The struggle between art and commerce has found a new battleground. This time the landscape is larger and more amorphous than ever before — bursting with creative potential but vulnerable to exploitation too. It’s a place where new art is born and old art is resurrected. It’s expanding, it’s proliferating and it’s coming to a […]
Written by Jacqui Palumbo A celebrity’s image can be quickly shaped by a single photograph, TikTok video or news headline, but in Robert Wilson’s staged video portraits shot over the past two decades, he invites viewers to slow down — way down -— with hours-long poses held by celebrities including Lady Gaga, Brad Pitt and […]
Written by Oscar Holland, CNNSeoul, South Korea With its thriving local gallery scene and a growing class of affluent collectors, South Korea has long been considered one of the art world’s sleeping giants. The announcement that a major art fair, Frieze, would launch its inaugural Asian edition there may have surprised some, but it was […]
Written by Benjamin Sutton This article was originally published by The Art Newspaper, an editorial partner of CNN Style. “City,” a vast complex of outdoor structures and landmasses the land artist Michael Heizer began constructing in the desert of Nevada in 1970, will finally begin welcoming public visitors next month. The site’s opening on September […]
Written by Jacopo Prisco, CNN Tullio Masoni makes some of the most exclusive wine in the world, but he doesn’t want you to drink it. An exuberant entrepreneur, art collector and former investment banker, he created what he says is the world’s smallest vineyard atop a 16th-century palazzo in the heart of Reggio Emilia. The […]
Written by Rebecca Cairns, CNNHong Kong In a dark room in the middle of Hong Kong, there’s a new reprieve from the bustling city. It’s a forest — although it looks nothing like the dense greenery covering the nearby mountains. This one glows. The so-called “pixel forest” is made up of 3,000 LED lights, suspended […]
Written by Jacqui Palumbo, CNN In Snap, we look at the power of a single photograph, chronicling stories about how both modern and historical images have been made. The wood-walled conference room has a sterile quality, and the men in muted suits seated around the wide central table are eerily alike, as if duplicated. But […]
Written by Jacqui Palumbo, CNN New York officials have returned 30 cultural artifacts to Cambodia, including a 10th-century Khmer sculptural “masterpiece,” after the items were illegally sold to private collectors and a US museum. The antiquities, which had been taken from temples and archeological sites during periods of civil conflict in the country, entered the […]
Written by Rachel Fadem, CNN A young man poses shirtless, jeans hung low around the waist. His hands, which are placed delicately atop his head, accentuate his ribs and the curve of his back as he stares deep into the lens. Next to this portrait is another photo of an older man striking precisely the […]
Written by Oscar Holland, CNN A version of this story appeared in CNN’s Meanwhile in China newsletter, a three-times-a-week update exploring what you need to know about the country’s rise and how it impacts the world. Sign up here. Zhang Daqian may not be a household name in the West, but in China — and […]
