Buy Art at Auction, but Get Watches From Dealers
The best way to buy art is at auction, once you know what you're doing. But old watches you should buy from dealers. You can get enough information about paintings to judge their condition, but you have no idea what's inside watches.
Celebrating Colorado Arts at 35th Governor’s Show
Honored to join the 35th annual Colorado Governor's Art Show & Sale at the Loveland Museum and celebrate the incredible talent of Colorado artists. Proud to present the 250 | 150 | 35 Governor’s Legacy Award, marking our state’s 150th, nation’s...
Hand‑drawn 80s Sesame Street Books Feel Warmer than Digital Editions
Why do 1980's Sesame Street books look so much better than modern versions? Look at the first 3 images vs the last. The first has warm colors, tiny details in background, imperfect shapes, background is packed with cool things to find. In the...
Art Meets Science: Jasmine Pradissitto’s Noxorb Innovation
On this episode of our #podcast, @annagammansart & I speak with artist & scientist Jasmine Pradissitto about the intersection of art & science, and her pioneering use of the depolluting material Noxorb >> https://t.co/eoVnIyQbAa #LondonArtCritic
Crystal Ribbon Sculpture Mirrors
Amazingly I found a sculpture in San Diego which looks like crystal ribbon structures – highly appropriate for today's more sober look at the daraxonrasib data in PDAC: https://t.co/8YGGXcyM9f https://t.co/ticCbTKYuK
Kounellis’ Sensory “Sack with Z” Leads Phillips
Phillips Auction today 3pm. Highlights: Jannis Kounellis, Untitled (Sack with Z) Est. $8,000–12,000. Jannis Kounellis (1936-2017)’s 2001 Sack with Z is from a series that combine organic and industrial materials, painted lettering and found objects in a vitrine. Each object...
May's Must‑See London Exhibitions From Dinosaurs to Metal
Dinosaurs to metal beasts, I've picked my top exhibitions to see in May for @Londonist https://t.co/BPdYNDhzRm
OpenAI's Images2 Pulls Me Back, Creates Magazine Instantly
1/ have not used openAI/chatgpt in ~3 months 0% use. 100% claude BUT with release of Images2 (especially for text) openAI recaptured ~20% of my use i designed a new 21-page magazine in 3mins that i fantasized existed: a mashup of...
Celebrating Bicentenary Through Scotland’s Top Exhibitions
To mark an important bicentenary I've toured some great exhibitions in Scotland and have written all about it for @worldofFAD https://t.co/bGU7Qy4dJ8
Creator Economy Thrives: Artists Earn More, Stay Independent
The @contra team published compelling research that disproves all of the AI doommaxxing being sold to creatives. Artists are making more art, earning more money, and staying independent. I’d argue the Creator Economy is stronger now than it was 5...
Pioneering 90s NYC Pop‑Up Shows Launched Today’s Top Artists
Throughout the entire decade of the 90s I curated a series of pop-up exhibits before the term existed, in downtown NYC. We referred to them as hit & run or guerrilla shows, often trading art for spaces. During that time...
Back in Town, Exploring Exhibitions – Read My Newsletter
I'm back in town and back at exhibitions. Read all about it in my latest newsletter via @Londonist https://t.co/TpvnsLs9e7
Display Eye‑Catchers to Slow Traffic and Boost Sales
Do you show at art fairs, open studios, or other group events? One of the more common artist mistakes is having no art on display to slow traffic down. This is especially true for those who make smaller more detailed...
Dive Into the Lost 1990s Avant‑Garde Art Experience
Please please come to this mad lecture on “My Lost Art World of the 1990a.” This is the Avant Guard that Lost by Winning so Spectacularly.” I will fire up the old slide projector, showing over 100 images. We will laugh;...
Real Artists Must Work; AI Isn’t a Shortcut
Anyone flexing how they don't need to do actual work, have talent or perfect the craft because of AI, is not a real artist. Let them expose themselves ✌🏽