Rirkrit Tiravanija

Sculptures by Claes Oldenburg, Julian Opie, Roy Lichtenstein, and Yoshitomo Nara will take your love of art into a new dimension

The "Relational Aesthetics" artist discusses the importance of breaking out of the art world to engage with society in a politically useful way.

Leading artist duos and collectives like DIS, Guerrilla Girls, Lizzie Fitch/Ryan Trecartin, Claire Fontaine, The Propeller Group, Eva and Franco Mattes and others share secrets to collaborative success.

These thought-provoking art fair events are more interesting the less drunk you are—so scratch your chin at them while everyone else nurses their hangover.

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

This essay from Phaidon's Art in Time explores the participatory movement, which saw a blurring of the line between artist and viewer.

Get the inside scoop on the best MFA painting programs in the country from painters who went there.

From rising stars like Elizabeth Jaeger to the crossover celebrity Tilda Swinton, here are the artists everyone will be buzzing about this month.

The celebrated American artist gives a fascinating and in-depth interview to curator Okwui Enwezor in this excerpt from her just-released Phaidon Contemporary Artist Series monograph.

The director of Armory Week's most cutting-edge satellite fair speaks to Artspace's Karen Rosenberg about Independent's new Tribeca home and its upcoming Brussels edition.

The rising Mexico City-based artist talks to Artspace about the functional marketplace in her current solo exhibition at the New Museum and the commercial environments that inspire her.

The globetrotting curator discusses the French artists' groundbreaking project in this essay excerpted from Phaidon's "Defining Contemporary Art".

Beat the summer heat with these icy-cool reads from around the art world.

Here are some cutting-edge sites within driving distance of Manhattan that you should check out this summer.

Flummoxed by Harun Farocki? Tongue-tied by Thea Djordjadze? Here's our guide to avoid making an arse out of yourself in the Arsenale.

From a conceptual piece by a photographer with a major upcoming MoMA survey to an enigmatic sculpture by one of today's most closely watched young artists, these are works collectors should pounce on fast.

We spoke to the naturalist artist about his new trading post in Santa Fe, why New York has a 15-year expiration date for artists, and finding a dead opossum in his new studio.

From the hallowed halls of the New England ivies to the progressive art-tech centers on the West Coast, these are the top grad programs for artists-to-be.

Curator Nessia Pope explored the finest offerings on view at the 10th edition of the highly regarded art fair, which brings international exhibitors to a famed Oscar Neimeyer pavilion.

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.

From The Land in rural Thailand to the Chinati Foundation in Marfa, Texas, these are a few influential international programs that collectors would be wise to look for on artists' CVs.

As the Mexican capital prepares for an influx of art lovers for this weekend's Zona Maco fair, José Kuri and Mónica Manzutto offer a guide to getting the most out of the city, whenever you go.