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Not all luxurious projects are meant only for the owner’s “selfish” enjoyment – some are designed with the greater good in mind. Artexplorer will be not only the world’s largest sailing catamaran but also a mobile museum that supports art as well as the environment.
The French TV series Call My Agent—charting the lives of Parisian talent agents and the high-maintenance actors they look after (catering to their every whim)—has become a cult Netflix hit. Now, talent agencies are becoming increasingly common in the art world, with some visual artists choosing to depart traditional galleries in favour of working with agencies whose focus is more on building partnerships with brands and institutions (alongside selling their work of course). While some of the larger movie and music agencies, such as the Los Angeles-based WME (part of Frieze' parent compan...
Desperate museums in France demand a chance to reopen - even if only partially.
French Museums Beg To Reopen As Blockbusters Go Unseen By Jean-Louis DE LA VAISSIERE 02/05/21 AT 5:32 AM It was to be a highlight of the art calendar: 230 works by impressionist master Henri Matisse gathered at France's leading modern art museum to mark 150 years since his birth. But thanks to the pandemic, the show at the Pompidou Centre in Paris stayed open for only 10 days after it began in October, and it looks highly unlikely to resume before the paintings are packed away again at the end of February. Only 17,000 people secured a ticket in time -- an abysmally low figure for a museum...
The J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles challenged art lovers to post photos of themselves recreating their favourite masterpieces – including Picasso’s 'Dora Maar' – from home earlier this year. Photo: AFP Museum doors may be shut for the time being, but that doesn’t mean that culture has ground to a halt. Faced with the pandemic, and in the absence of visitors, museums and cultural institutions have turned to technology to reinvent their roles and missions digitally. Strolling alone through the Paris Louvre’s Richelieu wing, without the crowds of tourists and school trips, was a ...