Joseph S. Lewis III on Artist Noah Purifoy
In a brief interview, Joseph S. Lewis III reflects on the legacy of avant‑garde artist Noah Purifoy, highlighting the activist core of his practice and its relevance to contemporary cultural discourse. Purifoy’s work, exemplified by his “666 signs of neon” installation, sought to create a new language for those excluded from mainstream dialogue. He argued that art must provoke behavioral change rather than serve solely as aesthetic decoration, and he championed robust art education as a vehicle for empowerment. Lewis cites Purifoy’s habit of repurposing discarded objects—junk, scrap metal, broken signage—granting them a second life and forcing viewers to confront the material’s hidden narratives. The neon signs, assembled from salvaged components, illustrate his belief that reclaimed materials can articulate collective trauma and resilience. The artist’s ethos underscores a broader shift toward socially engaged, sustainable art practices. For institutions and creators, Purifoy’s model offers a blueprint for leveraging waste, education, and radical communication to drive community transformation.
What if Art Was Alive and Powered by Us? Agnieszka Kurant Explains | Data Dreams: Art and AI
Agnieszka Kurant frames art as a living organism powered by the collective intelligence of its audience. She describes a system where human‑generated digital traces—social media posts, protest chants, emotional reactions—feed directly into AI‑driven installations, turning viewers into co‑creators. The project scrapes...
Teaching AI Like a Child – Fabien Giraud’s The Feral Explained | Data Dreams: Art and AI
Fabien Giraud’s project The Feral treats AI development as a child‑raising exercise, constructing a meticulously imagined world that recreates life on a French hill a millennium ago. By presenting this fictional environment to the machine, he aims to teach it...
Inside 3 Curators’ Favorite Works at the Museum
The Asian Art Museum’s latest video tour lets three curators spotlight their favorite pieces, ranging from Korean ink modernism to a Japanese expatriate’s feline portrait and a Punjabi fabric sculpture. The selections—Park Dae‑sung’s ink work, Fujita Tsuguharu’s cat painting, and...
Reviving Phap Lam | Hồi Sinh Pháp Lam Huế
The video showcases a young designer’s mission to revive Fablam, a Vietnamese craft that fuses vibrant pigments with metalwork to convey stories and blessings. Trained at Refles International College, she explains how Fablam’s hallmark lies in its harmonious color‑metal marriage,...
From Crate to Gallery: The Journey of an Icon
From the outside the Art Institute of Chicago appears timeless, yet behind its doors a massive, coordinated effort brings masterpieces like Gustave Caillebotte’s “Paris Street; Rainy Day” from crate to gallery. The video chronicles the journey of this rarely‑traveling painting...
Centuries of the Bristlecone by Jonathon Keats
Jonathon Keats’s video introduces “bristlecone time,” an alternative chronometer that gauges years by the growth rings of the world’s longest‑lived trees, contrasting sharply with the atom‑based Coordinated Universal Time that dominates modern life. He traces humanity’s shift from seasonal cues—bird migrations,...
Frank Gehry's Archived Sketches #gettymuseum #gettyresearch #architecture
The video spotlights Frank Gehry’s archived sketches of the Walt Disney Concert Hall, now part of the Getty Museum’s collection. It explains how ten of the architect’s original hand‑drawn studies were compiled into a mixed‑media portfolio and placed in a...
Monuments / Group Exhibition at The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA Los Angeles
The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA Los Angeles presents "Monuments," a group exhibition that interrogates the role of public monuments in contemporary culture. Curated to coincide with ongoing debates over historical memory, the show gathers artists from diverse backgrounds to reimagine...
Taipei Exhibition Shines Light on Resilience of Ukrainian Artists｜TaiwanPlus News
The video reports on a Taipei exhibition that places Ukrainian female artists at its center, using their work to illustrate the resilience and courage forged amid war. Curators and visitors alike emphasize how these creators transform personal trauma into powerful...
Conversations | Who Builds the Canon? Infrastructure, Authorship, and Digital Culture
The final conversation of Art Basel Hong Kong 2026 explored who constructs the art canon in an era defined by digital infrastructure, authorship, and evolving cultural norms. Moderated by Eli Shinman, the panel featured curator Sunny Chong of M+, multidisciplinary...
