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Museum architecture – on form and content

Tel-Aviv Museum of Art new wing Nowhere is the connection between art and design more prominent than in the architecture of art museums. The idea of the museum as a secular shrine that attracts art...

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For sale: second hand from a celebrity

Is it worth being a celebrity? Ask Eric Clapton! Yesterday he sold his watch for 3.4 million dollars. Last month Sotheby’s auctioned a painting by Gerhard Richter from his collection. It sold for 34...

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Gangnam style craze

Can you believe it? Last July, A south Korean rap singer named Psy uploads a video clip of his latest song and within four months it becomes the most viewed item ever published on Youtube! This morning...

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The wandering art collectors

The art hype this weekend is focused on Miami where the Art Basel Miami Beach (or ABMB for short) takes place. What makes art fairs so important and attractive? Considering that these mega events are...

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Art in crisis

Julianne Swartz Portrait bubble Despite the glitzy image of the art world and the record breaking prices that hit the news in the past year, behind the scenes, the art world is suffering from a crisis...

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The Jerusalem syndrome

The current exhibition at Stern Gallery brings Jerusalem to Tel-Aviv. This is an almost subversive act, considering the invisible yet established artistic barrier that has existed for the past century...

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Collecting art – for love or money?

Why on earth do people buy art? For love? For money? This appears to be a baffling question for those who don’t have the collecting bug (or gene, as some call it). The concept of paying sometimes...

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The power of symbolic value

Let’s say you are Catholic and maybe even Argentinian. You may have been familiar with the name of the Archbishop of Buenos Aires but not actually paid much attention to the man. Then one day – he...

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Marina Abramovic’ – present continuous

There is something magnetising about Marina Abramovic’s face — a combination of strength and sensitivity with a touch of sadness and mystery. This is the face of the most documented performance artist...

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Experiencing Christo and his Floating Piers

Yes, I was there. I too, walked on Christo’s Floating piers. It’s such a rare pleasure to be at the right place at the right time in our perpetual state of missing out, so typical of an existence...

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