Comedian Adam Conover Says the Art Market Is a Scam. Here’s What He Gets Right—and Wrong.
Posted: Sunday August 13, 2017
Is he aiming for accuracy, or just truthiness? by Brian Boucher for artnet news, August 10, 2017 Is the art market no more than a playground for snobs and crooks? The comedian Adam Conover certainly thinks so. He makes the case in a five-minute video released yesterday as the latest in his web
Here Are 5 Art-Themed Day Trips for Summer’s Dog Days
Posted: Saturday August 12, 2017
Whether you're in New York, Boston, Los Angeles, San Francisco, or Chicago, these short city getaways are like field trips for art lovers. by Henri Neuendorf for artnet news, August 9, 2017 You know it’s road-trip season when the galleries have switched to summer hours, and the streets are empty on weekends, as everyone
Kiss the Crown! Basquiat Dethroned These 5 American Artists With His $110.5M Record
Posted: Saturday May 20, 2017
The upstart dethroned canonical figures in the history of American art. Jean-Michel Basquiat, the legendary New York graffiti artist-turned-art world phenomenon, captured the record for the top-selling American artist at auction at Sotheby’s New York Thursday night, cementing his place in a market pantheon by $110.5 million. Market valuation and
Why Are Leonardo DiCaprio's Characters Running Around Frieze?
Posted: Saturday May 6, 2017
By Loney Abrams for Artspace.com You may have already heard the rumor: that a bunch of Leonardo DiCaprio impersonators are wandering around Frieze. If you have, then you're already part of the performance piece, which lists its materials as "characters, impersonations, rumors." Orchestrated by artist Dora Budor, the performance involves three
ArtHamptons 2017 Has Been Canceled
Posted: Wednesday April 12, 2017
The Georgia-based tradeshow company Urban Expositions has canceled the tenth edition of its ArtHamptons fair, previously slated for June in Bridgehampton, NY, according to a representative of the company. Although there has been no official statement on the cancellation — the fair’s website says only, “2017 Dates Postponed” — the
The Radical Message behind Henry Darger’s Transgender Child Superheroes
Posted: Wednesday April 12, 2017
Henry Darger Again running from forest flame (left), At Jennie Turner Vivian Girls being captured - Hanging scene (right), 1910-1970 "Henry Darger" at Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris (2015) Artsy Editorial By ALEXXA GOTTHARDT If the artist and writer Henry Darger had superpowers like the characters in his artworks,
7 Art-World Breakups That Changed Art History
Posted: Tuesday February 14, 2017
BY NOELLE BODICK for ARTINFO | FEBRUARY 13, 2017 Forget love this Valentine’s Day. Crumbling relationships and emotional wreckage are often what birth artistic productivity, much more so than illusions of happily-ever-after. Here’s a look at some of the most tumultuous breakups that resulted in complete personal abasement and misery —
Oprah Sells Famed Gustav Klimt Portrait for $150 Million
Posted: Thursday February 9, 2017
Sarah Cascone, February 8, 2017 Gustav Klimt, Adele Bloch-Bauer II (1912), detail. Courtesy of the Neue Galerie. Oprah Winfrey made a pretty penny selling Gustav Klimt‘s Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer II (1912) for $150 million in 2016, reports Katya Kazakina for Bloomberg. The buyer is allegedly an unidentified Chinese collector, who pulled
The Problem with Art Funds
Posted: Tuesday January 10, 2017
Artsy editorial by Anny Shaw. The idea of art as an investment vehicle has been gaining momentum in recent years, and with it a proliferation of art funds. The first fund dates back to 1974, when the British Rail Pension Fund invested in more than 2,500 works of art over
Here Are 11 All-Important Things to Do Before Leaving Art School
Posted: Sunday December 18, 2016
by Loney Abrams for Artspace Graduating from art school means transitioning from the comfort of campus-provided studio space, access to production facilities, and a climate of constant feedback, criticism, and support to... well, having zero of those things. Abstaining from these perks cold-turkey can feel like quite the plunge—but luckily there