Conversations | For the Love of Collectibles: Why Collect Design Now
The Conversations 2026 panel, co‑hosted by Art Basel and Salone del Mobile, explored the emerging niche of collectible design. Moderated by Wallpaper’s Yoko Choi, the discussion featured designer‑artist Do We Han and Artling founder Talinia Foa Garrido, who examined how the new Salone...
Conversations | Chan Wai Lap on Art, Memory and Communal Spaces
The fourth day of Art Basel Hong Kong 2026 opened with a panel titled “Chan Wai Lap on art, memory and communal spaces,” presented in partnership with UBS. Moderator Louisa Ho introduced the artist, UBS collection manager Elen Choy, and...
600 Years of Samurai Legacy: The Untold Story of the Hosokawa Clan | Sotheby's
The Sotheby’s video chronicles six centuries of the Hosokawa clan, a samurai lineage that has wielded political authority while championing the arts. From its emergence in the Muromachi period to its presence in today’s auction house, the piece frames the...
How an Artist Titles Their Work
The video captures an artist walking through his studio, explaining how he creates and titles his chalk, slate, and blackboard drawings. He emphasizes the tactile, dust‑filled nature of the medium and mentions a commission for gallery director Marian Goodman, titled...
The Fruit Basket with Luc Tuymans and Helen Molesworth
The video features a conversation between artist Luc Tuymans and curator Helen Molesworth about their project "The Fruit Basket," which employs three‑dimensional figurines rendered in a muted gray gesso. By deliberately dulling the surface, the creators strip the objects of...
Meet the Artist Who Turns Words Into Neon Art
The video profiles a contemporary artist who converts written words into luminous neon installations, using a painstaking, trial‑and‑error method that treats language as raw material. By repeatedly inscribing a phrase, smearing it with black paint, and then electrifying it, the...
Artist Remembers His 3rd Grade Teacher. #KerryJamesMarshall #Art21Archive
In a brief interview, artist Kerry James Marshall reflects on the pivotal role his third‑grade teacher, Mrs. Foley, played in his artistic formation. He recounts how the classroom became a laboratory for learning the mechanics of painting, from brush grip...
The Side of Samurai You Haven't Seen | Curators' Tour of the Samurai Exhibition
The British Museum’s “Curators’ Tour of the Samurai” exhibition reframes the iconic warrior, showing that the popular image of sword‑wielding samurai is a later myth. It traces the class from its birth as mercenary mounted archers in the Heian period...
In the Gallery: Sarah Morris at White Cube Mason’s Yard | White Cube
Sarah Morris’s new White Cube show, "Snow Leopards and Skyscrapers," juxtaposes the elusive snow leopard with towering corporate architecture to interrogate the hidden forces shaping modern urban life. Morris populates her large‑scale canvases with recognizable symbols—from Cambridge Analytica and Palantir to...
In New Delhi, Dancer Deepu Rawat Turns the Repetitive Rhythms of the Factory Floor Into Movement
In the short dance film "Machine Movements," choreographer Abhinay Pandit guides dancer Deepu Singh through the night‑time corridors of Rajesh Pratap Singh’s textile factory on the outskirts of New Delhi. Shot on 16mm Bolex film, the piece translates the factory’s...
Bella Freud and Katy Hessel in Lucian Freud: Drawing Into Painting
The National Portrait Gallery hosted a conversation between Bella Freud and art historian Katy Hessel, reflecting on Lucian Freud’s legacy and the intimate moments captured in his portraits. The dialogue centered on Freud’s meticulous, almost ritualistic approach—re‑working etchings, repeatedly...
What the Story of Creation Looked Like in the Bible #gettymuseum #medievalhistory #medievaltymes
The video examines how medieval European artists illustrated the biblical creation narrative, focusing on a 12th‑century manuscript that arranges the seven days in linked circles, and a 15th‑century prayer book that pairs creation with apocalyptic imagery. It highlights visual conventions—God in...
An Afternoon with Lorraine O’Grady
The Metropolitan Museum hosted a conversation with artist Lorraine O’Grady, introduced by curator David Breslin and curator Denise Murrell, to contextualize O’Grady’s work within the Manet/Degas exhibition and the broader history of Black representation in European painting. O’Grady traced her unconventional...
