This Painter Changed How I Look at Art
The video features a conversation between host Gary and contemporary painter Louise Joanelli, who shares how she teaches drawing by dissecting existing artworks. Joanelli explains that she collects postcards of museum pieces, then crops a small, visually compelling segment to use as a reference. She emphasizes material—vellum, translucency, light—and disregards biographical labels, focusing on composition, color, and texture. She cites a formative Bosch exhibition where each painting was lit by a unique LED, inspiring her solo shows that manipulate light sources. Notable anecdotes include her fascination with Adrien Kf’s asparagus on vellum and describing her work as a “Trojan horse” that hides subversive ideas. The approach underscores that learning art is as much about observing details as creating them, encouraging artists and viewers to seek vitality in isolated forms and to interpret works without textual bias, a practice that can deepen engagement and originality.
Inside Calligraphy that Breaks Out of the Page
The video showcases “Calligraphy Garden,” an immersive installation by the Yangjiang Group, a three‑artist collective based in Yangjiang. The work transforms a gallery space into a flowing river, complete with a waterfall, where hundreds of wax‑sealed calligraphy pieces appear to...
Art that Deals with Grief
Michelle’s latest studio series confronts grief by turning her own body and daily rituals into material art. She casts her belly button, hair, and fingernails, embedding them in resin to “anchor time” and give physical form to loss. An alternative photography...
Inside a “Kitchen” Where Everything Is Improvised
The video showcases an experimental artist who has built an installation he calls a “kitchen,” a space where everyday cooking implements become the raw material for live improvisation. Rather than following a script, the creator assembles objects such as potatoes,...
ArtDrunk TinaKim ExhibitionWalkthrough V1 4 EN
The video walks viewers through the ArtDrunk TinaKim exhibition, a spring showcase honoring the late Korean artist Suki Suk Young Kang on the first anniversary of her passing. Curated as a tribute, the show foregrounds her signature grid motif, which...
Inside This LA Artist's Studio Before Her Exhibition
The video offers an intimate walkthrough of a Los Angeles artist’s studio as she prepares for an upcoming exhibition. Viewers see a sprawling workspace divided into zones: a model section where she maps out show concepts, a material-testing area featuring...
The Woman Who Runs Art Basel Hong Kong Told Me Everything
The video features an informal interview with Adeline Ooi, the director of Art Basel Hong Kong, as she walks through the fair’s bustling halls. Ooi reflects on her journey from exhibitor in 2011 to overseeing a 240‑gallery event, describing the...
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...
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...
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...
Inside a Studio Inspired by Hokusai’s Wind
Kenichiro Fuchamoto opens his workshop, a studio explicitly modeled on the kinetic spirit of Hokusai’s famous wind sketches. He walks viewers through a space where classic Japanese palettes coexist with cutting‑edge pigment formulations, highlighting how the studio’s layout encourages hands‑on...
Inside This New York Artist’s Felt Studio
The video offers a tour of a New York‑based artist’s studio where she produces monumental felted wool works that read like visual research papers. Her practice pivots on translating scientific data—MRI scans, histological slices, and even astronomical photographs—into tactile,...
Painting Spring From Memory
The video introduces “Aelia Spring,” a solo exhibition where the artist deliberately injects the vitality of spring into New York’s bleak February. Drawing on her upbringing in rural South Korea, she frames the show as a personal antidote to seasonal...
Inside This LACMA Exhibition on Forgotten Histories
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art’s new show, The Day Tomorrow Began, by Tavvaris Stron, interrogates the layers of Black history that have been systematically omitted from mainstream narratives. Framed as a series of rooms—a black‑painted barber shop, a...
100 Artists Inside Fondation Cartier
The Fondation Cartier has opened its first major exhibition under a brand‑new building, showcasing works by 100 artists from across the globe. The show is organized into thematic zones—architecture, science, arts and crafts, forest, and nature—offering a panoramic view of...