People Digital Art Star Refik Anadol’s First Supporters Were in the Tech World. All of a Sudden, His Work Has Become White-Hot at Auction, Too The former artist-in-residence at Google says developing new ideas requires working across disciplinary boundaries. By Dorian Batycka, May 18, 2022
People In the 1980s, Thomas Bayrle Rented a Xerox Machine by the Hour to Make Blasphemous Artworks. He’s Still Pushing Buttons Today The celebrated German artist has two solo exhibitions on view in Berlin. By Kate Brown, May 15, 2022
People ‘I Was Terrified’: British Pop Star Robbie Williams on Stepping Out of His Comfort Zone to Show His Paintings to the World The singer and newly minted visual artist says he and creative partner Ed Godrich have "a thousand ideas" for future projects. By Vivienne Chow, May 13, 2022
People ‘A Lot of My Work Is Very Tough’: Watch Photographer Richard Misrach Mine His Archive to Find Beauty Hidden in Suffering As part of a collaboration with Art21, hear news-making artists describe their inspirations in their own words. By Caroline Goldstein, May 12, 2022
People So Much For Brotherly Love: Jake Chapman Splits From Brother Dinos to Forge a Solo Career With New London Show Noel and Liam Gallagher have nothing on the YBA artists. By Amah-Rose Abrams, May 12, 2022
People Two Visual Artists, Winfred Rembert and Raven Chacon, Have Been Awarded Pulitzer Prizes for Biography and Music Rembert survived seven years on a chain gang and used his experiences in his art, and Navajo artist Chacon gives voice to the voiceless. By Amah-Rose Abrams, May 10, 2022
People Audiences Can’t Get Enough of California Artist Chelsea Ryoko Wong’s Paintings of Simple, Everyday Joys The San Francisco artist has a string of strong recent shows. By Jennifer Piejko, May 8, 2022
People ‘If This Doesn’t Touch You, I Have Failed’: Watch Louise Bourgeois Demonstrate How She Sculpted Her Own Hands As part of a collaboration with Art21, hear news-making artists describe their inspirations in their own words. By Artnet News, May 5, 2022
People Artist Duo Jakob Lena Knebl and Ashley Hans Scheirl Make Instagram-Friendly Installations That They Hope Will Start a Social Revolution The duo is representing Austria at the Venice Biennale. By Naomi Rea, May 4, 2022
People Aww! New York’s New Cultural Commissioner Said Yes to a Surprise Marriage Proposal on the Met Gala’s Red Carpet Last Night The Met Gala is also where Donald Trump proposed to Melania. By Artnet News, May 3, 2022
People ‘I Was Angry and I Sewed’: Sterling Ruby on How Growing Up in Small-Town America Drove Him to Make Art—and Break the Rules The artist has two major presentations on view in Europe. By Hili Perlson, Apr 29, 2022
People Artist Wu Tsang Dives Into the Depths of ‘Moby Dick’ With Three Simultaneous Shows About Melville’s ‘Flamboyant, Queer’ Saga The works are on view at the Venice Biennale, the Whitney Biennial, and the Shed. By Osman Can Yerebakan, Apr 27, 2022
People ‘I Cold-Called Her’: Brooke Shields on Why She Rang Up an Emerging Artist and Volunteered to Model for Her Latest Work Shields most recently posed, with her daughters, for artist Tara Lewis. By Katie White, Apr 27, 2022
People ‘They’re All Made From Really Strong Relationships’: Watch Elle Pérez Discuss the Emotional Alchemy of Their Tender Photographs As part of a collaboration with Art21, hear news-making artists describe their inspirations in their own words. By Caroline Goldstein, Apr 21, 2022
People Hermann Nitsch, the Provocative Austrian Actionist Known For Using Blood and Animal Carcasses in His Work, Has Died at 83 One of the artist’s seminal “Actions” just went on view as part of the Venice Biennale. By Taylor Dafoe, Apr 19, 2022
