Speech on the Brillo scandal, `L’Après Pontus´—the Brillo Scandal, at Centre Pompidou:s 2-day symposium Colloque International: Pontus Hultén. Retour à la source, Grand Palais, Paris, 20-21 November, 2025. It was the first time that the Brillo scandal was addressed in Paris. Film from the speech coming.
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My entry for the catalog for Centre Pompidou:s blockbuster exhibition Niki de Saint Phalle, Jean Tinguely, Pontus Hultén, presented in the Grand Palais in Paris June 2025-January 2026. The catalog (and the text) is available to order in French and English editions.
Paris launch of Pontus Hultén—den moderna konstens anförare.
Paris launch of my biography Pontus Hultén—den moderna konstens anförare (original Swedish edition) at the Institut Suédois in Marais in Paris, 22 October, 2022. I was most happy that all of the Centre Pompidou leadership attended, marking the start of our collaborat…
Brutally Hultén: discussion on Pontus Hultén with Daniel Birnbaum and guest of honor Kasper König
A great discussion for invited an audience at artist Carsten Höller’s conceptual restaurant Brutalisten in Stockholm . Our guest of honor was legend German curator and museum director Kasper König, Pontus Hultén’s younger collaborator, who sadly passed not long after. The discussion was moderated by Daniel Birnbaum.
Original Stockholm book launch Pontus Hultén—den moderna konstens anförare
Our splendid release cocktail for Pontus Hultén—den moderna konstens anförare. Hosten by my publisher Albert Bonniers Förlag at their Nedre Manilla mansion, Royal Djurgården. After party at “Lägenheten,” Sturehof restaurant, Stockholm, 1 September, 2022. A beautiful memory for life!
Pontus Hultén lecture at the symposium Pontus Hultén—une légende en question
See my lecture 1.36 into video!