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
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
