Numéro Art 9

The committed artist has become a global star in two decades, summoning African-American identity and history, revolt and culture in his work. Numéro art also met with the legend Georg Baselitz, who will be honored at the Centre Pompidou this fall with a highly anticipated retrospective. Bernard Blistène, curator of the exhibition and honorary director of the Museum of Modern Art, and Fabrice Hergott, director of the Museum of Modern Art of the City of Paris, testify in our pages about the importance of the German artist in the history of contemporary art.

The Frenchman summons Creole quimbois, occult powers and US rap imagery in his hallucinatory and powerful paintings. Numéro Art also met up with British star Anish Kapoor in his studio to view his bloody and visceral works, which took Venice by storm during a brilliant two-part exhibition. Lastly, this issue pays homage to the renowned painter Marlene Dumas, whose carnal canvases masterfully create an enchanting mix between light and shadow in Venice’s Palazzo Grassi.

Soon to appear in Pedro Almodóvar's new film, La Chambre d'à côté (due for release January 8, 2025) and Joshua Oppenheimer's latest feature, The End (December 6, 2024), the British actress spoke to Numéro about these latest projects.