Learn five facts about the construction of the Pompidou Centre, one of the world's most important centres for contemporary art.

A short analysis of one of the most famous artworks by the bad boy of British art, the renown Damien Hirst.

In 1977, the great Pontus Hulten, who had previously worked for the Moderna Museet, was the director of the Centre Pompidou.He organized, from 1977 onwards, a rich series of shows: "Paris-New York", "Paris-Berlin", "Paris-Moscou", and the grand finale, in 1981, “Paris-Paris”.

The interesting thing about an artist who has passed is the fact that it’s easier to identify their last work than for the last previous cases we’ve analyzed in this section of the blog ((Christian Boltanski et Gerhard Richter). This week, Artsper analyzes two paintings by the star of the auctions, Francis Bacon. Before starting painting, Irish painter Francis Bacon…

Today, Artsper analyses with you a great and daring piece of contemporary art, Eroica, a series by Jean-Michel Basquiat. Eroica I, 1988 - 1988, ©Jean-Michel Basquiat After the death of his friend, Andy Warhol, Basquiat, at the top of her career at the time, became haunted by the thought of his own death. Something like a bad premonition. Eroica, repeated…

How do artists evolve? Do they have a philosophy that they are trying to follow, in a more or less unconscious way? Explore works by Christian Boltanski to find out!

This week, Artsper examines the special relationship between contemporary art and words. How did these two languages interact between the ‘70s and the ‘90s? Everything started with the evolution of graffiti. From the street to the metro, graffiti evolved, was replaced by tagging, huge signatures spray painted on whole subway cars, in a more or less elaborate style. The tags…

The curator is the author of the exhibition. Thanks to Artsper, you will find out who today’s 6 most influential curators are and will not miss their work anymore.

This week, Artsper takes a look at the most controversial artwork of the 20th century, Fountain by Marcel Duchamp (1917). We’ll decipher it for you and tell you a few anecdotes we’ve heard about it. Fountain is a readymade of the French artist Marcel Duchamp (1887-1968) submitted in 1917 for the show of the Society of Independent Artists in New…

The FIAC and the ceremonies for several awards for artists are approaching, so Artsper made a (non-exhaustive) list of the prizes for contemporary art that you should know about. The Marcel Duchamp Prize Vue de l'exposition de Marguerite Humeau, FOX P, Palais de Tokyo, 2016 Courtesy de l'artiste © André Morin Created in 2000, the Marcel Duchamp prize is an…

If you have never heard about the “Bad Painting”, you are certainly familiar with some of its famous representative people’s works. The name of Jean-Michel Basquiat must indeed be familiar to you, especially since the retrospective that the musée d’art moderne de Paris gave him during Spring 2011. Kenny Scharf - Palm Springs Vacation - 1978 What are the characteristics…

Today, join Artsper as we take a look at Ron Mueck, the Australian artist who changed the course of contemporary sculpture.