People ‘If a Waterfall Freezes, How Do You Read It?’: Watch Lynda Benglis Translate the Energy of Painting Into Boundary-Blurring Sculpture As part of a collaboration with Art21, hear news-making artists describe their inspirations in their own words. By Artnet News, Sep 9, 2021
People Fifteen Years Ago, Keltie Ferris Was Peter Halley’s Student. The Artists, Now Friends, Sat Down to Talk Shop as They Debut New Work The painters are showing their latest abstract paintings at the Independent art fair this week. By Taylor Dafoe, Sep 8, 2021
People Painter Tschabalala Self Wants to Keep Her Life Separate From Her Work. Will the Art World Let Her? The New York-based painter was an art-world darling before she even got her MFA. But she rejects the rising-star narrative. By Noor Brara, Aug 31, 2021
People How the Great Recession Prompted Curator Mari Spirito to Found a Nonprofit to Showcase the Less ‘Shiny’ Side of the Art World For 10 years, a sharp eye for context has been the hallmark of the nonprofit’s protean program. By Hili Perlson, Aug 26, 2021
People ‘They Are Given a New Life’: Watch Ghanaian Artist El Anatsui Weave Bottle Caps Into His Monumental, Innovative Sculptures As part of a collaboration with Art21, hear news-making artists describe their inspirations in their own words. By Caroline Goldstein, Aug 26, 2021
People Five Years Ago, Dominique Fung Was Painting in a Basement Below a Toronto Nail Salon. Now, She’s the Toast of the Art World Curators, collectors, and dealers are flocking to the New York-based artist's work. By Brian Boucher, Aug 24, 2021
People ‘It’s a Blurred Boundary’: Top Interior Designer Kelly Wearstler on How She Blends Art and Design to Create Spaces You Want to Be In The designer talks about the process of collaborating across disciplines. By Christine Ajudua, Aug 20, 2021
People The American Artist Chuck Close, Who Created Larger-Than-Life Photorealist Portraits, Has Died at 81 The artist, who developed an inventive system for painting after he began using a wheelchair, faced harassment allegations in recent years. By Sarah Cascone, Aug 19, 2021
People Damien Hirst Chats With Friend and Fellow Artist Wes Lang About Life, Death, and His New Show in Aspen The pair got together to talk on the occasion of Lang's solo show at Almine Rech. By Artnet News, Aug 19, 2021
People Kaari Upson, the Multimedia Artist Who ‘Skewered the Fallacies of the American Dream,’ Has Died at 51 The cause of death was metastatic breast cancer, her gallery confirmed. By Taylor Dafoe, Aug 19, 2021
People The Art World Remembers the Late Painter Hung Liu, Who Valorized Everyday Immigrants in Monumental Portraits The artist was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer last month. By Sarah Cascone, Aug 13, 2021
People The Pandemic May Have Killed the Blockbuster Exhibition. Museum Veteran Chris Dercon Says That’s a Good Thing We spoke to the president of RMN-Grand Palais about his vision for the future of the Paris institution. By Anna Sansom, Aug 9, 2021
People The Turner Prize-Nominated Art Collective Cooking Sections Wants to Change the Way You Think About Food The group's long-term projects often have no end date, making them an anomaly in the art world. By Kate Brown, Aug 8, 2021
People ‘There Is an Unseen World Behind Our World’: Artist Cai Guo-Qiang on Believing in Extraterrestrials, and How They Inspired His New Work We caught up with the artist on the occasion of his new exhibition in Shanghai, for which he is debuting his first VR artwork. By Naomi Rea, Aug 8, 2021
People Courtney Love and Filmmaker Marco Brambilla Have Been Friends for a Decade. Here’s How His New VR Work Changed Their Relationship The two longtime friends sat down with Artnet News for a wide-ranging conversation. By Noor Brara, Aug 4, 2021
