GISELA COLON (Canada, b. 1966) lives and works in Los Angeles, California. Colon is an American contemporary artist who has developed a unique vocabulary of “organic minimalism,” breathing life-like qualities into reductive forms. Colon’s oeuvre encompasses several distinct sculptural forms: Pods, Slabs, Monoliths, and Portals. The through-line in all of Colon’s work is the concept of the “mutable object;” […]
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How Much Is Your Object Worth? – Researching Your Art
Reposted from https://americanart.si.edu/research/my-art/object-worth It is hard to establish fixed values for antiques, artworks, and other collectible items. The amount asked or offered is determined by many factors, including the condition of the object, personal interests of both the seller and the purchaser, and trends in the market. According to Smithsonian Institution policy, no staff member […]
WHAT TO COLLECT # 134. SIMONE LEIGH
SIMONE LEIGH (b. 1967, Chicago) lives and works in Brooklyn. Solo presentations of Leigh’s work have been hosted by the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; Studio Museum in Harlem (Marcus Garvey Park), New York; New Museum, New York (all 2016); Atlanta Contemporary Art Center; Creative Time, New York (both 2014); and The Kitchen, New York (2012). […]
10 WAYS TO UNSUCCESSFULLY MARKET YOURSELF AS AN ARTIST
Marketing yourself as an artist can often feel like a full-time job. But it doesn’t have to be this way! If you’ve ever wished for an honest checklist of marketing tactics to avoid, consider it an early Christmas gift. Stop making these common self-promotion mistakes and you will quickly feel the luck turning in your […]
WHAT TO COLLECT # 132. Teruko Nimura
Teruko Nimura is a visual artist based in Austin with a diverse multi-media practice. She received her BFA from San Francisco Art Institute and her MFA from UT Austin. Teruko has exhibited in the U.S. and Mexico, and has completed three temporary public art installations in the last year. She is currently a member of […]
WHAT TO COLLECT #129. Yves Klein
Born: April 28, 1928 – Nice, France Died: June 6, 1962 – Paris, France Yves Klein was the most influential, prominent, and controversial French artist to emerge in the 1950s. He is remembered above all for his use of a single color, the rich shade of ultramarine that he made his own: International Klein Blue. […]
WHAT TO COLLECT # 127. KAWS
Born in 1974 in Jersey City, NJ, USA Lives and works in New York, USA Considered one of the most relevant artists of his generation, KAWS engages audiences beyond the museums and galleries in which he regularly exhibits. His prolific body of influential work straddles the worlds of art and design to include paintings, murals, […]
WHAT TO COLLECT # 120. LIZA RAYN
LIza RAYN born in 1965 in Norfolk, Virginia. Ryan earned a BFA at Dartmouth College, (New Hampshire) in 1987 and an MFA from California State University, Fullerton in 1994. She lives and works in Los Angeles, California. Liza works in photography, video and mixed media. Her interest in the use of visual metaphor remains constant […]
Why art exhibitions are returning to domestic settings
A show in the new Kettle’s Yard space highlights why the traditional gallery aesthetic is falling out of favour Jul 12th 2018 by A.C. CAMBRIDGE In dining room at Kettle’s Yard, a lemon sits on a pewter dish. Replaced every week, it directs viewers’ eyes to the adjacent wall, where the yellow spot in a […]
Christie’s Elliot Safra speaks on the Artelligence Podcast ahead of next week’s Art + Tech Summit.
Christie’s Elliot Safra speaks on the Artelligence Podcast ahead of next week’s Art + Tech Summit. soundcloud.com/artelligence/christies-art-tech-conference ***All rights to the artwork or any material remain with the author and can be removed from the website on request at any time. Please, contact us by email email@artcuratoronline.com
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WHAT TO COLLECT # 18. SONDRA PERRY
Sondra Perry is an American artist who was born in 1986. Sondra Perry has had numerous gallery and museum exhibitions, including at the New Museum of Contemporary Art and at the Brooklyn Museum of Art. There have been numerous articles about Sondra Perry, including ‘Sondra Perry’s Typhoon wrenches my soul but Ian Cheng’s AI is […]
WHAT TO COLLECT #115. ALMAGUL MENLIBAYEVA
Born 1969 in Almaty, Kazakhstan. She lives and works in Berlin and Almaty. Artist Statement “My educational background is in the Soviet Russian, avant-garde school of Futurism, which I combine with the nomadic aesthetic of post-Soviet, contemporary Kazakhstan that I have been exploring in recent years through photographic and video work. I use specific modes […]
WHAT TO COLLECT #114 . GUDA KOSTER
Guda Koster is a Dutch artist who creates living sculptures and performances, which the photographs are the results of. Koster’s works are created in parallels of time, space, and textile. In her works, Koster uses fabrics, colors, and patterns that underline the codes and meanings our clothing conveys How would you describe your works? I […]
WHAT TO COLLECT # 113. NAUM GABO
Naum Gabo, original name Naum Neemia Pevsner (born August 5, 1890, Bryansk, Russia—died August 23, 1977, Waterbury, Connecticut, U.S.), pioneering Constructivist sculptor who used materials such as glass, plastic, and metal and created a sense of spatial movement in his work. Gabo studied medicine and natural science, then philosophy and art history, at the University […]