A Brief History of Egg Tempera
Dating back to the 12th century, egg tempera is an ancient technique that consists of blending egg yolk, powdered pigment and distilled wate
Electric Jungle: Carlos Jacanamijoy
I usually don't write about artists whose works I haven't seen or experienced in person before. I had to make an exception for Carlo
Featured Artist: Amy Sherald
Amy Sherald's hypnotizing portraits challenge notions of race, class and gender.
Required Reading: Widow Basquiat
Jennifer Clement is the author of Widow Basquiat, a compelling biography about Suzanne Mallouk, one of Jean-Michel Basquiat's girlfriend
War in Color
Mosse's Infra series is an exploration of how photography is used during war and how conflicts like the war in Congo are often neglected
A Monumental History of Pollution
Spanish artist, conservator and architect Jorge Otero-Pailos has dealt for years with the concept of pollution and its place in the history
Required Reading: Seven Days in the Art World
It was easy to follow Thornton's footsteps as she ventured across the globe in an ethnographic study of the art world and it's main
Required Reading: "What are you looking at?"
Will Gompertz is pure genius. He not only managed to squeeze the incredible story of modern art into less than five hundred pages, but he al
Listen to: Abbi Jacobson
If you don't listen to podcasts, do it...now.
If you do, listen to "A Piece of Work"
Public art: what is it good for?
Here is what I learned after a few encounters with people within the art world: the art market has turned art into a commodity, a...
