Author: Judith Benhamou Huet
Antonin Artaud: the family archives of the great poète maudit goes to auction
In the pantheon of poets, the most prized names are those collectively known as the maudits – the cursed ones. Literature, like art, has been partial to its martyrs, the ones who died too soon, or who were marginalised by society and who appear to have died at the altar of creation. In this category […]
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Thomas Kaplan: the world’s largest private collector of Rembrandts refuses to have any at home
Gold is the only thing that piques his interest. Firstly, he tasted professional success by investing in the precious metal (1). Subsequently, gold allowed him to immerse himself in what’s commonly known as the Golden Age. The New York businessman Thomas Kaplan (born 1962), along with his wife Daphne Recanati Kaplan, is now the world’s largest private collector […]
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Egyptian surrealism: a piece of modern art history is unveiled at Pompidou before moving to Madrid, Dusseldorf and Liverpool
There is not one surrealism, but in fact many surrealisms. Proof if required is to be found at the Centre Pompidou where that most Belgian of surrealists, the painter René Magritte, is in the spotlight until 23rd January. Also at the Pompidou until 17th January is another completely overlooked piece of that avant-garde movement. The unmissable […]
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