Lucas Art Talks

1. Courtesy of Art Basel, 2025 Art Basel. V. 2025       In its 2025 edition, Art Basel returned once again to Messeplatz in the heart of Basel, bringing together over 280 galleries from 40 countries across its main sectors: Galleries, Feature, Statements, and Unlimited. Yet this year’s edition unfolded with a different kind of gravity. While the 2023 and 2024 fairs suggested a post-pandemic stabilization, 2025 marked a deeper recalibration of what collectors seek, how galleries present, and what art is being asked to confront in a world where the pace of crisis has become a given. 2.  Courtesy of Art Basel, 2025 Galleries in focus: Strategy over spectacle       Inside the central hall, the  Galleries  sector at Art Basel 2025 took a more thoughtful turn. Instead of relying on huge, flashy installations to catch attention, many galleries chose to present quieter, more focused displays.      Hauser & Wirth brou...

1. Exhibition view, Photo : Louisiana Museum of Modern Art / Camilla Stephan Robert Longo, showing down the images...        In an age dominated by a constant stream of images, notifications, and content that becomes obsolete in an instant, Robert Longo's work stands as a radical meditation on time, and memory. A key figure in the "Pictures Generation" alongside Cindy Sherman and Richard Prince, the American artist (born in 1953 in Brooklyn) merges a profound commitment to the image with a reflection on the artist's responsibilities in the face of contemporary crises.      The exhibition at the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art (April 11 – August 31, 2025), in partnership with the Albertina in Vienna, is the first major retrospective of Longo's work in Scandinavia. It brings together 53 works produced between 1978 and 2024, on loan from institutions and private collections in Europe and the United States. The exhibition retraces the artist's major series,...