Kate Lee and Clovis Lima Jr. Photo Zenith Richards. The new generation of art collectors wants to go beyond the ownership of artwork to have a deeper impact on artists’ careers while feeling like they are part of a story and helping to foster a community built around creative exchange and shared passions. It’s an … Read more
What’s a footballer to do when he has a great move on the table and his manager won’t let him go? It’s a position that many professional players find themselves in at some stage or another – and for Michail Antonio, it was particularly frustrating given his chairman and manager were at odds as to … Read more
Jacob Arthur. Zach Hilty/BFA.com Aspen succeeds each summer in attracting art lovers and collectors from across the country through a near-perfect synergy: a cooler, more relaxed mountain escape, a boutique, easy-to-navigate fair that grows more international with each edition and a smart, ambitious museum that has prioritized bringing leading artists to town through site-specific programming … Read more
Damian Davis’ “Hedges and Edges: Barbershops, Community Gardens” opens July 18 at the Southampton African American Museum, presented by the Hamptons Black Arts Council. Carlos Hernandez 2025 Storm Ascher has a reputation for wearing multiple hats: gallery owner, curator, artist, and community organizer among them. She has long championed the power of art to transform … Read more
Mayor Zohran Mamdani and City Councilwoman Julie Menin announced the 2027 fiscal year budget in a Tuesday press conference. Screenshot from Youtube When Zohran Mamdani was elected mayor of New York last November, much of the art world welcomed the news with hope. The fact that his wife, Rama Duwaji, is herself an artist deepened … Read more
The flute septet, viibra, formed in 2016 for Björk’s Utopia. Courtesy the Reykjavík Arts Festival Art historian and curator Paco Barragán makes a compelling argument that biennials negotiate a set of contradictions: “It is at once local and global, political and aesthetic, critical and institutional, temporary and perennial. Its success, however, comes at the cost … Read more
Echoes on the wall Featuring Ingrid Silva, Elias Rey and Vinicius Freire, with Pareidolia By Rosalind Tallmadge in Carvalho, New York. Courtesy of the artist and Carvalho, New York; Image by Quinn Wharton Arts organizations across the country are facing a real crisis, one that has been growing for decades. Attendance declined while costs rose. … Read more
Eddie Roche, Alan Cumming and Cynthia Rowley. Matteo Brandoni / BFA.com The New York Academy of Art’s annual benefit is the rare gala evening that transcends the formalities of the auditorium and puts art front and center. Last week, cocktail-wielding guests strolled through the Academy’s studios, interacting directly with the newest group of talented MFA … 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
Austin – Austinians will get an opportunity to explore the city’s music and art in October to celebrate the month of national arts and humanities, a country that has been at the country to recognize the importance of creativity in our societies. ACME and its partners said in a statement that it will host events, … Read more