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Textile Artist Sarah Zapata Has More Than One Identity. Weaving Lets Her Bring Them All Together

The artist's work, which has already garnered institutional interest, is now heating up on the market.

By Nicole Martinez, Sep 6, 2022

People

Haneyl Choi’s Sculptures Burst With Attitude. They’ve Made Him One of the Most In-Demand Artists in Korea’s Contemporary Art World

The artist has a joint survey show at P21 and Gallery2, and a two-man show with fellow sculptor Osang Gwon at the Ilmin Museum of Art.

By Andy St. Louis, Sep 2, 2022

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Graffiti Artist Futura Was a Peer of Basquiat and Haring—and Then Left the Art World Completely. Now, at 66, He’s Making His Way Back

The graffiti legend and master of merch has an epically proportioned gallery show and much more on the horizon

By William Van Meter, Aug 31, 2022

People

Walter Robinson Remembers Charlie Finch, the Iconoclastic Critic and ‘Lifeblood’ of Artnet Magazine for 15 Years

Finch died earlier this week at age 69.

By Walter Robinson, Aug 26, 2022

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Artist Tiona Nekkia McClodden Has Three Big Concurrent Shows in New York. Here’s What’s Captivating About How She Sees the World

The filmmaker and multidisciplinary artist’s work crystalize the values, ideas, and beliefs of the African Diaspora.

By Daria Harper, Aug 24, 2022

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Supermodel Heidi Klum Has Always Been an Artist. Now, She Tells Us Why She’s Making Paintings of Bored Ape Yacht Club NFTs

The supermodel has always painted. Now, she's dropping her first NFT series.

By Sarah Cascone, Aug 21, 2022

People

Is This Scholarly British Art Professor the Real Banksy? Students on His Campus Certainly Think So

Paul Gough, the purported Banksy, has responded to the rumors on TikTok.

By Dorian Batycka, Aug 17, 2022

People

Meet Nadia Lee Cohen, an Artist Whose Astounding, Shape-Shifting Self-Portraits Are Drawing Crowds in Hollywood

The British photographer and filmmaker has collaborated with A$AP Rocky, Balenciaga, and Kim Kardashian. Her debut show at Jeffrey Deitch is the talk of Tinseltown.

By Jennifer Piejko, Aug 12, 2022

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Artist Jennifer Bartlett, Known for Her Intensive Investigations Into the Possibilities of Painting, Has Died at Age 81

The artist has been making her striking installations on steel plates for more than 50 years.

By Eileen Kinsella, Jul 27, 2022

People

Ghanaian Curator Nana Oforiatta Ayim on Why the Future of the Museum Must Exist Beyond the Art World’s Boundaries

Her vision for the second Ghana Pavilion in Venice is finally coming to fruition after a funding delay.

By Christine Ajudua, Jul 27, 2022

People

Art School Is Too Airless, Inaccessible, and Out of Touch. Here’s How the Artist Mark Leckey Is Trying to Change That

The course focuses on creative technical skills rather than theory or critique.

By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Jul 27, 2022

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Joanna Piotrowska’s Photographs Make Our Quotidian World Appear Uncanny and Unsettling—and the Art World Can’t Get Enough

The Polish artist's work is featured in this year's Venice Biennale.

By Devorah Lauter, Jul 25, 2022

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Meet Alberto Gerosa, Who Forges Credentials and Evades Security to Stage Outlaw Performances in the Art World’s Most Rarified Spaces

We caught up with the artist ahead of a planned series of performances in New York.

By Vittoria Benzine, Jul 20, 2022

People

Claes Oldenburg, the Leading Pop-Art Sculptor Who Turned Hamburgers and Erasers Into Whimsical Totems of the 20th Century, Has Died at 93

Oldenburg's monumental and playful outdoor sculptures can be seen all over the world.

By Eileen Kinsella, Jul 18, 2022

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‘It’s Society’s Problem, and That’s Why It’s Interesting’: Artist Miriam Cahn on Painting Controversial Subjects in an Age of Correctness

With an eye on political and social conflicts, Cahn touches on hot issues, evoking their ambiguousness and complexity.

By Devorah Lauter, Jul 18, 2022

Textile Artist Sarah Zapata Has More Than One Identity. Weaving Lets Her Bring Them All Together

Haneyl Choi’s Sculptures Burst With Attitude. They’ve Made Him One of the Most In-Demand Artists in Korea’s Contemporary Art World

Graffiti Artist Futura Was a Peer of Basquiat and Haring—and Then Left the Art World Completely. Now, at 66, He’s Making His Way Back

Walter Robinson Remembers Charlie Finch, the Iconoclastic Critic and ‘Lifeblood’ of Artnet Magazine for 15 Years

Artist Tiona Nekkia McClodden Has Three Big Concurrent Shows in New York. Here’s What’s Captivating About How She Sees the World

Supermodel Heidi Klum Has Always Been an Artist. Now, She Tells Us Why She’s Making Paintings of Bored Ape Yacht Club NFTs

Is This Scholarly British Art Professor the Real Banksy? Students on His Campus Certainly Think So

Meet Nadia Lee Cohen, an Artist Whose Astounding, Shape-Shifting Self-Portraits Are Drawing Crowds in Hollywood

Artist Jennifer Bartlett, Known for Her Intensive Investigations Into the Possibilities of Painting, Has Died at Age 81

Ghanaian Curator Nana Oforiatta Ayim on Why the Future of the Museum Must Exist Beyond the Art World’s Boundaries

Art School Is Too Airless, Inaccessible, and Out of Touch. Here’s How the Artist Mark Leckey Is Trying to Change That

Joanna Piotrowska’s Photographs Make Our Quotidian World Appear Uncanny and Unsettling—and the Art World Can’t Get Enough

Meet Alberto Gerosa, Who Forges Credentials and Evades Security to Stage Outlaw Performances in the Art World’s Most Rarified Spaces

Claes Oldenburg, the Leading Pop-Art Sculptor Who Turned Hamburgers and Erasers Into Whimsical Totems of the 20th Century, Has Died at 93

‘It’s Society’s Problem, and That’s Why It’s Interesting’: Artist Miriam Cahn on Painting Controversial Subjects in an Age of Correctness

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