The Story of These Mysterious Beds... #Shorts
The video profiles Japanese artist Jaharu Shiota and her signature installations that turn ordinary beds into sculptural environments. By wrapping each mattress in dense black thread, Shiota creates a visual metaphor for the invisible boundaries of sleep, memory and...
Takashi Murakami: Hark Back to Ukiyo-E / Perrotin Los Angeles
The video spotlights Takashi Murakami’s latest show, “Hark Back to Ukiyo‑e,” hosted by Perrotin in Los Angeles. The exhibition deliberately references the historic Japanese woodblock tradition while reinterpreting it through the artist’s signature neon palette and hyper‑modern media. Murakami’s new...
Becoming Sophie Calle: “Sometimes You Suffer, and It Offers You a Boulevard of Pleasure.”
Sophie Calle reflects on a lifetime of personal loss, family dynamics, and the mundane objects that have become the scaffolding of her art. The interview weaves anecdotes about a giraffe plush representing her mother, a bed‑in‑India project that launched her Venice...
Status Embroidered in Late Imperial China
The video explores Qing‑dynasty rank badges—elaborate embroidered insignia that signaled an official’s civil or military standing. Curated in the National Museum of Asian Art, the three examples illustrate how each of the nine ranks was identified by a specific bird...
Rare Kohiki Vase Designed to Leak Soars at Auction | Sotheby's
The video chronicles the auction of a rare Amamorei Kohiki vase, a 15th‑16th century Japanese ceramic famed for its intentional leak design, which concluded at Sotheby’s with a final hammer price of $4.7 million. The bidding frenzy saw incremental offers climbing from...
John Stezaker – “I'm a Collector of Shadows” | Studio Visit
John Stezaker’s studio visit reveals an artist obsessed with the violence and redemption inherent in image making. He describes his practice as cutting, destroying, and re‑stitching photographs—an act he calls sacrificial—so that the spectator must forge a new connection between...
The Pine Cone Choker by Elsa Schiaparelli 👁️ Surrealist Vintage Jewellery ✨
The video spotlights Elsa Schiaparelli’s iconic pine‑cone choker, unveiled in her summer 1939 “bustle” collection. The surrealist piece combines purple velvet ribbons with dangling gold‑plated pine cones, intended to accentuate a low‑cut, scoop‑neck silhouette. Although the pine cones appear massive, they...
Stories of Art: Artemisia Gentileschi Talent and Torment - Part 1
The episode of Stories of Art introduces Artemisia Gentileschi, the 17th‑century Italian Baroque painter whose violent personal history and groundbreaking canvases have made her a cultural touchstone. Hosts James Fox and Alastair Sooke trace her upbringing in a financially strained, chaotic...
Indian Artist Pinakin Patel Shares His Creative Philosophy Through Design
Indian artist Pinakin Patel uses a spoken‑word piece to outline his design philosophy, arguing that design, like all life, must evolve and that its true compass is timing rather than prescribed methods. Patel stresses essentialism over dogma, urging creators to observe...
Inside Art Made From Discarded Bottle Caps
The video profiles Ellen Suie, a contemporary artist who transforms discarded plastic bottle caps into large‑scale sculptural works. By manipulating the caps from the inside out, folding them into squares or cutting them into fine strips, Suie creates pieces that...
Fragmentos: Anti-Monuments, Memory & Justice | Doris Salcedo | MArch Design Practice Studio Sessions
The Royal College of Art hosted Colombian artist Doris Salcedo to discuss her 2018 work Fragments, a counter‑monument born from the 2016 peace accord that required the surrender of 13,000 guerrilla firearms. Salcedo transformed 37 tons of decommissioned weapons into a floor...
The Excitement of What Things Can Do.
The video centers on a practitioner’s fascination with material manipulation, emphasizing the dual learning journey of observing how substances react to physical forces and uncovering their historical narratives. By framing the process as an educational experience, the speaker highlights the...
