Jean-Michel Basquiat

'We don’t advertise or say it out loud, but I want ours to be the best T-shirt people buy - their favorite shirt', she says

Looking back over our first decade, we reflect on well-loved artworks recommended by artists, curators and fellow creatives

A New Jersey arts festival erupts in gang-related violence, a daughter sues her father for $100 million over a Basquiat, a study shows galleries don't make artists much money, and more news from this week.

Taken from Phaidon's new release, "500 Self Portraits," here are 27 surprising self-portraits from some of the most renowned artists of the 20th and 21st centuries.

Artspace's affordable gift guide for this holiday season.

In this excerpt from Phaidon’s monograph on the artist, Durham talks to curator and historian Dirk Snauwaert about the New York art world of the 1980s, the fight to be taken seriously as an artist, and how, in his eyes, "you can't lose your own identity"

Identifying art in a museum easy—just read the wall text! But out in public, identifying graffiti requires some street smarts.

The tech entrepreneur-turned-artist opens up about his new NASA commission for the International Space Station, and why the gallery system as we know it just isn't ready for him.

See which artists the award-winning actress and lifestyle guru collects, what she wore to the art world's most exclusive events, and more.

For the latest in our interview series around Phaidon's Vitamin P3 compendium of contemporary painting, Artspace’s Loney Abrams met the voluble artist to discuss his experience as a rare black artist in the '70s downtown scene, and his secre

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

We've chosen some of the youngest and most precocious painters from Vitamin P3, who all prove that the trappings of age and experience don't outweigh a fresh, exciting, and unspoiled eye.

Artspace editor-in-chief Andrew M. Goldstein scoured this year's edition of the fair in search of the most interesting or otherwise relevant pieces, and here's what he found.

The School of Visual Arts professor and branding consultant shares what she likes to buy on Artspace, and why she loves typography.

Ahead of her time as a boundary-exploding performer, Madonna has also been a perceptive collector of cutting-edge art for decades. Here are some of her buys.

These artists break the dress code with pieces that bridge fashion and art.

The For Freedoms political action committee currently has a group show at Jack Shainman Gallery, but its founders (and the 50-some-odd artists already involved) hope to see the project extend far beyond the white cube.

Picasso's weeping muse, a tennis-playing Caravaggio, and a vanishing Velázquez, are some of the subjects of these newly released, beach-ready memoirs and novels.

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

These booths represent some of the most interesting and of-the-moment booths at the Armory Week's curator-driven fair.

On the eve of the new museum branch's opening, Artspace editor-in-chief Andrew M. Goldstein spoke to the intrepid curator about her plans for the unprecedented project.

We explored the Mexico City fair to find the most intriguing artworks on display. Here is a broad sampling that ranges from the historic to the questionably "now."

The former gallerist and longtime board collector talks about why his collaborations with big-name artists might be the future of sensible consumption.

In an interview with Karen Rosenberg, the dealer, curator, and impresario gives Artspace a preview of his collaboration with Larry Gagosian in Miami, the latest iteration of his New York gallery, and other upcoming projects.

Within a brilliant architectural shell by Diller Scofidio + Renfro, the real-estate magnate's mega-sized collection acts as a Disneyland for contemporary art fans.

Here are a handful of stories from around the web that should tide you over on your placid commutes this summer weekend.

From a young up-and-comer making a big push at Seattle’s new tech-targeting art fair to a famed photographer tackling a classic theme of the sublime, these are the artists we’ll be tracking this month.

The art historian and author of The Art of Forgery explains what drew him to this group of works.

From a theatrically inclined duo with a big-budget blowout to everyone's favorite street-art visionary, these are the artists we'll all be transfixed by this month.

We sat down with the chef behind Italy's most acclaimed restaurant to talk about how contemporary art influences his cooking, and why food belongs in museums.

We spoke to the Def Jam co-founder about the philosophy behind his art foundation, and his approach to collecting work by contemporary artists.

Beloved fixtures of the art world, the Dictrows have applied tremendous connoisseurship to collecting the best new and emergent art over the past three decades. We spoke to them about their approach to living with art.

If you're looking for aesthetically stimulating places to stay while vacationing across the country this season, these spots may have the amenities you're looking for.

Can you spot the variously plumed varieties of collectors at art fairs and other art-world functions? Here's a handy taxonomy of the species.

We spoke with the curator of 'Poetics of the Gesture' about what these three artists, surprisingly, have in common.

In a wide-ranging interview, we spoke to the Venus Over Manhattan proprietor about his gallery, his collecting philosophy, and how he scored one of the biggest auction-market flips in history.

In his latest column, Walter Robinson muses on the Pollyanna Capitalism—his term—that has seized the art community and its hangers-on in this booming, bubbly time.

When certain writers with access to the innermost circles of the art industry gossip, it goes from tabloid fodder to being the stuff of art history.

The French Oscar-winning actress plays a painter in new film Words and Pictures—and actually made all of the on-screen paintings herself.

In his latest column, Walter Robinson considers a new show of work by black artists in light of the diversity of the Whitney Biennial, and the art world in general.

From Rrose Sélavy, Marcel Duchamp's feminine pseudonym, to the mysterious Bernadette Corporation, here's a guide to the personae that artists and dealers have adopted when they go undercover.

We spoke to the collector about what he learned from Warhol, his historic sale of Jeff Koons's balloon dog, and his plans for the future of his foundation.

Uncertain art and shaky footing combined with enormous potential at the fair's debut—and there were signs aplenty that San Jose could emerge as major player on the international art circuit.

We spoke to the Chicago artist about the origin of his exuberant work, his interest in custom culture, and why he's so into nail art.

The former girlfriend of the famed artist recalls his scrappy beginnings in the East Village scene and how she quietly saved his work—which is now heading to Christie's—for more than 30 years.