A series, an exhibition, a biography – everything that the editorial staff recommends to see and read this week.
Tom Holland, the serial killer version Crowded room
How did Danny Sullivan (Tom Holland) become involved in the 1979 shooting at New York’s Rockefeller Center? This is what subtle psychologist Ria Goodwin (Amanda Seyfried) will try to discover by going back to the suspect’s past. Interspersed with a series of interrogations interspersed with the hero’s memories, Crowded room slowly builds up its story so as not to let the viewer down. The result is a gripping psychological thriller in which actor Tom Holland, who also executive produces the series, transforms into a kind of unsettling Joker, and in which he takes on a dark and complex character for the first time. Inspired by the real-life Billy Milligan, who was arrested for rape in the 1970s and diagnosed with dissociative identity disorder, the series is also reminiscent of M. Night Shyamalan’s movie. A split, adapted from the same story. As Tom Holland confided in an interview, playing Danny Sullivan allowed him to better manage his own mental health, including recognizing stress triggers. Indeed, the young actor revealed in Spider-Man quit social media in August 2022 for his psychological well-being. MG:
Crowded roomcreated by Akiva Goldsman, 10 episodes, with Tom Holland, Amanda Seyfried, Emmy Rossum… on Apple TV+.
Xavier Veilhan, at the Perrotin Gallery
The Bird n°1 by Xavier Veilhan, 2023. 40 x 40 x 2.5 cm VEILHAN ADAGP, Paris, 2023. Courtesy of the artist and Perrotin.
We know his exploits: the red kiss “Rhino” that spins in the hall of the Center Pompidou, the ultraviolet “Coach” that roams the courtyard of the Palace of Versailles, the veneer sculptures that renew the statuary art. Starting? He was the artist representing France at the 57th Venice Biennale in 2017 with his Studio Venezia, a participatory recording space at the intersection of disciplines. It should be noted right off the bat that DJ Xavier Weihan mixes both at Tokyo Nightclub and on the roof of Marseille’s Cité radieuse when he’s not on stage as Required numbers (2019), a show created with skater Steven Thomson and set designer Alexis Bertrand. For his solo exhibition at Galerie Perrotin, titled fashion portraitHe presents alongside a series of blurred sculptures by Marchetti and a series of other works that invite external objects that are part of his everyday life, such as a racing motorcycle, an armchair by Vico Magistretti, a cello by Yu Lin. Um, a studio chair by Rick Owens… The artist who painted while in custody has gone from his famous veneer sculptures to something more organic. Confession. “It is common to associate the concept of freedom with the artist’s practice. For me, rather encounters, people, objects or technologies shape what you will discover. CL:
“Xavier Veilhan. Portrait Mode,” until July 29 at Galerie Perrotin, Paris.
Visual and enthusiastic
Gustave Caillebotte, Unknown Impressionist, by Stephanie Chardot-Bottery. Editions Fayard. Press
It is a fascinating story that lies at the heart of the Impressionists, from their beginnings in disgrace and poverty. Among them is Gustave Caillebotte, a visionary and innovative artist, the first collector and patron of his age. Caillebotte pays and holds a regatta on the Seine. Their paintings are finally flying, Durand-Ruel and his American buyers have something to do with it. The Caillebotte collection is dizzying. When he died in 1894, the state and his little marquis gave up and squandered his original bequest of 66 paintings by Degas, Cézanne, Manet, Monet…retaining only 38. What a pity. His great-granddaughter, a connoisseur of 19th-century works, signs an almost intimate work on the life of a little-known and yet central enthusiast. VB:
Gustave CaillebotteUnknown Impressionist, by Stephanie Chardeau-Botteri. Editions Fayard. 364 p. 24 €.
Source: Le Figaro
