Can contemporary sculptor Antony Gormley be seen as a successor of Auguste Rodin and Jean‑Baptiste Pigalle?

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?”

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.