Contemporary Art

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5 Exhibitions not to miss this autumn

The cultural season is rich and varied! Overview of the highlights not to be missed in September. #1 Niki de Saint Phalle Niki de Saint Phalle, the Snake Yin and Yang The Grand Palace offers the largest exhibition devoted to Niki de Saint Phalle ever, known to all for her famous "Nanas" sculpture! This exhibition reveals a new look for…

02/08/2014

Jean-Pierre Cassigneul, the unpopular one in France

Its rating peaked but it is invariable. His work combines over fifty years using the same grammar. Against the tide without trying to be, it can be laughed at in the sulking French museums because abroad it has been successful for a long time. Jean-Pierre Cassigneul is a contemporary classicist, who celebrates France without it reflecting well on him. Focus…

23/07/2014

Louis Vuitton Foundation in numbers

A glass cloud on top of a concrete iceberg. It is on the edge of the Bois de Boulogne; the face and anatomy of the Louis Vuitton Foundation for Creation. Since the construction of the Pyramid of the Louvre, this is probably the most grand architectural statement in the capital. The patron Bernard Arnault, along with the architect Frank Gehry,…

20/07/2014

5 facts about the construction of the Pompidou Centre

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

02/03/2014

Analysing a masterpiece of contemporary art: The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living, by D. Hirst

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

23/02/2014

Shows that made history: Inaugural exhibitions at the Centre Pompidou

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”.

09/02/2014

An Early and a Late Work by Francis Bacon

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…

29/01/2014

Analysing a great masterpiece of contemporary art: EROICA, Jean-Michel Basquiat

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…

11/01/2014

An Early and a Late Work by... Christian Boltanski

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!

20/11/2013

Language, Words and Contemporary Art

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…

13/10/2013

6 curators you should absolutely get to know

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.

11/10/2013

Anecdotes about R.Mutt

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…

29/09/2013

A Guide to Prizes for Contemporary Artists

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…

07/07/2013

A Short Guide to Bad Painting

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…

03/05/2013

Ron Mueck's 2013 Exhibition at the Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain

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

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