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A Message for JĆ”n MančuÅ”ka

Rachel Mason | Posted 03.28.2013 | Arts
Rachel Mason

He said, "Do you know the artist ? He's actually deceased. He was young." As soon as I saw the name on the wall, JĆ”n MančuÅ”ka , I had this sudden and sad recollection. I had neglected to tell MančuÅ”ka that his work really made an impression on me several years back when we were in a show together.

Why It's Time for Galleries to Dump the Jargon

Christina Patterson | Posted 04.11.2013 | Arts
Christina Patterson

You might think that it was fine for art sometimes to "question" things, but that most of the "questions" that were being raised were questions that had been raised in art quite a lot before.

The Art World's Best Dressed

ARTINFO | Posted 03.11.2013 | Arts
ARTINFO

From a curator with a couture collection to a duo with a knack for coordinated suits, these 20 new additions to our pantheon of the art world's best-d...

Why The Art World Is So Loathsome

2012-07-03-slatelogo.jpg | Posted 11.29.2012 | Arts

By Simon Doonan Freud said the goals of the artist are fame, money, and beautiful lovers. Based on my artist acquaintances, I would say this holds ...

How to Argue with a Deitch-Basher

Mat Gleason | Posted 10.10.2012 | Arts
Mat Gleason

Like conservatives who write pleasant histories that ignore segregation and child labor, Deitch-bashers speak of the good old days at MOCA that were more insider and downright icky than most anything old Mitt Romney could be hiding.

The 30-and-Under Crowd: The Art World's Most Influential Young Figures

ARTINFO | Posted 08.26.2012 | Arts
ARTINFO

Summer in the art world is a relaxed affair -- galleries close early, publications slow down, and tourist-filled museums tend to scare away the profes...

The Art Collector Youth Fixation Factor

Mat Gleason | Posted 08.26.2012 | Arts
Mat Gleason

The art world discriminates based on age. I would advise every artist reading this to immediately remove your birth year from your website, from your ...

Artist Juried Shows -- Winner Take All

Mat Gleason | Posted 06.09.2012 | Arts
Mat Gleason

In looking through the submissions, though, I saw great pictures that did not conform to the art magazine flavor of the month but were epic combinations of talent and imagination nonetheless.

The Madness of Art: Jim Kempner's Mockumentary-style Film Series About the Contemporary Art World

Susan Eley | Posted 04.22.2012 | New York
Susan Eley

Jim Kempner, founder of the eponymous gallery in New York's gallery district, sees the contemporary art world as a hilarious place -- one he plumbs for material for his mockumentary film series The Madness of Art.

The One-Percenter Art World

Brian D. Cohen | Posted 03.26.2012 | Arts
Brian D. Cohen

The analogy occurred to me: the Art World is to Art as Wall Street is to Democracy; the former no longer a vital contributor to the latter.

Murmurs Of 'Occupy Art Basel'

Posted 11.29.2011 | Arts

Tonight begins Art Basel Miami Beach, a 3 day bacchanal filled with parties you can't get into, art you can't afford and celebs you can't drool on. Th...

London's Play To Overtake Manhattan's Arts

Michael Kurcfeld | Posted 12.27.2011 | Arts
Michael Kurcfeld

London's Frieze Art Fair, in its 8th year, is one brash trumpet in a symphony (or is it a cacophony?) of international cities that are clearly gaining...

Art Market Analyst On 'Investment-Quality' Art And The Future

artfagcity.com | Posted 10.30.2011 | Arts

The past few weeks, the stock market has been reeling as concerns about the U.S. and global economy resurface. In an attempt to discover what this mea...

Why Artists Love Google+

The Atlantic | Posted 09.18.2011 | Arts

Lots of artists are posting their work on Google+. We got in touch with a few of them to ask about their experience so far. The response? They love it...

Does Stealing A Rembrant Pay Off?

AP | By JONATHAN LOPEZ | Posted 09.04.2011 | Arts

-- "Stealing Rembrandts: The Untold Stories of Notorious Art Heists" (Palgrave Macmillan), by Anthony M. Amore and Tom Mashberg: In 1997, a gang of c...

Francesco Vezzoli's 'Sacrilegio' And The Supermodel Of Sorrows

Matthew Milliner | Posted 05.25.2011 | Religion
Matthew Milliner

Sacrilegio suggests our glossy magazine covers serve as Madonnas once did. If Vezzoli's show is disturbing, it's because we should be disturbed by our misplaced trust.

Report Card: Grading LA's Art Exhibits This Month

Mat Gleason | Posted 05.25.2011 | Arts
Mat Gleason

Been out in the rain and cold (60 degrees at noon in LA is like 30 below anywhere else) looking at lots (but admittedly, not all, and nobody can make ...

This Artweek.LA -- February 7-13

Bill Bush | Posted 05.25.2011 | Arts
Bill Bush

2011-02-08-Screenshot20110208at10.44.53AM.png Each week Artweek.LA provides a comprehensive calendar of art events from the more than 475 art venues throughout Los Angeles.

From The Painter's Table: January's Ten Most Popular Posts

Brett Baker | Posted 05.25.2011 | Arts
Brett Baker

Snowbound January days, it seems, were good for painting, reading, and blogging, at least if the painting blogosphere is an indicator.

January '11 L.A. Art World Gossip

Mat Gleason | Posted 05.25.2011 | Arts
Mat Gleason

While the economics of the Los Angeles art scene are still a long way off from the peak in 2006, the activity at exhibitions and in studios is as frenzied as ever.

The 10 Most Overrated Artists of the Decade

Mat Gleason | Posted 05.25.2011 | Arts
Mat Gleason

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ART SALES: Gagosian, Google CEO Eric Schmidt, Dasha Zhukova, And Others To Launch Site Art.sy

ARTINFO | Posted 05.25.2011 | Arts
ARTINFO

Having covered the physical world with an art empire encompassing 10 galleries around the globe (including a new space in Geneva), Larry Gagosian has taken the next logical step -- he's gone virtual.

ART AWARDS: Artist's Artist Hans-Peter Feldmann Wins The 2010 Hugo Boss Prize

ARTINFO | Posted 05.25.2011 | Arts
ARTINFO

At a ceremony at the Guggenheim last night, German artist Hans-Peter Feldmann was named the winner of the 2010 Hugo Boss Prize, a $100,000 biannual aw...

LA Art World Gossip, October 2010

Mat Gleason | Posted 05.25.2011 | Arts
Mat Gleason

Francois Ghebaly continues his ascent into top dealerdom. He has moved his Francois Ghebaly Gallery to Culver City, landing in a funky, misshapen muffler repair shop.

Highlights This Week: Simpsons, Smithson, and Sopranos

Posted 05.25.2011 | Arts

This week, HuffPost's Arts page watched as Flight of the Conchords and The Simpsons came together for some deserved art-world-mockery, our bloggers se...