Le Journal

Ellsworth Kelly’s iconic, colorful abstract shapes are born from a variety of influences. A year before his death, Phaidon released a new book and talked with Kelly about the key themes that drive his work. Through these lovely short interviews, we not only get touching personal accounts about ...

Chun Kwang Young is an artist who actively sought for a mode of expression that would be authentic to him and his native background. Shortly after he graduated from Hongik University in 1968 with a Bachelors of Fine Arts, Chun relocated to the United States to further his education. Despite the ...

You have been very active in the world of art since a young age, having been born into a family of successful art dealers. Tell us about your early experiences in the art business, and what inspired you to remain involved over the years. Serge Tiroche: I was born in Israel where my father had ...

Pablo Reinoso’s black steel sculptures that twist along the Gillet pier in Lyon, France are a whimsical combination of form and function. The ribbon-like construction creates loose loops and knots that gather through mooring rings and spiral inside alcoves. At points along the wall, the steel ...

Influenced by his Egyptian heritage, Yves Dana’s stone sculptures suggest an archeological artifact emerging from a minimalist form. Whether it’s an organic form sprouting up from a geometric shape or the idea of man-made objects being liberated from the rock around it, his sculptures are both ...

In May of 2015, internationally acclaimed sculptor Jedd Novatt accompanied the installation of his work Chaos Toledo at Anthony Road, Singapore. In the video, Novatt describes previous works and how the specifics of this environment influenced the creation of this piece. It’s interesting to see ...

A lot of debate centered around modern and contemporary art has been based on the problem of meaning. Since the demise of representational art, philosophers and art critics have wrestled with the problem of finding meaning in the abstract. From Emmanuel Kant to Roland Barthes, Clement Greenberg to ...

Your passion for art collecting started with African art. What was the turning point that made you want to devote the collection to contemporary art and when did the adventure begin? Nothing was planned really. In 2007, we happened to be walking around FIAC (French International Contemporary Art ...

Chen Guangwu produces only calligraphy. His approach is simply the act of writing a word. And repeating it, and then repeating other words similar to it. Simple though his work may appear, there is nothing simple about the art of calligraphy upon which it is based. This is a skill acquired ...

Art historian Michael Peppiatt, occasionally relates an anecdote of his time at Cambridge, studying art history in the 1960s. Briefly summarised, the curriculum didn’t think much of anything after the Renaissance, viewing everything since as a long, slow decline from that glorious golden age, a ...

The exploration of boundaries is an endeavour that many have tried their hand at in this age of literacy. During the Renaissance period, clear and defined boundaries were created to compartmentalize different categories and movements of art. For example, the Impressionists followed a guideline of ...

Acclaimed American artist Peter Halley’s distinctive geometric paintings are visual icons of the unprecedented physical isolation and oppression that characterize our urbanized and digitalized age. His minimalist iconography of cellblocks connected by conduit motifs evokes post-industrial ...