Digital art
Damien Hirst’s New A.I. Project, Which Asked Collectors to Generate Their Own Paintings, Earned Him $20 Million in Nine Days
Richard Whiddington, April 21, 2023 Damien Hirst with a Beautiful Painting, 2023. Photo: Prudence Cuming Associates Ltd. The Beautiful Paintings, Damien Hirst’s most recent project of A.I.-generated works, has proved a lucrative venture for the British artist and his technological collaborator, HENI. In a nine-day sale that ended on April 10, Hirst sold 5,508 paintings…
Read More‘Homes are a mirror of ourselves’: Annie Leibovitz joins Ikea as inaugural artist in residence
As part of Ikea’s Artist in Residence Programme, Annie Leibovitz will spend 2023 travelling the globe to capture how people live in their homes Emma O’Kelly21 April 2023 Until 30 April 2023, the Flexform Milano showroom in Via della Moscova is hosting a mainly black-and-white photography exhibition celebrating the company’s history. The show – ‘Portraying Design,…
Read MoreHow Anna Weyant became the art world’s hottest property
By Erica Nardozzi For Dailymail.Com 11:46 22 Mar 2023, updated 15:39 22 Mar 2023 Anna Weyant has become the toast of the art world after several of her works fetched more than $1 million at auction last year, but it’s not just her paintings that have raised her profile. The figurative painter, 27, set tongues…
Read MoreArt Dub-AI: artificial intelligence is latest buzzword at fair
The event’s 16th edition has an expanded digital section—here’s what sold so far Aimee Dawson 3 March 2023 The Artnewspaper.com Artist Refik Anadol has created a new immersive installation Glacier Dreams in the Julius Bär Lounge at Art Dubai 2023 Art Dubai (until 5 March) is always a momentous occasion in the local glitterati…
Read MoreArt world insiders on Brexit, three years on
Vitriolic, resigned, hopeful: Brexit has undoubtedly caused upset and inconvenience to the UK art world, but opinions are divided on the industry’s prospects in the longer term Lasting scars: Anish Kapoor’s 2019 work A Brexit, A Broxit, We All Fall Down makes his views clear on the UK’s decision to leave the EU. Three years…
Read MoreEmotional Landscapes and Eco-Surrealism: L.A. Art Insiders Ponder What Comes Next After the End of the Figuration Boom
Alina Cohen (Artnews) Joshua Nathanson, Already Gone (2022). Courtesy of Various Small Fires, Los Angeles, Dallas, and Seoul. When Frieze Los Angeles opens to the public this week, cultural stakeholders from all over will swarm the Santa Monica airport, seeking an intelligible narrative about the state of contemporary art—in a city famous for its lack…
Read MoreArteconomy: provocation between art and economy
The Arteconomy project, born as a provocation in 2016 at the Five Gallery in Lugano, and conceived by the founder Igor Rucci, aims to highlight the imbalance that occurs between art and the economy. The theoretical framework of the project is based on the belief that the financial component has obtained excessive relevance in the…
Read MoreArt as an investment
Art as an investment refers to the practice of buying and holding artworks with the goal of generating a financial return. While purchasing art for enjoyment refers to buying art because you personally appreciate it, regardless of its monetary value or potential for appreciation. Purchasing art as an investment is driven by market trends and…
Read MoreThe best photographs of 2022
December 27, 2022 The AP Team, core AP Contributors and Picture Editors share their favourite photographs of 2022. The AP Team’s best photographs of 2022 Our images of the year. At AP we see thousands of stunning images each year, so it’s a challenge to pick out the best. Here are our favourites from…
Read MoreDespite a turbulent 2022, wealthy collectors are buying more – and pricier – art
The new Art Basel & UBS global collectors survey finds that they are on track to more than double their 2021 spendin Brian Boucher The global art market may be headed for an exceptionally strong year, according to the findings of A Survey of Global Collecting in 2022, co-published by Art Basel and UBS, prepared…
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