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A die-hard defender of his home-base Brussels, Xavier Hufkens opened his gallery in 1987 and is now expanding his gallery with a new space, also in Brussels. On the occasion of the new opening, Xavier Hufkens sat down with us to share his observations of the art world and his passionate life as an art dealer who has “never been bored one day”.
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If the 1990s is the decade of biennales, the turn of the century is definitely that of art fairs. In 1970 there were three main fairs – Art Cologne as the oldest, followed by Art Basel and Art Actuel. In the last seven years, we saw the number of fairs grew from 68 in 2005…
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Nathalie Obadia first opened her gallery in Paris in 1993 after gaining five years of working experience with Daniel Templon. Two years later, she moved her gallery to the previous location of Yvon Lambert Gallery in Rue du Grenier Saint-Lazare in the Marais. While celebrating the 10th Anniversary of the gallery in 2003, Nathalie Obadia…
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The Prince of Charm masters the technique of persuasion. Since his first appearance in the international art scene in the mid-1990s, Francesco Vezzoli (*1971, Brescia, Italy) has successfully enlisted celebrities to take part at his mega-spectacles: he cast Milla Jovovich, Courtney Love and Helen Mirren in a trailer for an non-existent remix of the X-rated…
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Objects are at the core of the art of Mathieu Mercier (*1970, France). Fascinated by the utopian modernist project of Total Art which seeks to integrate art to our everyday life, and the opposite Duchampian gesture of Ready-Made which aims at transposing a common object into art, Mathieu Mercier redefines the position of the objects (often common household and…
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Sébastien Délire (*1974), artist on strike since he started the D&T Project gallery in September 2010 with Gregory Thirion (*1978), who has himself turned down a museum curatorial position to concretize the project with D. Why so? You might ask. A dream comes true. They would reply. The two met in a party in 2009…
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It was a surreal experience visiting the art collection of William Lim, a renowned architect known for his innovative and aesthetical designs. In the interview, William shares with us his collecting experiences and his observations of the Hong Kong contemporary art scene and collecting culture.
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In art, it’s important to have two things: Curiosity and Ambition.Loris Gréaud (*1979) has both, and he lives them up splendidly. His child-like obsession with objects and knowledge leads him to a desire to fuse different disciplines and practices in a manner that is characterized as “both futuristic and utopian”. A candy without taste, a…
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Despite his emphasis that it’s not his intention to shock or offend the public, Andres Serrano’s work is often proved to be far more provocative than he ever intended. In this interview, we talk about his photography series “Holy Works”, as well as his aesthetics and his religion.
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