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Artpress December 2014 Issue Features Jeff Koons, David Altmejd, Lynda Benglis

publication · 2026-04-23

The December 2014 issue of Artpress (No. 417) includes a diverse range of content. Catherine Millet's editorial reflects on waiting for an ideal world. Anaël Pigeat reviews Virgil Vernier's film 'Mercuriales'. The exhibitions section covers the 31st São Paulo Biennial, Su-Mei Tse, Gilles Furtwängler, the 4th Rennes Biennial 'Play Time', and private Flemish collections, among others. Félix Rehm interviews Jean-Charles Hue. Robert Storr writes on Jeff Koons. Richard Leydier interviews David Altmejd. Ashita Nagesh revisits Lynda Benglis's female phallus 40 years on. Beatriz Preciado discusses the trans-gender body as a Dada object. Introducing features Enrique Ramírez by Dominique Baqué and Mary Reid Kelley by Raphael Cuir. Dork Zabunyan writes on stopping the spectacle. Book reviews cover Ruwen Ogien, Nicolas de Staël, Siegfried Kracauer, Gilles Tremblay, Wang Bing, Alain Veinstein, and a new genre of image in text. Anaël Pigeat reports on the reopening of Villa Kujoyama in Kyoto. Catherine Francblin discusses Staffan Ahrenberg and Cahiers d'Art. The issue also includes a drawn chronicle by Clo'e Floirat, an interview with Frédéric Migayrou on Frank Gehry's cities, and notes on the 16th Ricard Foundation Prize in Paris, L'archipel in Sète, Le fil des possibles in Mouans-Sartoux, and the Montreal Biennale.

Key facts

  • Issue No. 417 of Artpress, December 2014.
  • Editorial by Catherine Millet.
  • Film review of 'Mercuriales' by Virgil Vernier.
  • 31st São Paulo Biennial covered.
  • Interview with Jean-Charles Hue by Félix Rehm.
  • Essay on Jeff Koons by Robert Storr.
  • Interview with David Altmejd by Richard Leydier.
  • Article on Lynda Benglis by Ashita Nagesh.
  • Text on trans-gender body by Beatriz Preciado.
  • Feature on Enrique Ramírez by Dominique Baqué.
  • Feature on Mary Reid Kelley by Raphael Cuir.
  • Article by Dork Zabunyan on stopping the spectacle.
  • Book reviews on Ruwen Ogien, Nicolas de Staël, Siegfried Kracauer, Gilles Tremblay, Wang Bing, Alain Veinstein.
  • Report on reopening of Villa Kujoyama in Kyoto by Anaël Pigeat.
  • Article on Staffan Ahrenberg and Cahiers d'Art by Catherine Francblin.
  • Chronicle by Clo'e Floirat.
  • Interview with Frédéric Migayrou on Frank Gehry.
  • 16th Ricard Foundation Prize in Paris.
  • Exhibition 'L'archipel' in Sète.
  • Exhibition 'Le fil des possibles' in Mouans-Sartoux.
  • Montreal Biennale 'L'avenir (Looking Forward)'.

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  • São Paulo
  • Brazil
  • Rennes
  • France
  • Kyoto
  • Japan
  • Paris
  • Sète
  • Mouans-Sartoux
  • Montreal
  • Canada
  • Lausanne
  • Switzerland
  • Berlin
  • Germany
  • Toulouse
  • Metz
  • Singapore
  • New York City
  • New York
  • United States
  • Lyon
  • Venice
  • Italy
  • Milan
  • Montrouge
  • Colombia
  • Moscow
  • Russia
  • Istanbul
  • Turkey

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