Thoughts On Art & Culture
This week, a 2005 painting by Banksy sold for $ 9.8 million, making the second place in Banksy’s sales records. The interesting story of this painting, the virtual sale and the dissonance between street art and art worth millions are the topics discussed in this post.
While we are used to seeing dinosaurs in nature museums, last week a T-Rex appeared at an art auction. What's the connection between a dinosaur and art and what is the significance for the future of art auctions?
Frieze week Corona-style is a good time to discuss the impact of the pandemic on art fairs and wonder what we can expect from fairs in the post-Corona era.
For many, the idea of a museum selling works from its collection is unthinkable. Why not, actually? The deaccessioning of artworks by major museums has flooded a controversial issue.
Two significant factors will affect the foreseeable future of museums. Both the corona plague and the anti-racist movement spreading around the world require museums to recalculate their trajectory.
Within the Black lives matter movement lies a sub-category of black artists who have been suffering from discrimination and under-representation for years. The BLM movement also sheds light on African artists, but sometimes, albeit their good intentions, museums create more damage.
Covid-19 is changing the world and the priorities of human beings and also accelerates processes. Covid also challenges the art world to change in order to maintain relevance.
Christo passed away at the age of 84. His great contribution to art history were monumental works that created a temporary transformation of the landscape, conveying a one-time experience that was etched forever in the memory of everyone who visited his installations.
You cannot own Christo’s projects, you can only experience them. Some people don’t understand why he spent 18 million dollars on a project that lasted only 16 days. After experiencing the floating piers, I think I understand.
My close encounter with Marina Abramovic at the Serpentine gallery. In hew new piece titled "512 hours" she transforms the audience from passive spectators to active participants.
What is the connection between Pope Francis and Rembrandt? Both are laden with symbolic value that affects the way we see them. Learn more...
Why on earth do people buy art? For love? For money? As an academic researcher on the subject of art collecting, I frequently witness misconceptions that people have about art collectors. Read on for some examples....
