Few people—aside from perhaps her mother—have played as pivotal a role in positioning South Korea on the global art map as New York-based dealer Tina Kim. Born in South Korea and raised in California, ...

“I don’t like being a prisoner to the art market,” artist Ken Lum tells Observer. One of the most celebrated contemporary artists hailing from Canada, Lum has enjoyed a multifaceted career—he’s an ...

Art in the Twenty-First Century is the longest running broadcast program bringing contemporary art directly to viewers like you. On October 17th, Art21's acclaimed broadcast series returns to PBS with ...

Artistic styles exist only in retrospect. While many of their defining characteristics are formulated in manifestos by pioneering artists, a style can’t be fully understood until it has become a thing ...

A conceptual artwork titled “Comedian” sold at auction last November for just over $6 million. The piece consisted of a banana duct-taped to the wall, along with installation instructions and a ...