Every year, thousands of freshly graduated artists leave art schools with a diploma in one hand and vague ideas about the future in the other. They know how to paint, sculpt, conceptualize, theorize. But ...
Sex sells. But does it buy us anything worth keeping? The image above depicts an allegory of art rendered in pin-up style — a visual metaphor that makes you do a double-take. The classical ...
The creative economy in Europe is undergoing a fundamental transformation. According to Eurostat, nearly one-third of Europe's 7.8 million cultural workers are now self-employed — more than double the rate of the general economy.[1] ...
Last night, watching Star Trek with my husband, I stumbled onto something unexpected. In Season 7, Episode 3 ("Interface"), Lieutenant Commander Geordi La Forge walks into Data's quarters to find the android staring at ...
"Maybe my work is just decoration." This sentence, spoken quietly during our recent session, stopped me cold. Not because it's unusual—I hear it constantly—but because it reveals a deeper truth about how artists sabotage ...
The message came through Instagram on a Tuesday morning — unusual for me, since most collector inquiries arrive via email or phone calls. A woman I'd never met had been following my social media ...
While half the art world is documenting Mediterranean light on Instagram, the other half is contemplating empty exhibition spaces and wondering whether cultural memory extends beyond summer holidays. Here's how to navigate this annual ...
On facilitating meaningful encounters between Croatia's art scene and international collectors seeking works for their superyacht interiors. The Assignment When international collectors approached me about accessing Croatia's contemporary art scene ...
Or: What happens when opportunity meets the terrifying reality of being seen Last week, an artist contacted me about what appeared to be a dream scenario: direct access to a foreign gallery, potential representation ...
It took me three months to finish Sarah Thornton's Seven Days in the Art World. Three whole months for a 294-page book. In our swipe-left culture, that feels almost embarrassingly slow. But here's what ...
