Artist-Led Spaces Are Proliferating Around the World, Filling a Gap Caused by Dwindling Public Funding and Market Pressures

Art World

Artist-Led Spaces Are Proliferating Around the World, Filling a Gap Caused by Dwindling Public Funding and Market Pressures

Institutes and residencies founded by artists are sprouting up around the world, from the U.K. and Italy, to Kenya and Singapore.

By Rebecca Anne Proctor, Dec 26, 2022

Art World

Here Are 10 of the Best Artworks We Saw Around the World in 2022

Our editorial staff and contributors highlight some of the most unforgettable artworks they saw this year.

By Artnet News, Dec 26, 2022

Shows & Exhibitions

How the Kochi-Muziris Biennale Overcame Organizational Mayhem, Extreme Weather, and a Gatecrashing Horror Film Production to Finally Open

After a several postponements and delays, the biennale finally opened on December 23.

By Nadine Khalil, Dec 23, 2022

Art World

Venice Successfully Deployed a Very Low-Tech Measure to Protect Saint Mark’s Basilica From High Tide: Glass Barriers

Saint Mark’s Basilica stayed nice and drying during flooding earlier this month.

By Sarah Cascone, Dec 22, 2022

Art World

Art Industry News: A Sweeping Documentary Series About the NFT Phenomenon Is Coming to Amazon Prime + Other Stories

Plus, the International African American Museum delays its opening, and a documentary on Nan Goldin gets shortlisted for the Oscars.

By Artnet News, Dec 22, 2022

The Burns Halperin Report

Can Philanthropy Shape Equity in the Arts? 5 Questions to Consider When Making a Donation

Creating a more diverse art world must begin upstream from galleries and museums.

By Christine Kuan, Dec 22, 2022

Gallery Network

7 Questions for Artist Mouna Rebeiz on Her Tarot-Inspired Works for the Venice Biennale

The French-Lebanese artist's series "The Soothsayer" is based on the major arcana of the Tarot of Marseille.

By Artnet Gallery Network, Dec 20, 2022

The Burns Halperin Report

Is the Art World Entering the Age of ‘Anti-Woke’ Backlash? Here’s Why Today’s Reaction Will Look Very Different From Decades’ Past

How today's tech bro-powered vibe shift might represent a different kind of backlash than we saw in the 1990s.

By Ben Davis, Dec 20, 2022

The Hammer

In Pictures: Simon de Pury Looks Back on a Whirlwind Year of Auctions, Celebrity Sightings, and Images That Stopped Him in His Tracks

For his last column of the year, the auctioneer shares 12 moments that made a mark on him in 2022.

By Simon de Pury, Dec 20, 2022

Artnet News Pro

How Crypto Investor Ryan Zurrer Went From Unapologetic NFT Speculator to Fervent Missionary of Digital Art

We followed the entrepreneur on a whirlwind year of financial disappointments and intellectual victories.

By Naomi Rea, Dec 15, 2022

Shows & Exhibitions

Brazilian Curator Adriano Pedrosa Will Helm the 2024 Venice Biennale, Making Him the First Latin American to Organize the Event

He is the current artistic director of the Museu de Arte de São Paulo.

By Richard Whiddington, Dec 15, 2022

Art World

Art Industry News: A Sex Museum Is Coming to Miami’s Art District With a Highbrow Survey of Risqué Robots + Other Stories

Plus, the number of U.K. working-class artists has fallen by half in a matter of decades, and the Armory Show shares its curatorial lineup.

By Artnet News, Dec 15, 2022

People

Sculptor Virginia Overton Reflects on Her Star Turn in 2022, With Major Projects for the Venice Biennale, LaGuardia Airport, and Celine

The artist reveals the messages embedded in her mixed-media works employing found objects.

By William Van Meter, Dec 12, 2022

Art World

Art Industry News: Basquiat Mega-Collector Yusaku Maezawa Has Picked the Celebrity Crew for His Moon Voyage + Other Stories

Plus, artists are flocking to OnlyFans and a court grants the eviction of an Ohio golf course to protect an earthwork.

By Artnet News, Dec 12, 2022

Art World

What I Buy and Why: Philanthropist Aarti Lohia on the Beautiful Watercolor Works That Slipped Away

She is a founding patron and trustee of the Kochi-Muziris Biennale for contemporary art in India, which opens its fifth edition this week.

By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Dec 12, 2022