Contemporary Art

Pop art

Grace Jones and Keith Haring: The Collaboration That Electrified Pop Culture

Keith Haring and Grace Jones did more than just collaborate—they created a cultural earthquake. Their partnership was bold, vibrant, and...

Sabrina Phillips, Szymon Jocek 1 June 2026

Pop art

Masterpiece Story: Once Upon a Time by Keith Haring

Keith Haring’s Once Upon a Time mural is a 4-walled orgiastic display of penises, eager orifices, splashing ejaculate, and extended tongues tangled...

Theodore Carter 1 June 2026

Contemporary Art

New York Art Week 2026: 12 Highlights from NYC’s Spring Art Frenzy

Between marquee art fairs, auction-house madness, downtown openings, uptown previews, long-awaited gallery and museum exhibitions, and the artsy...

MJ Rivera 28 May 2026

Jeff Koons, Balloon Dog (Magenta), 1994-2000, Château de Versailles, Versailles, France. Photo by Marc Wathieu via Versailles' website. Contemporary Art

Jeff Koons and His Balloon Dogs

What do Jeff Koons, Jay-Z, Christie’s, and clowns have in common? Balloon dogs. Koons is a controversial figure in the contemporary art world,...

Zuzanna Stańska 26 May 2026

Maria Gvardeitseva, Men In Suits Performance, 2024 Interview

Maria Gvardeitseva: Art as Transformation

In this deep-dive interview we explore the work of contemporary artist Maria Gvardeitseva, who explores exile, identity and belonging through the mediums of performance, sculpture and video.

Candy Bedworth 25 May 2026

Contemporary Art

When Nothing Becomes Art: John Cage, Yves Klein, and the Power of Absence

In 1952, a pianist sat before a waiting audience and played not a single note. Six years later in Paris, visitors entered a gallery expecting art and...

Guest Author 25 May 2026

Contemporary Art

In Minor Keys: 10 Must-See Pavilions from the 2026 Venice Biennale

Between jury resignations, protests, and strikes, the recently opened 2026 Venice Biennale has already sparked controversy. The 10 pavilions...

Carlotta Mazzoli 21 May 2026

Review

A Dog with the Face of Elon Musk Kneeled in Front of Me, and It Wasn’t a Dream—Beeple in Berlin

Last week, I entered the Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin for a press meeting with Beeple. I was too early and looked for the restroom, and suddenly...

Kate Wojtczak 18 May 2026

Contemporary Art

Faces of Fame: 6 Lucian Freud Portraits of Celebrities Unfiltered

Lucian Freud stripped his subjects bare, both literally and metaphorically. Over his long career, the British painter captured the likenesses of...

Elizabeth Provost 14 May 2026

Erotica

Is Jeff Koons’ Art Pornography?

Jeff Koons has been controversial from the very beginning of his career, which began around 1979. Having experimented with inflatable bunnies,...

Magda Michalska 14 May 2026

North American Art

In the Playhouse: Art Brut and American Folklore in Nellie Mae Rowe’s Work

By transforming discarded objects into part of an organic environment and turning personal experience into visual language, Nellie Mae Rowe created...

Carlotta Mazzoli 11 May 2026

Hurvin Anderson, Maracus III, 2004 Contemporary Art

Hurvin Anderson at Tate Britain: Questioning My History and My Place

If the thought of exploring the big ideas of identity, history, longing, and belonging seems like an impossible task, you’d be right. But enter the...

Candy Bedworth 7 May 2026