Artcation this Summer in Marfa, Texas
Expansive; in a word, that is how best to describe the vast land that careens outside one’s window while circumnavigating Texas. It is also a visual equivalency for the amount of influential…
LISTE at Art Basel: The Art Fair for a New Generation of Artists & Collectors
Art Basel, the acclaimed international art fair whose provocations in the art market are notable for their stylistic and commercial influence, premiered this past weekend June 13th - 18th in Messe Basel,…
How to Spot Artists Worth Collecting
One of the hardest things to determine when starting your art collection is how to spot artists worth collecting. Should you grab the latest creation from an artist with the highest Instagram…
Top International Contemporary Artists of 2017
Most global art market sales, split almost evenly between Asia, Europe and the Americas, are secured by antique and art dealers, according to the latest TEFAF art market report. At the top…
Auctions & Art Collecting in the Digital Age
In its 2016 online art trade report, Bermuda-based insurance provider Hiscox estimated that by 2020 the online art market will be worth $9.58 billion. Leading auction houses have taken hold of the…
Pieter Schoolwerth ‘Model as Painting’ Suggests We Play
Pieter Schoolwerth’s new show, Model as Painting, at Miguel Abreu Gallery in New York is a strange and intoxicating journey into the chaos of the mundane, or perhaps the mundanity of chaos…
What Artist Is the Highest Selling at Auction?
Most people would respond to that question with some of the biggest names in art, but odds are they’d get it wrong. It’s not Basquiat, it’s not Modigliani, Miró, Warhol, Rothko, or…
The Modern Rise of Dansaekhwa
Lee Fan, From Point, 1976. Artwork Copyright Lee Ufan. The mysterious movement of Dansaekhwa was born in the Republic of Korea in the early 1970s. Although at the time it didn’t actually…
Potentially Record Breaking Rockefeller Art Collection Going to Auction at Christie’s
Arthur Lavine/Rockefeller Estate Peggy and David Rockefeller spent decades acquiring and building up one of the most fascinating art collections in the world. Now, it is time for the collection to find…
Raymond Pettibone: “Th’ Explosiyv Shoyrt T”
Artwork copyright Raymond Pettibon/ David Zwirner. Photographed by John Tilley. The Raymond Pettibon show at David Zwirner is a whirlwind of work. Occupying the interesting gallery space that feels a bit like…