Les Innombrables: 11106 Ventura Boulevard
The video titled "Les Innombrables: 11106 Ventura Boulevard" appears to be a fragmented audio recording with no clear narrative. The transcript is riddled with nonsensical phrases, mixed languages, and abrupt interjections, suggesting either a malfunctioning transcription engine or a deliberately...
Uncovering Glenn Ligon's Layered Abstractions
The video is an interview with artist Glenn Ligon in his Brooklyn studio, where he explains the conceptual underpinnings of his text‑based paintings and installations. He frames his work as a dialogue between language, history and the material act of...
Bodies Lock in a Fight Choreography with a Sweet Prize as Bart Hess Unpacks Attraction and Repulsion
In a recent presentation, choreographer Bart Hess dissected the mechanics of fight choreography, framing each movement as a dance between attraction and repulsion. He illustrated how performers lock bodies, exchange forces, and create tension that drives the narrative, all while...
The Collection of Agnes Gund Comes to Christie's
Christie's latest showcase spotlights the legendary collector Agnes Gund, whose decades‑long patronage has reshaped both museum boards and public‑school art programs. The exhibition not only displays masterpieces ranging from Abstract Expressionism to contemporary works, but also frames Gund’s recent decision...
Joan Mitchell’s Monumental Diptych Sets New Auction Record in Asia | Sotheby's
Sotheby’s Hong Kong closed its evening with a headline‑making sale: Joan Mitchell’s monumental diptych, painted on the historic estate where Monet once worked, fetched HK$115 million (approximately US$14.7 million). The piece, one of only two multi‑panel Mitchell works still held in private...
Devan Shimoyama in Conversation with Alex Bispham and Pia Gottschaller
The event, hosted by the CLD Center for the Art of the Americas, featured Devon Shimoyama, a Philadelphia‑born artist now based in Pittsburgh, discussing his practice during a conversation with Alex Bispham and Pia Gottschaller. Shimoyama’s work merges painting, collage, and...
Basel Biennale 2025 Catalog
The Basel Biennale 2025 catalog, themed “Follow the Flow,” spotlights public artworks scattered across Basel, Switzerland that often go unnoticed. The biennial’s mission is to illuminate these pieces, encouraging residents and visitors to engage with the city’s visual culture. The...
Opening-Day Talk: Christine Sun Kim in Conversation with Christine Y. Kim
The Walker Art Center and the Whitney Museum opened "Christine Sun Kim All Day, All Night," a retrospective covering the artist’s output from 2011 to 2026. Curators and supporters introduced the show, acknowledging Indigenous lands and the network of foundations...
The Hidden Role of Artists in AI's Future
The video argues that artists occupy a hidden yet pivotal role in shaping the future of artificial intelligence. It calls for their active participation at the highest levels of technology development, emphasizing that creative minds can pose questions and imagine...
Escher's Most Mind-Bending Piece
The video dissects M.C. Escher’s 1956 lithograph “Print Gallery,” often hailed as one of the most baffling pieces of visual art. It depicts a man standing in a gallery, gazing at a painting of a harbor; within that painting the...
The Ultimate Freedom Profession. #RagnarKjartansson
Ragnar Kjartansson, a visual artist based in Iceland, describes his craft as "the ultimate freedom profession." He frames art not merely as a career but as a way of living, where each creation becomes a moment of personal expression and...
Livestream | 20th/21st Century Evening Sale | Christie's Hong Kong
Christie's Hong Kong will hold its 20th/21st Century Evening Sale on Friday, 27 March at 7:00 pm HKT, streamed live for global audiences. The auction will feature iconic modern and contemporary works by artists such as Gerhard Richter, Walter Spies, Sanyu,...
Jessie Ware Visits Tate Modern 👀
Jessie Ware’s visit to London’s Tate Modern becomes a platform for her to discuss how visual art informs her music. The singer reflects on a high‑school pop‑art phase, her attraction to figurative paintings, and a particular fascination with the female...
Conversations: Klára Hosnedlová and WangShui with Sam Bardaouil | White Cube
The White Cube conversation brings together Klára Hosnedlová and WangShui to interrogate what it means to speak through material in contemporary art. Both artists examine the tension between representation—recognizable imagery—and perception, a mode of sensing that destabilises the image,...