Takashi MURAKAMI (1962)

“I must not hurt humans”… The repeated written sentence as punishment… for a robot! The installation Punishment (2017) by Filipe Vilas-Boas and Paul Coudamy features a large articulated arm “sitting” at a desk, busy copying the first fundamental law of robotics, as formulated by science fiction writer Isaac Asimov. However, artificial ‘intelligence’ in the field […]

The Japanese Contemporary Art Market has made a substantial and unexpected leap in recent months. The annual volume of turnover from Contemporary artworks on the country’s secondary market increased 48% from $6.7 million to $ 9.98 million between June 2016 and June 2017. Of course $9.98 million is a relatively small total compared with the […]

Auguste Rodin, a centenary tribute A century after his death, Paris pays Auguste RODIN (1840-1917) a tribute worthy of his genius. The Musée Rodin and the Réunion des Musées Nationaux have joined forces to organise an exhibition at the Grand Palais bringing together nearly 200 works. The exhibition not only gathers together Rodin’s greatest masterpieces but […]

An exceptional Hays donation to the Musée d’Orsay The list of major donors to French museums lengthens: to the Marcie-Rivière, Jacqueline Delubac and Pierre and Denise Lévy are now added Spencer and Marlene Hays. The Texan couple are about to give 187 works to the Musée d’Orsay. Remarkable for its consistency and high quality, the […]

Sotheby’s is pleased with its Hong Kong sales, especially after the latest (June 11, 2015) entitled Boundless: Contemporary Art, which saw nearly 60% of the lots fetch above their high estimates.