Chris Ofili

The London fair addresses contemporary concerns and pressures, while also serving up some familiar sights

10 perfect pieces to transport you to a different dimension

You might be surprised by who and what is behind some of the art world’s largest patrons. Here are the stories behind six of some of the most recognized artist grants and awards.

The celebrated curator and director of White Columns shares his thoughts on his favorite works from Artspace’s exclusive preview of NADA’s upcoming art fair in New York, opening March 2nd.

In this 2004 interview with the godfather of institutional critique, Hans Haacke taps into art’s relationship with big business, the CIA, Rudolph Giuliani, nationalism, and the George W. Bush administration.

Excerpted from Phaidon's Going Once, this list features artworks by Jasper Johns, Louise Bourgeois, Damien Hirst, Tracey Emin, Jeff Koons, and more.

With an intimate perspective, Hoptman reflects on the characters and ideas that brought the medium from critical disdain to its current popularity.

Though all under 40 years old, these Vitamin P3 artists have already proven themselves vital to the international conversation around contemporary painting.

In this interview with Artspace's Dylan Kerr, the longtime champion of contemporary painting gives a fascinating glimpse behind the scenes of her influential work.

Here’s what you need to know to bring the British painter's official tea towel into your kitchen (and your heart).

The grandson of Alexander Calder and steward of his legacy shares his favorite works from this year's fair.

With the dust settled, what did we learn from the auctions? Some things will surprise you.

Artspace's advice columnist, a seasoned traveler, shares some tips on the best places to seek out culture in the year ahead.

We caught up with the dynamic director to discuss how she changed a sleepy vacation town art center into a world-class contemporary art museum.

From a scene-stealing source of beauty at the Venice Biennale to America’s greatest living painter of flat people, these are the artists we’ll all be talking about this month.

We spoke to the critic and scholar about the complex condition of painting, the decline of criticism, and what cliche about the medium drives him up the wall.

We spoke to the renowned patron of emerging artists on how he first got into collecting, why he's troubled by today's art market, and the responsibilities that come with the power to make markets.

On the eve of the Brooklyn Ball, we spoke to the outgoing director about the radical ways he reshaped his institution—setting a template that museums across the country are now following.

With the acclaimed art critic back at the helm of his feed after weeklong suspension, we spoke to him about his experience dealing with censorious fans and the Facebook police.

The renowned patron of emerging artists shares a few of the artworks that gripped him in the aisle's of New York's art fairs.

We spoke to the White Columns director about his role in shaping New York's most artist-directed art fair, and how his curatorial approach arose from the music clubs of the gritty Manchester scene.

From a world-shattering Cubist visionary to a brainy pasticheuse for the Internet era, these artists are going to be making waves this month.

From the groundbreaking "Primary Structures" at the Jewish Museum (now being reinterpreted in a new show) to "WACK!" at L.A. MOCA in 2007, here's a survey of exhibitions that upended the way we look at art today—and how artists make it, too.