People ‘It’s Just a Perpetual Slaughter’: Barbara Kruger on Why She’s Remaking Some of Her Old Critiques of Power for Her New Museum Survey A survey of the artist's work just opened at the Art Institute of Chicago. By Julie Baumgardner, Sep 20, 2021
People ‘Technology Is an Extension of Our Bodies’: Why David Cronenberg Made Video Art About His Own Death as His First NFT The NFT is on sale now on the platform SuperRare. By Osman Can Yerebakan, Sep 16, 2021
People ‘Gunpowder Is Epic and Heroic, But Used for Such Destruction’: Watch How Artist Cai Guo-Qiang Makes His Controlled Explosions As part of a collaboration with Art21, hear news-making artists describe their inspirations in their own words. By Caroline Goldstein, Sep 16, 2021
People Artist Anna Weyant Paints the Indignities of Being a Young Woman—and Collectors of All Ages Can’t Get Enough On the heels of two sold-out shows, 26-year-old phenom Anna Weyant explains how 2020 set her on a new course. By Noor Brara, Sep 15, 2021
People ‘I Want to Get People’s Attention’: Artist Adam Pendleton on Taking Over MoMA’s Atrium With a Monumental Tribute to Black Dada The artist's first solo show at a New York institution encapsulates concepts he's been refining for years. By Hilarie Sheets, Sep 13, 2021
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
