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Art World Holds Its Breath as Teton Yu Skydives Without Parachute — and Lands (Mostly) on Target

In what is already being described as either a boundary-pushing performance art piece or “a...

How Hedge Fund Turned Capitalism Into Fine Art — Digitally

By Eleanor Griggle In the shifting, feverish landscape of contemporary art, few figures have blurred...

Shadows of the North: The Visionary Quietude of Marco di Manchester

In Marco di Manchester: A Northern Light, art historian Dr. Liviana Helmstrom has given us...

Podcast episode – Art World Exposed #79

Cave Selfies, Chicken Theories, and Dundee’s Moist Abstractions Hosted by Saldo Caluthe & Tomas Sinke...

“Cloud Ownership” by Davos Saved for the Nation — if the nation can raise £500,000

In a quietly astonishing moment for British conceptual art, the work Cloud Ownership (2024) by...

Is Lo-fi the New Hi-fi? The Rise of a New Aesthetic in Contemporary Art

In recent years, a shift has been quietly redefining the visual language of contemporary art...

Doodle Pip wins the Solihull Portrait Prize for Portraiture: A Radical Rethink of Representation

In a dramatic and paradigm-shifting moment for the British art world, the 2025 Solihull Portrait...

Obituary: Elsinora Thistlebaum (1927–2025), Painter of Fruit

Elsinora Thistlebaum, the internationally misunderstood doyenne of post-impressionist-neuroticism, passed away peacefully last Tuesday at her...

Sandy Warre-Hole Donates Major New Work To Slough Museum of Contemporary and Non-Contemporary Art

In a gesture that is already being heralded as one of the most significant cultural...