Just came back from the strangest summer job – let’s just say it wasn’t your average internship. It’s a true story with a juicy, behind-the-scenes look at the world’s most notorious museum: The Louvre.
Walter De Maria, a reclusive American sculptor whose multifaceted achievement and sly Dadaist humor helped give rise to earthworks, Conceptual Art and Minimal art, on an often monumental scale, died on Thursday in Los Angeles. He was best known for large-scale outdoor works that often involved simple if rather extravagant ideas or gestures: a SoHo […]
Why the Avant-Garde Should Cheer Up “The contemporary art world is flourishing. Despite all the grumbling—and we’ll get to that in a moment—does anyone doubt that we are flooded with artists, overwhelmed by art shows, and swamped by art fairs and biennials?”
frieze editors and contributors share their thoughts on the national pavilions at the Venice Biennale
Frieze editors and contributors share their thoughts on the main exhibition at the 55th Venice Biennale, curated by Massimiliano Gioni
Only the rich, jet-setting, diamond-eating socialites collect art, right? WRONG. So maybe you don’t own a Yacht with a Picasso above the toilet, but guess what: even YOU can be an art collector.
Is bigger art always better art? Certainly in the age of Instagram, anything monumental is hard to discredit; people are easily impressed and love to obsess over questions like “How did it get here, how was it made and how much does it cost?” Somehow they forget the basic questions: “What is it and why is it?”
A friend has been interning at a gallery for over a year with the promise of a paid job. She was asked recently to drive from Berlin to Bavaria to drop off a work. That’s where all the fun begins—or not.
Is the Art Market Due for a Correction? Maybe Not. Is the art market experiencing a new boom, or is it all just another bubble destined to burst? With artists seemingly setting benchmarks at auction on a monthly basis and prices at fairs for pedestrian artworks pushing into the millions of dollars, there are fears […]