Artist

Hard-to-find art pieces, limited and unique: Cultural entrepreneur launches new online Design+Art destination

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What contemporary art and design should offer today in terms of experience and possibilities? Beatrice Trussardi, renowned cultural entrepreneur and President of the Nicola Trussardi Foundation, debuts the new Design+Art section on YOOX, the online luxury destination for fashion, design and art. For the new Design+Art area, Beatrice Trussardi has selected a compelling assortment of … Read more

CEOs from Apple, Rimowa, LVMH, and Alibaba in the jury for first LVMH Innovation Award at Viva Technology 2017

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The biggest luxury group of the world announces jury for first LVMH Innovation Award at Viva Technology 2017. This year VivaTech will welcome 50,000 attendees from around the world including 5,000 startups, 1,000 investors, and 400 speakers with names like Eric Schmidt, John Collison, Jeff Immelt and Daniel Zhang. The second edition of Viva Technology … Read more

Jean-Michel Basquiat breaks US art record with £85m sale

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Painting by Basquiat, who died aged 27, is most expensive at auction of any US artist, also breaking record for a black artist

On the edge of madness: the terrors and genius of Alberto Giacometti

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He drank with Sartre, mocked Picasso and took silent walks with Beckett – but his work was going nowhere until a vision on Boulevard Montparnasse left him trembling. Ahead of a major Tate show, we explore the obsessions of Giacometti

Ruinart Artist 2017: Jaume Plensa is Ruinart’s artist of the year

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The champagne house continues its artistic reinterpretations with Jaume Plensa. You can’t spell Ruinart without ‘art’. Ruinart chooses sculptor Jaume Plensa for new artistic reinterpretation. Catalan sculptor Jaume Plensa is known for his exploration of the relationship between the words and the body. His silhouettes of seated or kneeling human bodies are composed of letters. … Read more