Jehan Legac

On the covered gaze: from Byzantine icons to Jehan Legac's Vision Within. Texto en español | Texte en français Vision Within begins with a contradiction: a figure that faces you completely, and cannot see you at all. The eyes are covered, not erased, not absent, but deliberately obscured by a band of stitched brocade. That gesture, covering the eyes while the face remains forward, has a long history; it is older than painting. The blindfold as a sacred instrument In Byzantine iconography, the...

Attracting bidders from the US, Asia and beyond, our 20th and 21st Century Art auctions sold 96% by lot and 99% by value. Jackson Pollock’s Number 7A, 1948 achieved $181.2 million, Constantin Brancusi’s Danaïde realised $107.6 million and Mark Rothko’s No. 15 (Two Greens and Red Stripe) sold for $98.4 million — all three masterpieces set new world auction records. The sheer scale of recent transactions is staggering. One piece of correspondence noted the significance of New York's $2.5...

La Caverne du Pont Neuf (2026). Anything goes to get noticed. Creating something ugly requires the same energy as creating something beautiful, but lately "ugly" is in the spotlight. We could say that the uglier it is, the greater the chance of success. JR, a new artist who came out of nowhere, confirms this rule with a new black and white printed cave installation on one of the most beautiful bridges in Paris and undoubtedly the oldest. Is it really reasonable to offer such a setting to...