Love and Loss is the third ‘Inside Job’ staff exhibition. For reasons we don’t need to be reminded of; like so many other events, it had to be postponed from its earlier scheduling. Though no limitations on performance, sound and…
“The Curse of the Snake”
In 1846, the French sculptor Jean-Baptiste Auguste Clésinger (1814-1883) was an unknown artist. One year later, he acquired sudden and lasting fame. This astonishing mutation illustrates the media power exerted by the public scandal in the world of the arts…
Master of lights and shadows Johannes Vermeer
Johannes Vermeer. I thought to myself: OK, this is a good time to write something about this painter, and in fact about his achievements. Only in such cases do I always have concerns about whether it makes sense when so…
Jean-Pierre Sergent & Thierry Savatier AT THE BESANÇON FINE ART & ARCHAEOLOGY MUSEUM – Interview
INTERVIEW-TALK BETWEEN ARTIST JEAN-PIERRE SERGENT AND ART HISTORIAN THIERRY SAVATIER IN FRONT OF THE FOUR PILLARS OF HEAVEN EXHIBITION AT THE BESANÇON FINE ART & ARCHAEOLOGY MUSEUM | JULY 2nd 2021 Transcription of the filmed Interview between Jean-Pierre Sergent and…