALING EARTH: THE DEEP CONNECTION BETWEEN US AND EARTH

Jean Sebastien Stehli
Peter Williams, Birdland, 2020. Oil and graphite on canvas.   Spirit in the Land, Pérez Art Museum Miami’s newest exhibition demonstrates to us the deep connection between our identity and...
PAOLO ROVERSI: 50 YEARS OF PASSION

PAOLO ROVERSI: 50 YEARS OF PASSION

Jean Sebastien Stehli
Sihana, Comme des Garçons A/H 2023-2024, Paris, 2023. Tirage au charbon     Audrey Marnay, Comme des Garçons P/E 1997, Paris, 1996. Tirage au charbon. Over the past 50 years,...