Installation view: Rachel Maclean’s “The Enchantment of Reason” at Josh Lilley, London. Courtesy the artist and Josh Lilley Even as A.I.’s integration into daily life continues, visual artists remain divided over a central question: is its use legitimate in artistic creation? Other creative sectors—including video production, graphic design, photo editing, fashion design, architecture and product … Read more
The restored 13th-century farmhouse where the IDA hosts its semi-annual headquarters. Courtesy IDA IDA is a four-year-old Parisian consultancy agency specializing in the development of art collections, exhibitions, ad hoc commissions and events, primarily connecting commercial institutions with artists. But founders Florence Marmesi, a French art consultant who came through Sotheby’s and Artcurial, and Camilla … Read more
Since its founding in 2022, Civil Art has raised more than $755,000 to create over 140 opportunities for API artists. Photo: Bochun Cheng Asian Americans account for only 1 percent of reported cultural engagement, making them the least supported community in New York. Civil Art—an organization that supports API artists, art writers, and cultural professionals—was … Read more
Future Fair and 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair ran a short walk from each other in Chelsea. Courtesy Future Fair Colette LaVette at Gillian Jason Colette LaVette, Umbilical Roots, 2026. Courtesy the artist and Gillian Jason A solo booth dedicated to LaVette by London gallery Gillian Jason was extremely well received and sold out almost … Read more
Richard Diebenkorn, Cityscape #11963. Oil on canvas, 60 1/4 x 50 1/2 inches. SFMOMA Collection © Richard Diebenkorn Foundation In the golden age of air travel in the early 1950s, people first saw aerial views that revealed the defined lines and rectangles of farmers’ fields. For Richard Diebenkorn (1922-1993), this geometry was captured in his … Read more
Artist Leo Robinson has been awarded an unconditional Fellowship from the Arts Foundation in 2025. Photo: Anne Tetzlaff For emerging artists, the path to a sustainable career has rarely seemed so narrow. In the wake of the pandemic, amid a prolonged cost-of-living crisis and years of declining public investment, artists are facing increasingly difficult decisions … Read more
Great king sofa Written by Donald Drobertson (2024). Courtesy of the artist and PRINT/The Book Agency For decades, high-level studies have been the ultimate flex in the art world. An imprint issued by a top-tier publisher was a final stamp of legitimacy, indicating that an artist’s work had “arrived” with enough appeal to merit serious … Read more
American actress, singer and fashion icon Zendaya for LOUIS VUITTON X MURAKAMI, CHAPTER 3. Photo: Inez van Lamsweerde & Vinoodh Matadin Can you tell the time on that Swatch watch, or does the look of splattered paint on the dial and wristband make the time hard to see—or perhaps irrelevant? Swatch, which for 40 years … Read more
There are at least 15 rock and metal artists that were newly eligible for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2026 but weren’t nominated. The Hall just shared the nominees for the Class of 2026 earlier today (Feb. 25). Of the 17 nominees, 10 have appeared on the ballot for the very first … Read more
More artists have canceled scheduled shows at the Kennedy Center after President Donald Trump’s name was added to the facility, with jazz giant The Cookers pulling out of a planned New Year’s Eve concert, and the foundation’s president said the cancellations contradicted artists’ unwillingness to see their music as crossing lines of political disparity. The … Read more