Antony Gormley is an English sculptor. He was born on 30 August 1950 in London. Alongside the French artist Laure Prouvost, Anish Kapoor and Damien Hirst, he is one of the recipients of the Turner Prize, awarded since 1984. His work explores the representation of the human body, its nature, and its relationship to theContinue reading “Can contemporary sculptor Antony Gormley be seen as a successor of Auguste Rodin and Jean‑Baptiste Pigalle?”
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Colours of Time, a movie by Cédric Klapisch: Photography as a Profoundly Human Global Technology
Humanity embraced photography, and it enriched human relationships—the very core of our humanity. The transformation of the world through this technology has been emancipatory. And what about today? As for today, is this movie a final look back before the battle for the future? Transitions—we are already in them. Climate, biodiversity, and technology. Faced withContinue reading “Colours of Time, a movie by Cédric Klapisch: Photography as a Profoundly Human Global Technology”
With Chinese artist Qingmei Yao, moving bodies reveal how technology is transforming our humanity.
From October 2024 to January 2025, artist Qingmei Yao exhibited Fencing: Landscape Fight at the Centre Pompidou as part of the exhibition China: A New Generation of Artists. Qingmei Yao placed two fencers on their usual piste. However, she replaced the two foils with two selfie sticks equipped with smartphones. Consequently, gazes, body movements, andContinue reading “With Chinese artist Qingmei Yao, moving bodies reveal how technology is transforming our humanity.”
At the museum Bourse de Commerce Paris, “Arte povera” lifts the hood of The Glorious Thirty
Currently on view at the Bourse de Commerce/Collection Pinault, the exhibition “Arte Povera” traces the Italian birth, development and international legacy of this singular artistic movement. Over 250 works by the main protagonists of Arte Povera are on display. Title image : Pier Paolo Calzolari, Untitled (Mattress), 1970. ADAGP, Paris 2024 Private collection, Lisbon. ViewContinue reading “At the museum Bourse de Commerce Paris, “Arte povera” lifts the hood of The Glorious Thirty”
A shooting star of British art, Hamad Butt died of AIDS in 1994.
Hamad Butt was a young English artist when he died of AIDS in 1994. After graduating from Goldsmiths University in London in 1990, and a fellow student of artist Damien Hirst, he was a shooting star in the British art world. He was the subject of a long article in The Guardian newspaper in June 2023. It wasContinue reading “A shooting star of British art, Hamad Butt died of AIDS in 1994. “
Olafur Eliasson: a Science & Design alliance building activism in the face of world transitions
Today, but already yesterday, energy and switches, the Smartphone and the designer Jony Ive. Tomorrow, but already today, the works of Olafur Eliasson to be together facing the transitions of the world.
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