It’s an occasion that has shocked the world and prompted a nationwide reckoning in France: the theft of eight jewels from the Apollo Gallery of the Louvre final Sunday. Ben Luke talks to Anaël Pigeat, the editor-at-large of The Artwork Newspaper France and journalist at Paris Match, and Dale Berning Sawa, an everyday contributor to The Artwork Newspaper, in regards to the heist, the response, the political fallout and what it tells us in regards to the place of tradition in French society at this time.
Robin Rhode, Erwartung. A Performa Fee for Performa 15 Biennial
Picture © Paula Court docket. Courtesy of Performa
The Performa Biennial is celebrating its twentieth anniversary version from subsequent week, and Ben talks to its founder RoseLee Goldberg about what we will count on, and in regards to the publication of the up to date model of her traditional ebook, Efficiency Artwork: From Futurism to the Current.
Wayne McGregor, On the opposite Earth, Firm Wayne McGregor, Jasiah Marshall, 2025
Picture: Ravi-Deepres and Luke Unsworth
And this episode’s Work of the Week is On the Different Earth, a brand new set up by the choreographer Wayne McGregor. It’s unveiled subsequent week at Stone Nest in London, as a part of a significant exhibition of McGregor’s work at Somerset Home, referred to as Infinite Our bodies. Ben speaks to McGregor in regards to the set up.
The Performa Biennial 2025, varied venues, NY city, 1–23 NovemberPerformance Artwork: From Futurism to the Current, RoseLee Goldberg, Thames and Hudson, $29.95/£24.99Wayne McGregor: Infinite Our bodies, Somerset Home, London, 30 October-22 February 2026On the Different Earth, Stone Nest, London, 30 October-22 February 2026. On the Different Earth is booked in one-hour slots, go to somersethouse.org.uk for extra data
