Observer

What Really Happens to an Artist’s Market After They Die

Karl Wirsum, a prominent member of the Chicago artistic group The Hairy Who, was successful in life but less so in death. Courtesy Zach Wirsum He isn’t alone in seeing this focus on the age and health ...
The New York Times

With This MoMA Artist, the Painting Does the Talking

Marlon Mullen’s show at the Museum of Modern Art, the first by a developmentally disabled artist, speaks volumes. The artist Marlon Mullen goes through a meticulous process of preparing before ...
CNN

This artist has made millions of dollars. And it’s not even human

At Art Basel Hong Kong, Asia’s biggest art fair, a mysterious AI agent silently observed passersby through two tracking cameras. Not even its creator knew quite what it was looking for. Every two or ...
The New York Times

At 95, Lee ShinJa Weaves Artistic Exploration into Legacy

The South Korean textile artist’s work will be on display at Art Basel Paris at a booth by the New York gallerist Tina Kim. By Lauren Gallow On a recent Wednesday afternoon, hushed “oohs” and “ahhs” ...
The Conversation

It’s always been hard to make it as an artist in America – and it’s becoming only harder

It’s a sentiment I’ve heard time and again, one that echoes across studios, rehearsal halls and kitchen tables – a quiet frustration that the labor of making art rarely earns the legitimacy or ...