Smithsonian - In May of 1889, in the depths of a mental health crisis, Vincent van Gogh retreated to an asylum in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, in southern France. - read more ...
Hyperallergic - Vasily Kandinsky, seated before her in the shadows, was thrilled by this whiff of alien atmosphere. Indeed, he seemed to have been transported to another world. - read more ...
Hyperallergic - Phishers reportedly hacked into the Twitter account of digital artist Mike Winkelmann, who goes by the artist name Beeple and who skyrocketed to fame after selling a non-fungible token (NFT) for...
NY Times - Inigo Philbrick pleaded guilty to fraud in deals involving works by Jean-Michel Basquiat, Christopher Wool and others. Prosecutors said he took advantage of the art market’s opacity. - read more ...
domus - In Denver, construction works have begun on the Populus hotel, which is inspired by the aspen trees of Colorado and will filter the atmosphere from carbon dioxide. - read more ...
domus - Are computers capable of creating art, will they ever be? In the meantime, examples of artificial art have increased considerably since the last Biennale. We talked about this with Luca Gambardella, who...
domus - Two thousand years later, the fascination of the way of life of an ancient Bedouin people comes to the present day, amidst the contradictions of mass tourism and the ideal of a symbiosis between archit...
Artsy - Auctions prophesize the rise of art stars and identify trends in the contemporary scene through financial returns. While many spectators cast their attention toward biennials as harbingers of what is to...
NY Times - Two blockbuster weeks of marquee evening sales ended in Manhattan on Thursday night with doubleheader Sotheby’s auctions of rising stars and established contemporary names that raised a combined $283...
artsy - On the same day that the Dow dropped 1,100 points, Phillips’s 20th-century and contemporary art evening sale netted a company best of $225 million in sales. Much was uncertain entering the spring New Y...