THE LIGHT FANTASTIC
Smithsonian Magazine - In the Arizona desert, James Turrell is creating one of the most ambitious artworks in American history. Here’s an exclusive look. - read more...
Yayoi Kusama wraps New York Botanical Garden trees in polka dots
de zeen - Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama has poured over a thousand mirrored balls into a pond and covered the trees of the New York Botanical Garden in polka dots as part of a park-wide exhibition. - read more ...
Unique Folk Art Recreates the World Before the Armenian Genocide
Hyperallergic - In the Armenian Museum of America, there’s a curious collection of dioramas that might represent one of the most unique forms of Armenian-American folk art. On the first floor of the Watertown, ...
Smithsonian American Art Museum and the Renwick Gallery
Smithsonian - Over the past six months as an Advanced Level Intern at SAAM, I have been engaged in a deep dive into the women artists represented in the museum’s collection. - read more ...
wrapped in calligraphy, the innovative museum of the future nears completion in dubai
designboom - defined by its soft, calligraphy-covered geometry, killa design’s museum of the future nears completion in dubai.the monumental new icon hosts an exhibition space for forward-thinking innovations....
It’s Time to Put Alice Neel in Her Rightful Place in the Pantheon
NY Times - A large retrospective feels at home in the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s grandest galleries and should silence any doubt about the artist’s originality or her importance. - read more ...
What Collectors Need to Know from the Art Market 2021 Report
artsy - The art market shrank by 22% in 2020, down from $64.4 billion in sales in 2019 to $50.1 billion last year. That drop, reported in economist Clare McAndrew’s “The Art Market 2021” report (published today...
Basquiat Brings $41.9 Million, Even Amid Digital Gold Rush
NY Times - “Warrior,” a 1982 painting by Jean-Michel Basquiat that was said to symbolize the struggles of Black men in a white-dominated world, sold for $41.9 million, with fees, at Christie’s auction house in...
NFT, or art in the age of its digital scarcity: your questions, answered
DOMUS - If you follow the digital art world at large, or even if you just follow mainstream news, you've probably heard of NFTs or Non-Fungible Tokens. What are they, and why are they suddenly all over the pl...
13 installations in the Coachella Valley desert
domus - From 12 March to 16 May in the Coachella Valley desert, in Southern California, takes place the third edition of the international art exhibition Desert X, curated by artistic director Neville Wakefield...