Podcast Episodes

Hilma af Klint Pioneered Abstract Art. But That Is Only Part of Her Story

The Swedish painter Hilma af Klint died nearly 80 years ago in relative obscurity, but you might not immediately realize this if you look her up toda…

3 years, 5 months ago

What Is Afrofuturism, and Why Is It So Relevant Today

One art movement has become a household name in a way that few recent art movements can match. This is Afrofuturism. From the Metropolitan Museum of …

3 years, 5 months ago

Marc Spiegler on the Evolution of the Art Business (and Life After Art Basel)

For Art Basel, the most well known art fair in the world, the fourth quarter of 2022 marked the end of one era, and the beginning of another. In earl…

3 years, 5 months ago

Pussy Riot’s Nadya Tolokonnikova on Art, Activism, and Vladimir Putin

Born in Norilsk, an industrial Siberian town inside the Arctic Circle, Nadya Tolokonnikova was just 18 when she moved to Moscow and became a founding…

3 years, 5 months ago

What Can the Art World Learn From an Occult Practitioner?

Here at Artnet, we typically look to thorough data and the hard facts to tell us what to make of the wily, unpredictable art world. But every now and…

3 years, 6 months ago

4 Predictions on How the Art Industry Will Transform in 2023

Well, it's happened again. Tim Schneider has gone prophetic, again.

At the beginning of every year, our trusted art business editor goes through the S…

3 years, 6 months ago

Why the Very Serious Artist Paul Chan Is Taking a Breather

Anyone who's driven by a car dealership in the U.S. has probably seen them: Inflatable nylon figures with smiley faces, bending and twisting in the b…

3 years, 6 months ago

Re-Air: What Is the Metaverse? And Why Should the Art World Care?

Well, what do you know? The year of 2022 has officially come to a close, and here at The Art Angle, we are in a reflective. It was an amazing year fo…

3 years, 6 months ago

An End-of-Year Art-World Quiz Show Extravaganza

Well, the end of the year is upon us and it is also the end of an era here at Artnet News. Our fearless executive editor, Julia Halperin, is leaving …

3 years, 7 months ago

Is Progress in the Art World Just a Mirage?

Inside the art world, one of the defining narratives of the past decade has been a renewed push for gender and racial equity. Much of the attention i…

3 years, 7 months ago