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From the Year’s Hottest Rising Stars to the Most Damning Controversies, This Was the Best and Worst of the Art World in 2019
We look back at the emerging artists who broke out, the work we loved to hate, and more.
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The end of the year marks two things: holiday vacations and list time, when websites go into a frenzy of retrospection, looking back on the year that was. Artnet News put together a boatload of end-of-year features, which we’ve gathered all together here for your convenience. From the most enlightening discoveries to the worst art we saw, take a look back at the best and worst of 2019—before we move headlong into the next.
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BEST?
Which Emerging Artist Dominated 2019? 12 Art-World Players Share Their Thoughts
Here Are the 10 Best Works of Art We Saw in 2019, as Chosen by the Artnet News Staff
We Published More Than 2,700 Stories This Year. Here Are 22 of Our Favorites
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WORST?
It Was a Year of Turmoil. Here Are the 11 Biggest Controversies That Rocked the Art World in 2019
Here Are the 8 Absolute Worst Works of Art We Saw in 2019, as Chosen by the Artnet News Staff
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