Le Journal Interviews

How has technology changed the art market? After many years running successful galleries in Switzerland and Asia, we noticed habits had changed dramatically. In the past, collectors were often exclusive to a single dealer or a gallery, but the web radically changed the art market. Collectors now ...

Posted: March 30th, 2016

Category: Interviews

What are the key things we should know about ArtAndOnly? ArtAndOnly is an innovative sales platform specializing in contemporary art across many disciplines. With a focus on quality and a carefully curated selection of unique work by emerging and established talent, ArtAndOnly makes buying and ...

Posted: March 17th, 2016

Category: Interviews

About Armen Agop Age: 47   |   Nationality:  Egyptian   |   Passion:  Life   |   Influencers:  The sun Worse project:  I forgot it  |  Greatest achievement:  I haven’t achieved it yet  |   Future dreams: Awareness You were born in Egypt from Armenian descent. You are now ...

Posted: March 5th, 2016

Category: Interviews, News, Voices

You have been very active in the world of art since a young age, having been born into a family of successful art dealers. Tell us about your early experiences in the art business, and what inspired you to remain involved over the years. Serge Tiroche: I was born in Israel where my father had ...

Posted: February 19th, 2016

Category: Interviews, Market, News

Your passion for art collecting started with African art. What was the turning point that made you want to devote the collection to contemporary art and when did the adventure begin? Nothing was planned really. In 2007, we happened to be walking around FIAC (French International Contemporary Art ...

Posted: February 4th, 2016

Category: Interviews

Andy Hei About the Makings of a Successful International Art Fair. So how does one get to become the director of an art fair? Before I started this fair in 2006, I was helping different dealers with their involvement in other similar fairs, so I started from standing in the booth and helping to ...

Posted: February 2nd, 2016

Category: Exhibitions, Interviews, Market

Coming from France and then living in China, their aesthetic styles and the histories of their aesthetic traditions are very different, and yet you have managed to combine them together seamlessly. How hard was that for you to take something from both sides and be able to bring it together?Fabienne ...

Posted: February 2nd, 2016

Category: Interviews

Jiten Thukral and Sumir Tagra are a dynamic artist duo based in Delhi, who have been collaborating since 2004. Trained in design, their work incorporates symbols and images from popular culture which appeals to a global audience, addressing universal themes of identity, consumerism and change. The ...

Posted: February 2nd, 2016

Category: Interviews, News

Born in 1975 in Lisbon, Adriana Molder has developed a unique body of work consisting of black and white portraits using India ink on tracing paper. Inspired by iconic figures mostly taken from films, Adriana Molder continues to incorporate in her work various references from literature to ...

Posted: January 27th, 2016

Category: Interviews

You have been collecting art for more than 30 years and you share this passion with your wife Catriona. How did it start and what was the first artwork you bought? Simon Mordant: I grew up in London and didn’t have an artistic upbringing. I bought my first picture when I was a teenager at a ...

Posted: January 27th, 2016

Category: Interviews

For Chinese artist Nan Qi, building his art perspective took him along a pathway dotted with Chinese and Western ideas and ideology. When you ponder upon it, everything evolves from a single atom, building into a molecule, an entity, a thought, a community, a collaboration, a society, and beyond. ...

Posted: January 27th, 2016

Category: Interviews, Voices

Dane Patterson is an American artist using photo-realistic details to depict meticulously staged disarray in his drawings. He takes inspiration from objects and begins his creating process by photographing models precariously and playfully covered in random objects. With his particular drawing ...

Posted: January 26th, 2016

Category: Interviews