On February 27, 2023, La Poste will issue a stamp from its art series illustrated featuring a photograph of Laetitia Casta's hand by Issermann. The photograph is taken from a book published in 2012, recounting the meeting between the photographer and the model during a stay in the thermal baths of Vals, Switzerland.
American artist Hank Willis Thomas (b. 1976) is now represented by Pace, following the merger with Kayne Griffin Gallery, while Irish artist Ted Pim (b. 1987) joins the Almine Rech stable. He will have his first exhibition in Brussels on January 19.
The inaugural edition of Unrepresented will take place at the Molière (Paris I) from March 31 to April 2. This new event, created by Emilia Genuardi the director of the Approche fair, will be entirely dedicated to photographers not represented in galleries and will consist only of solo shows.
Nicknamed the Little Tate Modern: the Swiss institution that preserves nearly 800 works, created by local figures of Concrete Art, from Max Bill to Camille Graeser, risks being evicted. The old power plant that has housed the museum since 2001 is slated to be put back into operation. A petition opposes the project.
A work by the painter/decorator René Emmanuel, which had been hidden behind a mirror for more than 75 years in this mythical place in Nancy's Art Nouveau scene was unveiled to the public, on January 13. The 14m2 (150.6 sq ft) fresco will be entirely restored and will regain its original spot in the large lounge.
Artist Julien Creuzet, who will represent France at the next contemporary art event, has named the pair who will accompany him in 2024: they are Céline Kopp, the new director of the Grenoble art center Le Magasin, and Cindy Sissokho, curator of the Wellcome Collection in London (Le Monde).
Under restoration for 20 years, "the Sistine Chapel of Pompeii" was finally inaugurated last Tuesday, a sign of the site's rebirth. One can discover the frescoes, the floor and the colonnades entirely restored. The domus probably belonged to two freed slaves, who became rich thanks to the wine trade.
It could be that of "a royal wife or a princess of the Thutmosid lineage, of which very few have been uncovered", revealed on January 14 by the Egyptian authorities. The interior of the tomb is "in poor condition (...) because of the floods of antiquity", said the statement.
For 2 years the Musée Condé will display a portrait of the eldest son of Henri II and Catherine de Medici, painted by François Clouet, kept in a private collection. The sovereign, known for having been the husband of Mary Stuart, reigned for only 1 year and 5 months. The painting will be exhibited in the Clouet Cabinet
The Mayfair-based gallery now represents the French painter, a major figure of lyrical abstraction who died in 1999. It will dedicate a first exhibition to him in London in June 2023.
Greece has entrusted the prestigious British agency, based in London and Berlin, which has designed numerous museum projects, with the task of expanding the institution. The project consists of the construction of an extension on the square outside the building.
The contemporary art fair will welcome more than 170 exhibitors from 36 countries, for an anniversary edition to be held from April 14 to 16 at Navy Pier. France will be represented by the galleries La Forest Divonne and Jérôme Poggi.
The former director of Sotheby's Asia is teaming up with Daryl Wickstrom (also a former Sotheby's executive) to found her own consulting firm. Based in Hong Kong, Patti Wong & Associates will offer customized services to Asian clients with "collections of exceptional quality and breadth.
In 1927, Édouard Bresset opened his first gallery in Paris, specializing in Medieval art. 20 sculptures from his collection, including a perfectly preserved late 12th century Virgin and Child from Auvergne (€60,000/80,000), will take pride of place on February 23 under the hammer of Couteau-Bégarie, in Room 5.
The gallery, which opened in 2015 in the district of Marolles in Brussels, is moving to the Louise Gallery, the shopping center of Ixelles: a sector already occupied by Nathalie Obadia, Templon and Almine Rech. Part of its program will be dedicated to modern surrealist and expressionist art.
The Genesis singer has donated to Texas a set of objects related to the battle of the Alamo. A new museum in San Antonio will be home to the collection in 2026, despite doubts about the authenticity of some objects. According to the curator of the collection, only a few have real provenance problems.
Bertille Bak (1983), Bouchra Khalili (1975), Tarik Kiswanson (1986) and Massinissa Selmani (1980) are the four artists nominated for the 23rd edition of the prize - the most prestigious on the French contemporary art scene. Their projects will be exhibited at the Centre Pompidou on October 4.
Hans Belting died on January 10 in Berlin, at the age of 88. A specialist in medieval art, an unusual thinker and a prolific author, he theorized a transversal approach to history, beyond categorizations and chronologies.
"I've been very clear about this: I don't think they should go back to Greece," UK Culture Minister Michelle Donelan said on the BBC. A statement that also closes the door to a possible long-term loan, considered by the president of the British Museum, according to the newspaper The Telegraph.
Founded in 2018 by César Levy, the young gallery dedicated to the "arts of the world" opens a second space on rue Béranger, in a former printing house a few meters from the Place de la République. Artists will also be able to stay there, benefiting from a room and a workshop. The space opened on January 7th.
