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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,...
IRVING PENN: A WORK OF LOVE

IRVING PENN: A WORK OF LOVE

Jean Sebastien Stehli
Irving Penn (1917 - 2009), one of the giants of contemporary photography, became world famous for his portraits of great models and celebrities which would grace the pages - and...
THEODORE ROUSSEAU: GIVING VOICE TO TREES

THEODORE ROUSSEAU: GIVING VOICE TO TREES

Jean Sebastien Stehli
Théodore Rousseau, L’allée de châtaigniers   Théodore Rousseau (1812 - 1867) was both a pariah and a hero. He was one of the greatest nature painters of the late 19th...
A NEW VISION OF MAPPLETHORPE

A NEW VISION OF MAPPLETHORPE

Jean Sebastien Stehli
We usually think we have seen everything Robert Mapplethorpe ever photographed. It’s been shown in every way possible, even the dark prints of his nighttime descent into the Anvil or...
MARTIN PARR’S STRANGE AND BEAUTIFUL WORLD OF FASHION

MARTIN PARR’S STRANGE AND BEAUTIFUL WORLD OF FASHION

Jean Sebastien Stehli
  It’s hard to believe, but Fashion Faux Parr is Martin Parr’s first book of photography. It feels that all of Parr’s images are, if not about fashion, about style....
REDISCOVERING VAN EYCK

REDISCOVERING VAN EYCK

Jean Sebastien Stehli
Madonna of Chancellor Rolin     There are very few experiences in life that give us such a powerful shock and deep pleasure as being in the presence of a...