From left: Marina Abramović. Photo: Marco Anelli; Sotheby's December 2023 auction. Courtesy of Sotheby's; Cosima von Bonin for “The Milk of Dreams” at Venice Biennale 2022. Photo by Ben Davis.
From left: Marina Abramović. Photo: Marco Anelli; Sotheby's December 2023 auction. Courtesy of Sotheby's; Cosima von Bonin for “The Milk of Dreams” at Venice Biennale 2022. Photo by Ben Davis.

Welcome to the Art Angle, a podcast from Artnet News that delves into the places where the art world meets the real world, bringing each week’s biggest story down to earth. Join us every week for an in-depth look at what matters most in museums, the art market, and much more, with input from our own writers and editors, as well as artists, curators, and other top experts in the field.

We are well into 2024 now, coming to the end of January, and looking back at 2023, one of our favorite innovations was this monthly round up here at the Art Angle. Each month, we bring together Artnet News editors and writers to discuss the biggest art news developments of the last month, and take the pulse of what’s happening around the world.

This week, we have a fully-international cohort, with Ben Davis in New York, Kate Brown in Berlin, and Jo Lawson-Tancred in London. We also have a very diverse set of talking points today, including performance artist Marina Abramović’s new skincare line (which may or may not actually be a work of art in itself); a spate of controversies dogging the national pavilions gearing up for the Venice Biennale; and some predictions from art advisors about what to expect in the art market this year.

 

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