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Nicolas Lefeuvre was born in France in 1975 and now lives and works in Lisbon (Portugal). After completing his studies studies at Beaux-Arts in Rennes (France) and his architecture\/product design qualification at Camondo in Paris, Lefeuvre left to travel around Asia for almost a year. In 2001, he opened a creative studio and gallery in Singapore, providing design services and art direction for brands and hosting art exhibitions. In 2004, he became the Creative Director for Chanel, a role which sent him to Tokyo, Japan, where he had his first solo show. After five years in Japan, Lefeuvre moved to…<\/p>\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div>
By Melanie Damani, Hottinger Art Andrew Pierre Hart is an inter-disciplinary artist based in London. The main focus of Hart’s work is the symbiotic relationship between sound and painting, an ongoing rhythmic research and play of improvised and spontaneous generative processes using various mediums: sound, video, performance, movement, collaboration, found object and image, language, photography and installation. Hart was born and lives in London. He holds a BA from Chelsea College of Art and recently received a MA in painting from the Royal College of Art. He was also a winner of the Tiffany and Co x Outset studio prize…<\/p>\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div>
By Melanie Damani, Hottinger Art Karen Tronel explores the absurd and the humorous within everyday objects, beings, social conventions, common verbal expressions, behaviors\u00a0and perception\/construction of gender, by looking at these through an alternative or distanced angle with a view to widening \u00a0perspective. The works involve very diverse processes spanning painting, sculpture, large-scale installation and digital drawing, combining a variety of materials, mediums and techniques (eg. bronze casting, wood carving, photography, ceramics, sound, various forms of projection and film) with a strong emphasis on experimentation. she also introduce interactive elements into the work, offering opportunities for the viewer to engage. The…<\/p>\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div>
By Melanie Damani, Hottinger Art Xenia Busalova, born in 1979 in USSR, lives and works in London and graduated from the Royal College of Arts. Every night, when the day is gone, she makes one matchstick from porcelain. Those matchsticks appear ceaselessly, one a day, composing the linear sequence of passage of time. These simple objects, divested of their function and abstracted from any practicality, take on a strictly subjective concept. The fundamental venture of this collection is to translate real yet intangible time into the tangible form of archiving. It is about the claustrophobia of time that deprives us…<\/p>\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div>
By Laure Henicz, Hottinger Art The global art market may be weakening, but the Christmas season is only just beginning for bargain hunters. Here is a short overview of auction house trends and some clues as to collectors\u2019 next moves. After four years of consistent growth and some spectacular developments, \u2013 notably the Salvatore Mundi, which sold for $450 million in 2017, and the dazzling 2018 sale of the Rockefeller collection \u2013 the global art market began to slow down in 2019. Brexit, the US-China trade war, issues in the Middle East and escalating tensions in Hong-Kong have created a…<\/p>\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div>
By Melanie Damani, Hottinger Art The art of taking a leap of faith and making it to Broadway Padraig McCaul Padraig McCaul (b.1963) is an artist from Dublin who works and lives with his family on Achill Island. His work is very much influenced by the incredible landscape and cultural heritage of West Ireland and the Wild Atlantic Way. This unique setting provides him with an unlimited source of inspiration. As the seasons, days, and hours change constantly in this part of the world, the artist is able to play with light and colour in an endless manner. In…<\/p>\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div>
By Melanie Damani, Hottinger Art The Market The past 5 to 7 years have seen a\u00a0rise of interest in African contemporary art. Whilst this market, combined\u00a0with the South American market, still represents less than 4% of a global market totalling $63.7bn, it has shown significant growth from $21m in 2016 to around $40m in 2018 (according to the Deloitte Art & Finance\u00a0Report 2017 and Art Basel and UBS’ Global Art Market Report 2019). Bonhams was a pioneer in this regard – its “Africa Now” sale takes place twice a year and held 65% of market share until 2015. Sotheby’s London…<\/p>\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div>
By Melanie Damani, Hottinger Art On the second day of VIP pre-opening at the Venice Biennial, queues are still long to enter the main venues: Giardini and Arsenale, as well as popular pavillions – including French and British – and any other exhibitions in the town centre. The Georg Baselitz exhibition at the Galleria dell’ Accademia has been especially popular. Is it worth the wait? There is evident debate this year around the quality of works presented and the buzz created around them. Arsenale Traditionally, the Arsenale represents an important space displaying artists in the form of a group show….<\/p>\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div>
By Melanie Damani, Hottinger Art Yesterday marked the first day of pre-opening for the 58th Venice Biennale curated by Ralph Rugoff, currently the director of the Hayward Gallery in London. The Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement has been awarded to artist, performer, essayist and poet, Jimmie Durham (b. 1940). The acknowledgment will be presented on Saturday, 11th May 2019 by a Jury chaired by Stephanie Rosenthal (Germany). The title of the Biennale “May You Live in Interesting Times” is purported to refer to an ancient Chinese curse and was mentioned in a speech by Sir Austen Chamberlain in 1930s. Chamberlain…<\/p>\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div>
By Melanie Damani, Hottinger Art Notre-Dame de Paris is in the Archdiocese of Paris and lead by Monseigneur Michel Aupetit. 13 million people flock to Notre-Dame each year, making it the most visited monument in Europe. It is also used as a the starting point (“point zero”) to measure distances to and from Paris. The cathedral is 856 years old. Construction started in 1160 under Bishop Maurice de Sully and was completed by 1260. Several modifications were made over the ensuing centuries. Notre-Dame de Paris represents one of the finest examples of French Gothic architecture. In the 1790s, Notre-Dame suffered…<\/p>\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div>
By Melanie Damani, Art Consultant, Hottinger Art (II\/III Series on Avant-Garde Painting) Futurism is the avant-garde movement of Italy, founded in Milan in 1909 by Filippo Tommaso Marinetti. He led the movement for over 30 years until his death in 1944. Marinetti started by publishing his Manifesto of Futurism on 5 February 1909 in La gazzetta dell’Emilia. The same article was then reproduced in the French newspaper Le Figaro on Saturday 20 February 1909. The aim of Futurism was to embrace modernity in every way possible. Soon, young and insurgent artists such as Umberto Boccioni (1882-1916), Carlo Carr\u00e0 (1881-1966), Giacomo…<\/p>\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div>