It’s Time to Rethink the 50/50 Split With Art Galleries

Why should the creator of the artwork only get 50%? (edit Valentina Di Liscia/Hyperallergic) August is when the capitalist parts of the art world go to sleep. This summer’s pause by the Art Dealers Association of America’s Art Show (ADAA) makes that quiet feel even...

Anish Kapoor Greenpeace Collab Sends Generic Environmental Message 

A large protest artwork by Anish Kapoor was hoisted onto a North Sea oil platform today, revealing a 40-by-26-foot (12-by-8-meter) canvas work entitled “BUTCHERED.” Protesters connected to Greenpeace fittingly proceeded to cover with 1,000 liters of a...

Connecting the Heavens and Earth Through Art

HAMBURG, Germany — In the 1920s, Hamburg-born art historian Aby Warburg assembled his famed Mnemosyne Atlas — a vast, unfinished compendium of uncaptioned images on 40 categorized panels. Around the same time, he put together his Image Collection on the History of...

A View From the Easel

Welcome to the 298th installment of A View From the Easel, a series in which artists reflect on their workspace. This week, artists carve monumental wooden seagulls and relish painting and drawing on cardboard. Want to take part? Check out our submission...

Sho Shibuya Meditates on Rainy Days and the Fragile Nature of Peace

The ever-observant Sho Shibuya is known for his daily meditations blanketing the covers of The New York Times. From trenchant commentary on global happenings to peaceful gradients depicting the sky, the artist’s paintings are a tactile record of contemporary...