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Mathieu Cherkit - Tendrement
Semiose is delighted to open its post-summer break program with a major exhibition by Mathieu Cherkit at 44, rue Quincampoix. Featuring 15 hitherto unseen works, this first collaboration offers an overview of the work of one of the leading figures of the revival of figurative painting in France. This overview of his painting could also be seen as an overview of his life in general, given how closely his work is linked to his daily and family life. The interior scenes painted
A Quiet Measure of Light
"A Quiet Measure of Light", the first solo exhibition in France devoted to the work of American artist James Howell (1935–2014). A major figure in abstraction, James Howell developed, over more than five decades, a body of work of remarkable rigor. Throughout his career, James Howell explored the infinite variations contained within the most subtle nuances. His work is particularly renowned for his singular approach to gray, not as an absence of color, but as a territory rich
ANDREW JOVIC - THE INTERVIEW
Andrew Jovic is a Düsseldorf-based art collector and founder of the Andrew Jovic Collection, a private contemporary art collection with a particular interest in emerging and ultra-contemporary artistic positions. The collection developed from roots in Urban Art towards post-2000 painting, installation and a broader range of contemporary practices. Jovic lives in Düsseldorf with his wife, Julia, and many of the works form part of their everyday surroundings. Living with art in
Jake Wood-Evans: Between Memory and Light
Jake Wood-Evans’ painting exists in a constant dialogue with the history of art. Educated at Falmouth University and later awarded a Royal Academy scholarship to study the Old Masters at the Prado in Madrid, he developed a practice rooted in the visual language of the past, while continually pushing it towards something new. His paintings occupy an intriguing space between representation and abstraction. Historical images emerge through layers of oil, erasure and light, becom
The New Rules of Collecting Contemporary Art
The art market has changed. The collector has changed with it. For decades, collecting contemporary art was largely associated with access: access to the right galleries, the right fairs, the right dinners and, above all, the right names. Owning a work by an established artist meant more than acquiring an artwork. It meant entering a cultural circle, possessing a piece of recognition, history and status. That model has certainly not disappeared, but it is no longer the only w
Andy Denzler - The Interview
For more than three decades, Andy Denzler has challenged the boundaries of contemporary painting, transforming the instability of the image into a language of his own. Moving between figuration and abstraction, distortion and memory, his work questions the way we look, remember and interpret the world around us. His paintings also establish a continuous dialogue with art history, from the Renaissance Masters to the visual culture of the digital age. In this interview, Denzler
THE NEW COLLECTORS: What Are Collectors Actually Buying in 2026?
The art market is moving again, but the way people collect is changing. After two difficult years, global art sales returned to growth in 2025, reaching an estimated $59.6 billion, up 4% year on year. Yet the recovery has not been uniform. The strongest momentum has returned to established artists, major auctions and in-person buying, while collectors are becoming increasingly selective about where they put their money. So what is the new collector actually buying? The first
NIGHT MOVES
Five Artists Painting the Night There is a particular freedom that arrives with darkness. Familiar streets become unfamiliar, architecture begins to disappear, and artificial light takes control of the landscape. At night, reality becomes less certain. For artists, this uncertainty creates an extraordinary opportunity: the world remains recognisable, but it can be reinvented. Contemporary painting has repeatedly returned to this territory. From urban lights to mysterious land
THE ART OF WATER
Five contemporary artists who turned water into a language Few subjects are as difficult to capture in painting as water. It has no permanent shape, constantly changes with light, reflects everything around it and can appear transparent, deep, calm or violent within the same moment. Yet for centuries artists have returned to it, trying to translate something that can never truly be still. From Hokusai’s monumental wave to the swimming pools of California, water has continued
The Power of Blue: Five Artists Who Turn Colour Into a Language
Blue has never been just a colour. It can be infinite or intimate, silent or overwhelming, spiritual or physical. It can suggest the sky, the sea, darkness, distance, memory or something that has no name at all. In contemporary art, some artists have pushed this ambiguity even further, using blue not as an element of their palette but as a fundamental part of their visual identity. James Turrell, Guo Qikai, Jason Martin, Stacey Gillian Abe and Roger Hiorns approach the colour
THE JEWEL THAT DISAPPEARED
