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...
What Are NFTs, Anyway? One Just Sold for $69 Million.
NY Times - The artist Mike Winkelmann, also known as Beeple, has just sold an NFT at a record-breaking $69.3 million, the third-highest price achieved by a living artist. The sale, at Christie’s, for the purely...
Why the Art World Needs a Clear Marker for What the ‘End of the Pandemic’ Means
artnet news - Our columnist explores US medical experts' thinking on how to define when to lift public-health restrictions. - read more...
Art Biennials Are Carbon Catastrophes
artnet news- A recent count on the Biennial Foundation’s directory listed over 270 cities that host their own bi-yearly art event. That’s 270 cities around the world that become packed full of international art...