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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...