The extraordinary story of Queen Nazli’s Van Cleef & Arpels necklace On August 27, 2026, a piece of twentieth-century jewellery history disappeared from a museum in Vienna. During the exhibition GLANZSTÜCKE: Van Cleef & Arpels High Jewelry × Masterpieces from the MAK Collection, two thieves entered the Museum of Applied Arts, broke a display case and escaped with one of the exhibition’s most historically significant objects: a diamond necklace that once belonged to Queen Nazl
Meet the Curator Zirui Zhuang
IDA Looking back at the beginning of your journey, what first drew you to the art world, and when did you realize that you wanted to turn that passion into a profession and become a curator? ZZ What first drew me was never the art market or the white cube of the gallery, but the silent invitation that a work extends to its viewer. That decisive moment came when I first walked into Gagosian and saw Francis Bacon’s exhibition Couplings. Those distorted, intertwined figures were
A Collector’s Vision: Roberto Rumi and Rumi Art Space
On the shores of Lake Como, Rumi Art Space brings together collecting, exhibitions and artistic residencies within a former workshop transformed into a space for contemporary art. Founded by collector Roberto Rumi, the project offers artists the opportunity to live and work in Dongo, allowing their practices to develop through a direct relationship with the space, the landscape and the slower rhythm of the territory. In this interview, we explore the vision behind Rumi Art Sp
The Dog in Art: Five Times Man’s Best Friend Stole the Scene
There is something almost democratic about the presence of dogs in art. Kings have been painted with them, merchants have displayed them beside their wealth, artists have transformed them into symbols of devotion, and contemporary culture has turned them into celebrities in their own right. Yet the dog has rarely been a simple accessory. Across centuries of art history, its presence has carried ideas about loyalty, status, intimacy, violence, mortality and even the nature of
Game, Set, Art: Why Tennis Is Taking Over Contemporary Painting
Tennis has always had an unusual relationship with art. Unlike many other sports, it offers artists something more than an image of physical competition: it offers geometry, rhythm, repetition, colour, spectatorship and a highly recognisable visual language. The court itself becomes a composition, its lines creating an almost ready-made abstract structure, while the movement of the players introduces an element of choreography. Now, that relationship is experiencing a new mom
South Asian Art Is Entering a New Chapter
For years, South Asian art occupied a particular position within the international art market: deeply established among regional and diaspora collectors, but still relatively peripheral to the wider global collecting conversation. That is changing. In 2026, a combination of strong auction results, renewed scholarship, institutional attention and a new generation of increasingly informed collectors is pushing South Asian art into a much more visible position on the internation
OUT OF ART GALLERY: A DIFFERENT WAY OF LIVING WITH ART
Their vision, their approach, and the idea behind bringing art into the home With an approach that goes beyond the traditional gallery, Out of Art Gallery brings modern and contemporary art into everyday spaces, creating a more intimate dialogue between artworks, environments and collectors. Through its different locations in Copenhagen, the gallery offers a personal way of experiencing and collecting art, grounded in quality, research and historical context. For The New Coll
Why Young Galleries Matter More Than Ever
The future of contemporary art may not be found in the biggest galleries. It may be found in the smallest rooms, the youngest programmes and the people willing to take a chance before everyone else does. For years, the art market has been structured around a familiar hierarchy. Established galleries represented established artists, major fairs provided the international stage and collectors often looked towards names whose reputations had already been secured by museums, inst
Paris in Autumn: The Exhibitions Shaping the Art Season
As Paris prepares to enter one of the most important moments of its cultural calendar, the autumn 2026 exhibition programme offers collectors far more than a sequence of major museum shows. Across the city, exhibitions devoted to Kerry James Marshall, Andy Warhol, Paul Cézanne, Claude Monet and Gustave Fayet reveal different ways of looking at artistic legacy, collecting and the evolution of contemporary painting. For collectors, these are not simply exhibitions to visit. The
Venice Biennale 2026
How to See Venice Through a Collector’s Eyes Every two years, Venice becomes one of the most important places in the world for anyone interested in contemporary art. For a few months, the city transforms into a vast exhibition space, where national pavilions, historic palaces, foundations, galleries and independent projects coexist with the official exhibition of La Biennale. For collectors, however, the Biennale is much more than an opportunity to see hundreds of artworks in
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