Art History There’s Much More to Caravaggio’s ‘The Cardsharps’ Than Vice. Here Are Three Facts That Offer a New Perspective on His Early Masterpiece The rarely loaned painting is now on view at the Art Institute of Chicago in "Among Friends and Rivals: Caravaggio in Rome." By Katie White, Nov 3, 2023
Valuations Salon Art & Design Director Jill Bokor Embraces Outsider Art and Calls Her Berkshires Home a ‘Blank Canvas’ for Her Collection We asked the director of New York's Salon Art + Design fair what she values in art and life. By Katie White, Nov 2, 2023
Up Next In Her ‘Lava Babies,’ Rising Artist Emma Stern Creates Rock Star Avatars Using Gaming Software and Oil Paint Stern's fantasy-based works were recently on view at Almine Rech in London. By Katie White, Nov 2, 2023
Valuations Curator and Advisor Sadaf Padder Celebrates Global Artists, Cherishes Her Grandmother’s Jhumka Earrings, and Dreams of Growing a Forest We asked the curator, writer, and founder of Alpha Arts Alliance what she values most in art and life. By Katie White, Oct 26, 2023
Studio Visit In Her New York Studio, Rising Artist Dylan Rose Rheingold Contemplates American Girlhood With Her ‘Awkward’ High School Gymnasium Scenes The artist's debut solo exhibition in Los Angeles, "Best in Show," is on view at M+B through November 18, 2023. By Katie White, Oct 24, 2023
Up Next ‘I’m Expressing My Love for a Humanity I Will Never Understand’: Rising Artist Julia Jo Gives Form to the World of Emotions The artist's solo exhibition "Swoon" is on view at Jessica Silverman, San Francisco, through November 4, 2023. By Katie White, Oct 20, 2023
Valuations Baxter St Director Jil Weinstock Rejuvenates With a Dry Cappuccino, a Walk Across Brooklyn Bridge, and the Company of Emerging Artists We spoke to the executive director of Baxter Street at Camera Club of New York about what she values in art and life. By Katie White, Oct 19, 2023
People ‘I’m Willing to Take That Risk Now’: Why Lina Iris Viktor, Famed for Her Gold-Leafed Self-Portraits, Is Embracing Abstraction The British-Liberian artist tells us how her work is transforming ahead of two important solo exhibitions slated for 2024. By Katie White, Oct 17, 2023
Studio Visit British Artist Ania Hobson Paints Cryptic Figurative Scenes at Her Studio on an Airbase Famous for a UFO Sighting The artist’s second solo exhibition with Setareh Gallery, “Deep-rooted,” is on view in Berlin through October 21, 2023. By Katie White, Oct 16, 2023
Art History What Makes ‘Olympia’ So Astoundingly Modern? Here Are 3 Things That Help Unlock Manet’s Enigmatic Canvas Historians have argued that the scandalous 1863 painting of a courtesan and her maid may have alluded to the French syphilis epidemic. By Katie White, Oct 15, 2023
Up Next Artist Sahana Ramakrishnan’s Fantastical Worlds of Wild Animals and Ocean Life Reveal ‘Moments of Universal Truth’ The artist's debut exhibition "An Ocean of Time" is now on view at New York's Fridman Gallery. By Katie White, Oct 14, 2023
Valuations Designer Robin Standefer, Making Her Art-Fair Debut at Frieze Masters, Believes in Curiosity and the Wisdom of the Past We asked the co-founder of the architecture and design studio Roman and Williams about the things she values most—in art and in life. By Katie White, Oct 12, 2023
Studio Visit In His Downtown Brooklyn Studio, Artist José Parlá Follows the Sun in the Skylights to Paint Vibrant, Colossal Works We caught up with the artist ahead of this week's opening of "Phosphene," his new show at Ben Brown Fine Arts in London. By Katie White, Oct 10, 2023
Up Next At His Paris Residency, Art-World Wunderkind Ludovic Nkoth Is Transforming ‘Moments of Being’ Into Moving Figurative Portraits This month, the artist is opening exhibitions at François Ghebaly Gallery in Los Angeles, and Le Corbusier's Maison La Roche in Paris. By Katie White, Oct 6, 2023
Valuations New York Gallerist Thorsten Albertz Splurges on ‘Beautiful Experiences’ and Thinks Instagram Is Overrated We asked the co-founder of Albertz Benda about the things he values most—in art and in life. By Katie White, Sep 28, 2023