Journalist for @ArteEN, @LeMonde_EN. Writing in @BBC, @washingtonpost, @citylab, @wired, @techreview etc. Travel and translation, too. šŖšŗš«š·š¬š§
Paris/Venice
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My latest for @guardian, on the activists gearing up to welcome yet another American billionaire to Venice.
theguardian.com/world/2026/jā¦
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Jeff Bezos wealth in 2024: $194 billion
Jeff Bezos wealth in 2025: $215 billion
Jeff Bezos wealth today: $249.4 billion
Net increase in Bezos wealth since 2024: $55.4 billion
Cost of Bezosās 417-foot superyacht: $500 million
Amazon investment in "Melania": $75 million
Original Bezos purchase price of the Washington Post in 2013: $250 million
Bezos net worth in 2013: $25.2 billion
Net increase in Bezos wealth since buying the Post: $224.2 billion
Last reported annual losses of Post: $100 million
Number of years Bezos could absorb those losses with what he makes in a single week: 5
@JeffBezos
My latest piece for @ArtBasel took me 6 metres underground, to the legendary nightclub designed by David Lynch. It is just as jarring an experience as one of his films, with spooky floor lighting, weird sculptures and endless mirrors. Have a peek inside ā¤µļø artbasel.com/stories/silenciā¦
Forget Othello - Venice had a connection to Africa long before Shakespeare. I went to explore African Venice, and meet the people reviving the cityās Black history. In @washingtonpost now! washingtonpost.com/travel/20ā¦
Walk through the Marais with me in this guide I wrote for @ArtBasel. I used to live in this neighbourhood, and loved revisiting old haunts and discovering new favourites! artbasel.com/stories/airbnb-ā¦
I spoke to collector Nicoletta Fiorucci in her magnificent palazzo overlooking the Grand Canal about what collecting means to her, why she champions young artists, and what she hopes to do with her foundation's new art space in Venice. artsy.net/article/artsy-editā¦
Venice's first kunsthalle-style art centre has opened in a historic building in the heart of the city. I went to SMAC's opening in May for @TravelLeisure. travelandleisure.com/historiā¦
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In āParis Noirā, the Pompidou presents African, Caribbean and American artists who could be free in the French capital in ways denied to them at home
I reviewed the Pinault Collectionās monographic show at Punta della Dogana for @Apollo_magazine and loved it: his economy of gesture or his grotesque sculptures and fairytale creatures. SchĆ¼tte can do it all, it seems. If youāre in Venice, go!
apollo-magazine.com/thomas-sā¦
Paris Noir is huge (and in some ways, too ambitious) - but the show's strength is introducing the public to artists they may never have seen before. What a treat to discover Harold Cousins, Iba N'Diaye, Luce Turnier. My review in @Apollo_magazine.
apollo-magazine.com/paris-noā¦
What's coming up in the art world internationally? I wrote about some of this year's must-see spring shows for @artsy - obviously it was very hard to whittle it down! artsy.net/article/artsy-editā¦
Europe's former smuggling capital lies on the border between Slovenia and Italy. I went to Gorizia and Nova Gorica to learn about how these two communities are starting to put a darker part of their past behind them. Out in @thetimes now! thetimes.com/travel/destinatā¦
Uzbekistan's main draw is, of course, the history of the Silk Road. But the Uzbek government's hunger for visitors risks damaging the heritage that is bringing travellers there in the first place. Read my latest for @BBC_Travel. bbc.com/travel/article/20250ā¦
Obviously I had to post this week's episode of ARTE Europe Weekly on X...
It's all about how X is rapidly becoming a den of conspiracy theories and far right content and how @elonmusk is meddling in EU affairs.
So what can Europe do to stop him?
youtube.com/watch?v=UG5Wt_6aā¦
A few weeks before Christmas, I wrote this piece for @ArtBasel about Notre-Dame's reopening - and some of the secrets inside its walls. artbasel.com/stories/notre-dā¦
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A show of photographs and Pop art-inspired prints by the Catholic nun Corita Kent displays the artistās fun side but plays down her political fervour, writes @cfbennett2
Wrote about a new show of 'pop art nun' Corita Kent for @Apollo_magazine. For all of its preamble about her political activism, the show was almost empty of the revolution promised in the show's title.
apollo-magazine.com/corita-kā¦
Looking at Trumpās face in the audience, this feels like a villain origin story. He would spend the rest of his life seeking revenge for that night
On ne sāen lasse pas !
Le jour oĆ¹ @BarackObama a littĆ©ralement humiliĆ©, du haut de toute la classe qui le caractĆ©rise, un Donald #Trump qui lāavait bien cherchĆ© avec une fakenews dont il est coutumier, on boit du petit lait.
...vraiment Ć conserver dans les annales.