Politics Russia’s War on Ukraine Raises Alarm Bells in Other Former Soviet Nations—Here Is How Their Cultural Sectors Are Mobilizing The current invasion of Ukraine has reignited a “collective trauma” of Soviet occupation for those living in the shadow of Russia. By Kate Brown, Mar 22, 2022
Galleries Mendes Wood DM Gallery Is Banking on Pop-Up Shows in the World’s Most Beautiful Homes. So Far, It’s Working In the past two years, the gallery has held exhibitions in a 17th-century Dutch church and a famed architect's home in Connecticut. By Kate Brown, Mar 17, 2022
Sustainability ‘Everything We Have, We Lose’: Activist and Artist Jenny Kendler on Climate Grief, and What Artists Can Do for the Planet The Chicago-based artist is a founder of Artists Commit, an organization that helps galleries, artists, and institutions adopt sustainable practices. By Kate Brown, Mar 11, 2022
Museums & Institutions Are Two Museum Directors Better Than One? One of Germany’s Biggest Contemporary Art Complexes Is About to Find Out Till Fellrath and Sam Bardaouil, the new co-directors of the Hamburger Bahnhof in Berlin, have been working together since 2008. By Kate Brown, Mar 9, 2022
Studio Visit How Hungarian Artist Zsófia Keresztes Manages the Deadline Pressures of Venice, and Why Videos of Seals Calm Her Nerves Each week leading up to the Venice Biennale, we bring you into the studio of an artist preparing to show in and around the Giardini. By Kate Brown, Mar 9, 2022
Artnet News Pro The War in Ukraine Didn’t Dampen Sales at Art Genève, and Some Dealers Are Giving Proceeds to Relief Efforts Pace Geneva donated all of its proceeds from the fair to aid Ukraine. By Kate Brown, Mar 7, 2022
Art & Exhibitions The Artists and Curator Behind the Russia Pavilion Have Pulled Out of the Venice Biennale Amid the Ongoing War in Ukraine The pavilion of the Russian Federation will remain closed during this year's Venice Biennale. By Kate Brown, Feb 28, 2022
Studio Visit Flora Yukhnovich Has Rapidly Become One of the Hottest Artists in the World. We Toured Her Studio Ahead of Her New Solo Show We spoke to the British painter about why most of her works leave her feeling disappointed, her current mood board, and more. By Kate Brown, Feb 28, 2022
Politics ‘I Am Not Running From My Home’: Pavlo Makov, the Artist Representing Ukraine in the Venice Biennale, on Selling Art to Help Arm the Front Lines Makov spoke to Artnet News from his home in Ukraine's second-largest city, where he is sheltering with his family. By Kate Brown, Feb 24, 2022
NFTs ‘We Reappropriated What Belongs to Us’: Congolese Artists Minted NFTs of a Colonial-Era Sculpture—and the Museum That Owns It Is Not Happy The collective has also built a museum where it hopes to one day exhibit the important piece of Congolese history. By Kate Brown, Feb 22, 2022
People The Visionary Artist Dan Graham, Who Was Known For His Glass Pavilions and Astrological Prowess, Has Died at 79 Graham famously disowned the term "conceptual art." By Kate Brown, Feb 21, 2022
Politics A Chorus of Prominent Artists and Museum Directors Blast the Funding of a New Berlin Art Center as ‘Scandalous’ Some 650 prominent figures, including Hito Steyerl and Kader Attia, are protesting the new Kunsthalle Berlin and the "Smerling System." By Kate Brown, Feb 18, 2022
Artnet News Pro These Mid-Size Art Galleries Are Punching Way Above Their Weight. How? By Sharing Profits and Production Costs Prohibitively expensive projects become much more feasible with shared resources. By Kate Brown, Feb 15, 2022
Studio Visit To Make His Pocket-Sized Artworks, Curtis Talwst Santiago Needs Silence. But Things Get Loud When He Goes Into Painting Mode The Trinidadian-Canadian artist creates micro-dioramas in old jewelry boxes and vividly colored paintings that conjure intimate histories. By Kate Brown, Feb 15, 2022
Art & Exhibitions Is It Time to Rethink the Art Exhibition? An Upstart Nonprofit Is Doing Just That With Radical Pop-Up Shows Across Berlin LAS has been roving across some of Berlin's most iconic venues with ambitious artistic projects. By Kate Brown, Feb 11, 2022