Jil Sander SS26: Simone Bellotti’s debut was an ode to minimalism

The simplest painting in the Tate Modern is an ultramarine blue rectangle, Yves Klein’s IKB 79, painted in 1959. Famously, ‘IKB’ stands for his trademark, patented colour, International Klein Blue, and the painting at the Tate is one of around 200 monochromatic works using the shade. The French artist’s mission was to create the precise shade of blue that, for him, symbolised pure freedom, while immersing the viewer in uninterruptedhellip;

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