People As Artists Look for Alternatives to the ‘Limiting’ Aspects of Figuration, Art Historian David Getsy Surveys the Landscape of Queer Abstraction “I've been interested in figuring out the histories of queer art that do not immediately announce themselves as queer," Getsy said. By Osman Can Yerebakan, Jun 29, 2022
People Painter Sam Gilliam, Celebrated for His Boldly Colored Draped Canvases, Has Died at 88 The abstract painter died at his home in Washington, D.C. By Helen Stoilas, Jun 27, 2022
People ‘I Want to Show the Conflict I Experience Within My Brain’: Young Painter Sasha Gordon on Her Tender and Menacing Self-Portraits Just one year after graduating, Gordon discusses the inspirations behind her first New York solo show, "Hands of Others." By Katie White, Jun 24, 2022
People When He Turned 50, Jason Boyd Kinsella Left an Advertising Career to Pursue Art. Two Years Later, His Paintings Are Selling for Almost $500,000 The artist cultivated the curiosity of gallerists on Instagram before turning his practice into a multinational business. By Zachary Small, Jun 22, 2022
People Hannah Levy Makes Sculptures That Look Like the Unholy Union of Corbusier and Cronenberg—and the Art World Can’t Get Enough The young sculptor’s work turned heads at this year’s Venice Biennale. By Taylor Dafoe, Jun 21, 2022
People Day in the Life: Follow Digital Artist Olive Allen as She Hits Up NFT.NYC, Poses With a Hero, and Gets Bored at ApeFest The NFT artist took us all over town, from an opening at One World Trade to the conference kickoff in Times Square. By Olive Allen, Jun 21, 2022
People How Lebanese Artist Ali Cherri Looks to Build a Better World by Digging Into Current Landscapes of War and Ecological Disaster The artist won the Silver Lion Award at this year's Venice Biennale and recently debuted his first feature at the Cannes Film Festival. By Rebecca Anne Proctor, Jun 15, 2022
People Austrian Billionaire Heidi Goëss-Horten Has Died at Age 81, Just Days After Opening Her Private Museum in Vienna The collector owned some 700 artworks. By Sarah Cascone, Jun 14, 2022
People How Type-A Market Dealmaker Brooke Lampley Became the Highly Meme-able Face of Sotheby’s Next Generation Sotheby's worldwide head of sales for global fine art talks Macklowe, Patrick Drahi, and the crypto community's fleeting obsession with her. By Annie Armstrong, Jun 12, 2022
People ‘I Felt the Lightning Right Next to Me’: Artist Lu Yang on How a Harrowing Flight Experience Led to a Breakthrough Digital Artwork We also spoke with the digital artist about what avatars can and cannot do. By Hili Perlson, Jun 8, 2022
People ‘A Dazzling and Powerful Force for Good and Change’: Friends and Colleagues Remember the Late Artist and Feminist Trailblazer Paula Rego The 87-year-old artist died today at her home in London. By Sarah Cascone, Jun 8, 2022
People Diana Zlotnick Was the L.A. Art Scene’s Original Booster. So Why Are Her Contributions in Danger of Being Lost to History? The newsletter author and keen-eyed collector left behind an alternative history of the Los Angeles art world. By Catherine Wagley, Jun 6, 2022
People Artist Cornelia Parker on How Politics Influences Her Art, and Why She Doesn’t Sell to Private Collectors The artist is currently the subject of a retrospective at Tate Britain. By Amah-Rose Abrams, May 30, 2022
People Day in the Life: Follow Serial Entrepreneur Kevin Poon as He Installs an Art Show at a Restaurant and Browses Art Basel Hong Kong The entrepreneur, art collector, and DJ documented a whirlwind day of art and reunions at Art Basel Hong Kong. By Kevin Poon, May 27, 2022
People ‘Painting Is Like Keeping a Diary’: Rising Star Cristina BanBan on Exploring Her Psyche by Depicting a World of Doppelgängers The Spanish-born painter is especially interested in depicting women. By Jennifer Piejko, May 20, 2022
