Contemporary Art and Abstract Artist

A Visible Influence Is Not A Weakness

In short: Berry Campbell and Sargent's Daughters just opened "Leitmotif," a joint exhibition deliberately pairing artists across generations to trace shared influence. It's a reminder that an a...

A Self-Taught Practice Is Not An Unfocused One

In short: two current New York gallery shows are making the same argument from opposite directions. David Kordansky Gallery's Grateful Dead photography survey honors image-makers who never trai...

Buying Direct From The Artist Beats Auction Or Gallery

In short: Sotheby's is opening its first single-artist selling exhibition at the Breuer Building this summer — fixed prices, no bidding, organized directly with the Botero Foundation. It's a us...

A Painting Career Takes Decades To Build

What makes a painter's career last decades, not one show? Angela Simeone on evaluating a working artist before you collect or commission.

Carrying A Lineage Isn't Copying It

Does echoing Frankenthaler or Diebenkorn make abstract art derivative? Angela Simeone on lineage, originality, and buying an original with confidence.

A Period Room Doesn't Need A White Cube

In short: White Cube's summer show at Claydon House doesn't wait for a neutral gallery wall — it puts more than 40 works by Tracey Emin, Antony Gormley, Anselm Kiefer, and others directly into an...

Hiring The Local Artist Is The Point

In short: When Kelly Wearstler designed her first European hotel, L'Apogée Courchevel, she didn't treat local artisans as a finishing detail — she built the project around them: "We really wanted...

Sense Of Place In A Painting Is Real

David Zwirner's new LA show is built on "terroir" — proof that where a painter actually works shows up in the finished surface, not just marketing copy.

Hotel Art Is Architecture, Not Decoration

Leading hotel architects now say art is integral to a property's design, not decoration added afterward. Why the Conrad Nashville's 33-painting collection was built the same way.

Asthetique Chose an Original Painting for a Primary Bedroom in Architectural Digest

Asthetique, a design firm with offices in New York, Miami, and Riyadh, asked a Nashville painter for an original built for one primary bedroom. Architectural Digest published the room last August.