The Art Angle
The Art World's Octopus Teacher
Have you ever asked yourself: What do artists have to learn from the octopus? Maybe not—but the question is at the heart of the work of Miriam Simun, ...
A Crypto Billionaire's Lawsuit, Koons’s Hulk Blasts Back,' the Art Basel Awards
It's been a minute, but we're back with our Round-Up episode, where we parse and discuss some of the biggest stories going on around the art world, an...
The New Rules of Subculture
There is nothing that Artnet’s Art Critic Ben Davis likes better than finding a name for a phenomenon that’s all around him, but that he doesn’t have ...
How to Curate a Life: Lessons From 3 Art World Tastemakers
Spring art week just wrapped in New York City. Known for its extravagant floral displays and signature oysters and champagne, TEFAF is the fair with a...
How Painters Today Are Reframing… the Frame
Almost by definition, the frame of a picture is something that you are not supposed to notice. But if you go to the art galleries to look at painting...
Megastar Artist Kent Monkman Is Rewriting Colonial Narratives on Canvas
Kent Monkman is one of the most vital and provocative voices in contemporary painting. Based between Toronto and New York, and a member of the Fisher ...
Re-Air: How Textiles Took Over the Art World
This week we are running a re-air of an interview with the curator and writer Elisa Auther about the fascinating history of fiber art and its recent r...
Trump: Cultural Offensive or Offensive Culture?
To say that the last few months have been chaos in the United States would most definitely be an understatement. Since Donald J. Trump's return to off...
The Rise of the Red-Chip Art World
In a recent essay, Artnet writer Annie Armstrong spotlighted a chaotic new force in the art world: red-chip art. It’s the brash, chrome-dipped, algori...
What’s Holding Women Back in the Arts—And How Can We Fix It?
This week, we’re taking on a subject that affects the majority of the arts workforce— gender inequity in the industry. Women make up the backbone of t...