Theodora Poulot

Thorntorn Dial at Edel Assanti

Thornton Dial’s first UK solo exhibition of large-scale paintings and assemblages, ‘From Bessemer to the Cosmos’, is a reflection on the African-American experience across the twentieth century and beyond. […]
Joseph Beuys at Thaddeus Ropac

Interested in the natural sciences from childhood and enrolled in the Hitler Youth (membership was compulsory at the time), Beuys developed a body of work in which visceral warmth and… […]
Art Collaboration Kyoto: Between Globalisation and Glocalisation (Extract)

In recent years, debates surrounding the future of art fairs have shifted beyond questions of scale and expansion. As art fairs have become a central infrastructure of the contemporary art… […]
How compatible is the Western mega-gallery model with Japan’s contemporary art ecosystem? (Extract)

Mega-galleries have become the dominant infrastructure of the global art market, reshaping how artists, collectors, and institutions operate. With branches across continents, ever-expanding artist rosters, and financial power few can… […]
Reviewed Work: Categorization of Contemporary Art Collectors in Japan (Extract)

Wasano and Onishi’s study represents the first large-scale empirical attempt to classify contemporary art collectors in Japan according to their motivations and psychographic traits. Using a mixed-methods approach, Wasano and… […]
“To The Country”, A Salon Exhibition

As assistant curator of The Salon, a series of private artist salons held across London, New York, and Paris, I am pleased to announce our forthcoming exhibition, To the Country,… […]
Analysis of Kanō Tan’yū’s Eight Views of the Xiao and Xiang Rivers and the Making of an Early Edo Art Market

Few names hold as much weight in the history of Japanese art as the Kanō family and the influential school that bore their name. Founded in the fifteenth century by… […]
RUTEN – In Memory of Takehiko Sugawara

From October 9 to November 8, Galerie Tamenaga Paris presents a commemorative retrospective on the works of Takehiko Sugawara. The artist, who was born in Tokyo in 1962, tragically accidentally… […]
Frieze London and Art Basel Paris: How emerging galleries pay the price of prestige

Coming back from an intense week at Frieze London, where I worked in the Focus section, I couldn’t help but compare how the two major fairs—Frieze London and Art Basel… […]