Judith Benhamou-Huet

Judith Benhamou-Huet
Born Judith Benhamou-Huet
France
Occupation journalist, independent curator, author
Language French, English
Nationality French
Genre art history, art

Judith Benhamou-Huet is a French journalist, independent curator[1] and author specializing in art and the art market.[2] She is a weekly columnist for the French newspaper Les Échos[3] and the magazine Le Point.[4] Benhamou-Huet is the author of several books, namely Art Business (2001),[5] published in English with the title The Worth of Art,[6] followed in 2007 by Art Business (2),[7] and The Worth of Art (2), books that analyze the principles of valuation in the contemporary art market.[8] Recently she wrote a biographical account about the artist Robert Mapplethorpe Dans la vie noire et blanche de Robert Mapplethorpe[9]

Career

Writing

Judith Benhamou-Huet was born and raised in France.[5] She is a weekly columnist for the French newspaper Les Échos[3] and the magazine Le Point.[4] She is also involved in Les Echos TV[10] where she speaks every week about an exhibition.[11]

Benhamou-Huet is the author of several books, namely Art Business in 2001,[5] published in English with the title The Worth of Art,[6] followed in 2007 by Art Business (2) [7] and The Worth of Art (2) that analyze the principles of valuation in the contemporary art market.[8]

In 2008, she authored Global Collectors, a book written in both French and English and published by Phébus in which she profiled 120 international art collectors.[12] In 2012 she wrote Les artistes ont toujours aimé l'argent. D'Albrecht Durer à Damien Hirst,[13] a study of notable artists throughout history and their relationship to money, published by Grasset.[8][14]

In 2014, Judith wrote a biographical account about Robert Mapplethorpe called Dans la vie noire et blanche de Robert Mapplethorpe[15] after having interviewed forty persons who knew the artist. She also published a survey of interviews about Robert Mapplethorpe giving unique accounts about the life and intimacy of the artist by relatives, friends,curators and boy friends in Mapplethorpe vivant, réponse à des questions.[16]

Curator

As an independent curator, in 2009 Benhamou-Huet produced an exhibition titled “Warhol TV”[8] in which she explored Andy Warhol's connection to television,[17] and also wrote the exhibition catalogue.[18] “Warhol TV” was exhibited in Paris in 2009 at La Maison Rouge,[19] home to the Antoine de Galbert foundation (ISBN 978-2-9533753-0-5),[20] the Berardo Museum in Lisbon in 2010 (ISBN 978-989-31-0004-2), and in several sites in Brazil including Rio de Janeiro (Oi Futuro Flamengo), Belo Horizonte (Oi Futoro) and São Paulo (Sesc Pinheiros) (ISBN 978-85-7820-057-2).[21]

In 2014, Benhamou-Huet was co-curator of the exhibition "Mapplethorpe-Rodin" at Musée Rodin in Paris and associated curator for the Robert Mapplethorpe retrospective at Grand Palais.

Publishing history

Releases by Judith Benhamou-Huet
Year Title Publisher ISBN
2001 Art business : Le marché de l'art ou l'art du marché[5][22] (French) Assouline ISBN 978-2-84323-305-0
2001 The Worth of Art: Pricing the Priceless[6] Assouline ISBN 978-2-84323-284-8
2006 Femme Cuillière Cinq Sens ISBN 978-2-95262-390-2
2008 Art Business (2)[7] (French) Assouline ISBN 978-2-7594-0146-8
2008 The Worth of Art (2) Assouline ISBN 978-2-7594-0147-5
2008 Global Collectors[12] (English) (French) Phoebus / Senses ISBN 978-2-7529-0328-0
2009 21st-Century Embroidery in India: In Their Hands Prestel Publishing ISBN 978-3-7913-4229-0
2010 Les œuvres d'Art les plus chères du monde (French) Éditions du Chêne ISBN 978-2-8123-0263-3
2012 Les artistes ont toujours aimé l'argent (French) Grasset ISBN 978-2-2467-6981-1
2014 Mapplethorpe, vivant - réponse à des questions (French) Les Presses du réel ISBN 978-2-84066-655-4
2014 Dans la vie noire et blanche de Robert Mapplethorpe (French) Grasset ISBN 978-2-24680-506-9

References

  1. ↑ Hussonnois Alaya, Celine (June 6, 2012). "Perched Interview: Artistic Confessions by Judith Benhamou-Huet". Stiletto (in French). Retrieved 2013-09-25.
  2. ↑ "The International Contemporary Art Fair 2009 opens in Paris". TV5Monde (in French) (JT TV5MONDE). October 22, 2009. Retrieved 2013-09-25.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Judith Benhamou-Huet: Blog posts". Les Echos (in French). Retrieved 2013-09-25.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Articles by Judith Benhamou-Huet". Le Point (in French). Retrieved 2013-09-25.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 "Art business. The art market and the art market". Paris Art (in French). Retrieved 2013-09-25.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Judith, Benhamou (November 2001). The Worth of Art: Pricing the Priceless. Assouline. ISBN 978-2-84323-284-8.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Benhamou-Huet, Judith (October 2007). "Art business: the bottom of the art market". France Culture (in French). Retrieved 2013-09-25.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 Donner, Christophe (November 5, 2012). "The art of loving money". Le Monde (in French). Retrieved 2013-09-25.
  9. ↑ Nazanin, Lankarani. "Mapplethorpe Light and Dark". The New York Times.
  10. ↑ Beyler, Neila. "Judith Benhamou-Huet: "Van Dyck young and already great"". Les Échos TV (in French). Retrieved 2013-09-25.
  11. ↑ Beyler, Neila. "Judith Benhamou-Huet: Chagall with two faces" (in French). Les Échos TV. Retrieved 2013-09-25.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 Bellet, Harry (December 12, 2008). ""Special Collections", under the direction of Nadia Candet and "Global Collector Collectors World." Judith Benhamou-Huet: private passions". Le Monde (in French). Retrieved 2013-09-25.
  13. ↑ ""Artists have always loved money" - Judith Benhamou-Huet". France Info (in French). June 7, 2012. Retrieved 2013-09-25.
  14. ↑ Judith, Benhamou-Huet (May 2, 2012). Artists have always loved money: From Albrecht Dürer to Damien Hirst (Les artistes ont toujours aimé l'argent: D'Albrecht Dürer à Damien Hirst). Grasset. ISBN 978-2-246-76981-1.
  15. ↑ Benhamou-Huet, Judith. "Dans la vie noire et blanche de Robert Mapplethorpe". Grasset.
  16. ↑ Benhamou-Huet, Judith. "Mapplethorpe vivant, réponse à des questions". Les Presses du Réel.
  17. ↑ "Andy Warhol". Ego Design. Retrieved 2013-09-25. |first1= missing |last1= in Authors list (help)
  18. ↑ Benoit, Guillaume (April 15, 2009). "Warhol TV Exhibition". Evene (in French). Retrieved 2013-09-25.
  19. ↑ "Andy Warhol TV: Maison Rouge". Les Presses du Reel (in French). 2009. Retrieved 2013-09-25.
  20. ↑ "Warhol TV: Red House, Paris" (in French). Claudine Colin Communication. 2009. Retrieved 2013-09-25.
  21. ↑ Sautreuil, Anne-Louise (August 6, 2011). "EXPO - Warhol TV: a new look at the "Pope of Pop"". Le Petit Journal (in French). Retrieved 2013-09-25.
  22. ↑ Benhamou-Huet, Judith. "Art Business: The art market and art market" (in French). Retrieved 2013-09-25.

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