Private View: Yves Klein at Blenheim Palace

Scattered among the sumptuous scenery of Oxfordshire’s Blenheim Palace are bolts of shocking blue: the tell-tale signature of French artist Yves Klein’s lifetime obsession with a remarkable hue that he himself mixed and owned. From pure color-fields to coated objects and paintings, this powerful pigment contrasts creatively with the array of deep, rich, and glittering colors within the landmark property which has, as the Blenheim Art Foundation, exhibited work by the likes of Ai Wei Wei, Jenny Holzer, and M