Trani, Puglia, where stone is more than material—it is memory. Walls and courtyards, carved centuries ago, stand as silent witnesses to lives once lived. For artist Valerio Galati, these same stones have become both his canvas and his calling, a medium through which he translates a life shaped first by the sea, and now by...
New AI robo-advisor start-ups, shippers save hundreds of workdays, but most dealers remain wary. Is technology transforming the art world, or stuck at the margins? Almost everyone working in the art market uses AI on a daily basis – but since AI-powered tools became widespread in 2023, how much have they really been embraced by...
Forget the studio: today’s artists are working with algorithms, particle colliders, and glass furnaces It was during their art-and-tech residency at CERN, Switzerland, in 2022, that the artist duo Dorota Gawęda and Eglė Kulbokaitė first noticed how closely their approach to making art mirrored scientific practice. ‘In our work, there’s always a need to question...
From Paris and Rome to Jakarta, Indonesia, and New York, a curious banner has appeared in protest squares. With hollow cheeks, a broad grin and a straw hat with a red band, the figure is instantly recognizable and has been hoisted by young demonstrators calling for change. In Kathmandu, Nepal, where anger at the government...
Amid a shifting cityscape, artists, cultural workers, and the Continent’s oldest art fair have forged an inspiring path forward Johannesburg’s art scene is a picture of paradox. It is gritty and resilient, but also filled with energy and excitement. It has continuously thrived in the absence of institutional support and infrastructure. While facing the same...
In a bold double act with longtime collaborator Chiara Parisi, the serial provocateur rewrites the museum rulebook at Centre Pompidou-Metz In the world of art, certain alliances transcend mere professional collaboration, entering a territory where complicity and shared vision lead to outcomes that defy expectation. Like the legendary pairings of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers...
President Donald Trump’s first term saw a record-high rate of turnover among his Cabinet members and chief advisers. Trump’s second term has, to date, seen far fewer Cabinet departures. But some political commentators have observed that the president this time around has primarily appointed loyal advisers who will not challenge him. As Thomas Friedman pointed...
In India, the Slam Out Loud program connects teachers and artists in classrooms for storytelling, theater, and visual arts that bolster children’s socio-emotional learning. In the United States, Carnegie Hall partners with more than 115 orchestras across the country to teach children to sing and play instruments, culminating in an orchestral performance. Nonprofits like these...
The Comfortable Trap Imagine wandering through a mall—or worse, a supermarket—and seeing row upon row of people strolling about as though they’d just rolled out of bed. So snug, so stretchy, and oh so revealing (of the decidedly unglamorous parental choice to skip pants today). Once the province of gym bunnies, leggings have, in a...
Ahead of a major solo show at Palais de Tokyo in Paris, the artist welcomes Art Basel to her unusual studio on the shores of Lake Atitlán Vivian Suter paints in the dark, and only outdoors. Nearly every day, she exits her home on a lush parcel of land in Panajachel, Guatemala, in the late afternoon....
