Artists to Watch: Future Fair and 1-54’s Best Discoveries

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

Artists to Know: The Exacting Nuance of Richard Diebenkorn

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

Trust-Based Funding Works. Why Are Artists Still Living in Precarity?

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

In Luxury Arts Publishing, Artists Are Reclaiming the Narrative

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

When It Comes to Licensing, Some Artists Cash in and Others Push Back

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

15 Rock + Metal Artists Newly Eligible for the Rock Hall in 2026 – Jimmy Star’s World

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

Kennedy Center renaming prompts new round of cancellations from artists

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

New Music App Helping Artists Sell Tickets and Create Merch – Jimmy Star’s World

To draw his K-pop fan army onto the new OpenWav app, pop singer Kevin Woo schooled his nearly 4.4 million social-media followers on how it works. Then he sold stuff to them: $10,000 worth of hoodies and water bottles and $1,200 worth of tickets to a Los Angeles listening party in March for his single … Read more

Award-winning country artists to perform alongside professional bull riders at CSU

Denver (KDVR)-This summer will include a two-day event at Colorado State University this summer, from famous rural artists along with a professional bull riding. CSU announced on Wednesday that the Grammy Prize -winning Tim McGaru and the Platinum Platinum Rural artist will top the title “Best of the West” for professionals. A full list of … Read more

Denver Young Artists Orchestra and Colorado Symphony perform at Denver Health

Denver (KDVR) – music is said to be the comprehensive language. Whether it is happy or sad, regardless of the mood, there is always a song to suit it. Music can have a coding effect and a treatment for things that can only be felt not to see. Denver’s historic hotel, which was called the … Read more