Artistic styles exist only in retrospect. While many of their defining characteristics are formulated in manifestos by pioneering artists, a style can’t be fully understood until it has become a thing ...
During the late aughts and early 2010s, “Gulf Futurism,” a cultural concept articulated by artist Sophia Al-Maria, sought to articulate trends and changes affecting the region, where the advancement ...
Art in the Twenty-First Century is the longest running broadcast program bringing contemporary art directly to viewers like you. On October 17th, Art21's acclaimed broadcast series returns to PBS with ...
The dominant trend in global contemporary art over the past five to ten years has been a foregrounding of artists from Africa and the African diaspora. Leading institutions and collectors worldwide ...
A conceptual artwork titled “Comedian” sold at auction last November for just over $6 million. The piece consisted of a banana duct-taped to the wall, along with installation instructions and a ...