Art World Want to See an Art Fair in One Hour or Less? Here Are 5 Ruthlessly Tactical Tips From Veteran Viewers Prepare to be ruthless. By Janelle Zara, May 17, 2022
Artnet News Pro There’s Plenty of Business Done at Biennales. Here’s How the Art Market Does a Delicate Dance in Venice Sure, it’s not all about sales—but it’s at least a little about sales. By Janelle Zara, Apr 19, 2022
Art World Bring a Jacket, Embrace the Taco Truck, and Don’t Be Early: Art-Worlders Offer Their Best Tips for Navigating L.A. Like a Pro Ahead of Frieze Los Angeles, local experts offered their best advice for tackling the City of Angels. By Janelle Zara, Feb 15, 2022
People Remembering bell hooks, Whose Approachable Yet Pointed Writings Laid the Ground for Intersectional Art Criticism The writer and theorist, who died this week, was instrumental in cracking open the white, western canon for Black artists. By Janelle Zara, Dec 17, 2021
Art Fairs Are Elbow Taps Acceptable? Should We Make Small Talk in a Mask? Here Are the New Rules of Art-Fair Etiquette in 2021 Don't panic, we've got you. By Janelle Zara, Nov 29, 2021
Museums After Nearly a Decade of Planning, the Academy Museum of Moving Pictures Is Ready for Its Close Up—and It’s Not Hiding Its Flaws The $482 million, 300,000-square-foot facility aims to move away from a singular story of American cinema. Will the public buy it? By Janelle Zara, Sep 22, 2021
Artnet News Pro The Outsider’s Insider: How an Art Dealer With No Experience Became One of the Most Influential Advocates for Overlooked Talent Adam Shopkorn of Fort Gansevoort has taken the road less traveled to art-world success. Knowing the right people helped him find his way. By Janelle Zara, Aug 23, 2021
Pop Culture Britney Spears, Allegory of the 20th Century? How the Misunderstood Pop Star Has Inspired Visual Artists as an Avatar of the Early Aughts Long before the culture at large began to re-evaluate Britney Spears, artists were incorporating her likeness into their work. By Janelle Zara, Jul 12, 2021
People Meet Artist Kandis Williams, Whose Poetic Work Has a Sharp, Cerebral, and Radically Political Edge Williams weaves through histories and unearths long ignored narratives. By Janelle Zara, Mar 5, 2021
People Black Lives Matter Co-Founder Patrisse Cullors Mourns Ahmaud Arbery in Her Latest Performance—and Offers Some Activist Advice for the Art World The artist and activist debuted her new performance in Los Angeles. By Janelle Zara, Jun 18, 2020
Reviews Rem Koolhaas’s Frequently Obnoxious ‘Countryside’ Exhibition at the Guggenheim Prizes Navel-Gazing Over Relevance The most lauded architect of our lifetimes delivers literal and figurative wallpaper. By Janelle Zara, Mar 16, 2020
Art World A Brief History of Perishable Art: How Darren Bader’s Divisive Fruit Salad at the Whitney Fits Into a Ripe Tradition From Yoko Ono to Maurizio Cattelan, artists have made lasting statements that have limited shelf life. By Janelle Zara, Jan 28, 2020
People The Rubell Effect: How the Miami Couple Brought the Midas Touch to Generations of Young Artists As Don and Mera Rubell prepare to open their newly expanded museum in Miami's Allapattah neighborhood, we examine their formidable legacy. By Janelle Zara, Dec 3, 2019
People ‘Even If You Don’t Get All the Details, You Can Still Follow Along’: How Charles Gaines Taught a Generation of Artists Gaines is currently offering a free lecture series at Hauser & Wirth in conjunction with his first show at the gallery. By Janelle Zara, Oct 7, 2019
People The Condition of ‘Have-Not-Ness’: Why Performance Artist Pope.L Puts His Body on the Line and Embraces Vulnerability The artist is the subject of three New York exhibitions this fall. By Janelle Zara, Sep 26, 2019
