Artists Jessie Makinson’s Kaleidoscopic Paintings Are Brimming With Art Historical Footnotes The sought-after British artist walked us through her new solo exhibition 'Bad sleeper' at New York's Lyles & King. By Katie White, Nov 16, 2023
Artists How Did Illusionist Jeanette Andrews Get Her First Museum Show? The Answer Involves C.I.A. Mind Control The artist and illusionist is presenting new works inspired by magic and espionage in "Smoke and Mirrors" at the Boca Raton Museum in Florida. By Katie White, Nov 15, 2023
Studio Visit L.A. Artist Craig Kucia Paints Curious Contraptions That Defy Logic The artist's New York debut, "Machines to Solve Unsolvable Problems," is on view at Shrine through December 9. By Katie White, Nov 13, 2023
Studio Visit In Her Home Studio, Soft-Sculpture Artist MiKyoung Lee Gives Form to Twist Ties, Pipe Cleaners, and Thread The artist’s debut museum exhibition “Threading Memories” is now on view at the Princeton University Art Museum. By Katie White, Nov 6, 2023
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 1, 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 25, 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