Art

Phillips recently launched Dropshop, a digital platform in partnership with contemporary artists, collaborators, and influential brands. This platform is billed to be the first of its kind in the global auction industry, directly partnering with working artists, challenging traditional primary and secondary market dynamics. Phillips collaborates closely with partners throughout the entire process, from concept to promotion, offering limited-edition art and objects for a limited time through an "buy now" e-commerce model. These exclusive offerings are unique to Phillips' Dropshop, and once they're sold out, they're gone.As the only global auction house specializing in 20th Century and Contemporary art, design, and luxury items, Dropshop will offer a groundbreaking, art collecting experience...

The Orlando Museum of Art (OMA) is suing its former director Aaron De Groft for his role in promoting a show filled with fake Jean-Michel Basquiat paintings. Heroes and Monsters opened in February of 2022 and closed in roughly four months time, after the FBI raided OMA's galleries, finding 25 fake Basquiat artworks. The institution promptly fired De Groft and hired a task force to help alleviate the damage caused to OMA's reputation, along with investigating any and all parties who assisted in the faux-exhibition. According to the OMA lawsuit, the institution seeks to “hold responsible the people the museum believes knowingly misrepresented the works’ authenticity and provenance." Heroes and Monsters was initially promoted as a show featuring a suite of "lost" works that Basquiat had creat...

Artist Shohei Ochiai, known for his nostalgic and youth-like paintings is set to hold his largest solo exhibition to date titled "This is OCHIAI SHOHEI." The event is set to run from August 26 to September 23 at the Tokyo-based gallery YUKIKOMIZUTANI.The artist, born in 1988, attended and graduated from Tama Art University, majoring in product design and working as a comedian prior to becoming a full-time artist. It wasn't until 2018 that he began to pursue painting full-time, with themes of nostalgia being the works he's become most well-known for.These works include items like early gaming systems, Pokémon playing cards, sneakers like the Jordan 1 Chicago, snacks like Oreos and much more. He doesn't just paint these works as is or in a photorealistic way, instead, Ochiai's style is more ...

After bringing 30 west coast artists to Hong Kong with "Hot Concrete: LA to HK," WOAW Gallery has now announced its next major group presentation. Taking over Hong Kong's K11 MUSEA once again, the exhibition is curated by Micki Meng, Melanie Ouyang Lum, and WOAW Gallery founder Kevin Poon.Dubbed "The Descendants," the group presentation features works from over 20 international artists. WOAW Gallery describes the show, "In the pursuit of reinvigorating once-classic forms of abstraction as well as experimenting with portraiture and landscape, each participating artist foregrounds artistic exploration in the particular histories and legacies of the art cosmopolitans they hail from and identities they inhabit."Artists featured include Michelle Blade, Gabriella Boyd, Ross Caliendo, Dominique F...

Throughout the decade thus far, Artificial Intelligence has undergone significant innovation that has shaken all sorts of industries. Programs such as ChatGPT and the myriad of AI art generators that continue to pop up have taken the world by storm, presenting various unprecedented cases. Already, art-based awards have been granted to AI-generated works, stirring up controversy from artists and fans alike. Now, a recent court case has taken a stance against the protection of AI-created pieces.This past Friday, United States District Court Judge Beryl Howell ruled that art created by AI is not able to be protected by copyright law, as part of Thaler v. Perlmutter. The case itself centers around Thaler attempting to copyright an image produced by AI that was rejected by the United States Cop...

Creativity is often thought of as some mysterious force that is reserved for a select few. In reality, however, many of us start with the same creative means — colored pencils, crayons, and various humble materials — it's just a matter of being able to keep at it, without fear of failure and with a curiosity to document your observations of the world.Having first gravitated towards art by recreating his favorite cartoon characters, Kristofferson San Pablo never quite put the colored pencils down, per say. With an early business acumen in mind, San Pablo used to draw images of Sonic the Hedgehog and sell them to friends, which he’s use to buy video games and comic books. The characters within these worlds would, subconsciously, serve as templates for him to create his own set of figures and...

It's been roughly a few weeks now since Choctaw-Cherokee artist Jeffrey Gibson was announced to represent the United States at the 2024 Venice Biennale — the first Indigenous artist to be chosen for the honor. Gibson, however, is back in the headlines for less exciting matters as the artist has sued Chicago-based gallerist Kavi Gupta for allegedly withholding over $600,000 USD in sales. Gibson first started cosigning artworks to Gupta back in 2017 with a 50-50 profit split for each sale. While the terms were initially met, the artist expressed in his filing that the gallery began falling behind on payments and currently owes him $638,919 USD. “Because the gallery has stalled and failed to even negotiate in earnest a mutually acceptable payment plan, Gibson is now forced to commence this ac...

Pace Gallery is showcasing its first ever exhibition on acclaimed American artist, Hank Willis Thomas. Entitled I've Known Rivers, the solo show presents a range of the his signature retroreflective works that probe into globalization, colonial histories, and appropriation. Inspired by Langston Huges' 1921 poem “The Negro Speaks of Rivers", the show (like the poem) meditates on the theme of water as a visual anchor, point of entry, mover of people and "container of ancient knowledge", wrote a release by the gallery. Working across mediums, from painting to sculpture, installation to neon signage and screen-prints, Thomas sees himself as a "visual culture archaeologist" and mines the canons of history to re-present iconography, as well as accepted figures and norms, in a new light."I've alw...

Queen Latifah and Whoopi Goldberg will co-curate a special exhibit celebrating the 50th anniversary of hip-hop.The pair's "Hip Hop at 50" will be simultaneously held at Morrison Hotel Gallery Sunset Marquis in Los Angeles and Morrison Hotel Gallery 116 Prince Street in New York City. The immersive exhibition will highlight 50 iconic photographs that "create a visual odyssey that captures the essence of Hip Hop's evolution from its birth in the Bronx to its global prominence," with each handpicked piece reflecting "the genre's transformative power and its impact on society, making this exhibition an ode to the resilience and creativity of the Hip Hop community."The photographs will feature the work of renowned photographers such as Danny Clinch, Timothy White, and Lynn Goldsmith, Josh Cheus...