The Art Angle

A weekly podcast that brings the biggest stories in the art world down to earth. Go inside the newsroom of the art industry's most-read media outlet, Artnet News, for an in-depth view of what matters most in museums, the market, and much more.

The Roundup: 2024—The Year in Art

Re-Air: How Warhol’s Handmade Art Shaped His Famed Pop Factory

Why Is Rococo Art Making a Comeback?

Can Machine Vision Replace Art Expertise?

Re-Air: A Reporter Goes Undercover in the Art World

What Is Orphism, History's Most Enigmatic Art Movement?

A Famous Novelist's Alternate Art World

What New Is There to Say About Leonardo da Vinci?

Re-Air: The One Word That Explains Art Now

The Roundup: Van Gogh Soupers Get Jail, Art Market in Flux, Elon Musk's Copycat Problems

How Textiles Took Over the Art World

A Damning Appraisal of Art World Elitism

The Brooklyn Museum Is Turning 200. What’s Next?

Is There Anything Miranda July Can't Do?

The Round Up: Lowry Leaves MoMA, the Artists All Over Museums, a Long Lost Gentileschi

K-Culture Chronicles: Inside Korea’s Art Boom

The Great Art Market Reset

Thurston Moore and Jamie Nares on Art, Rock, and Art Rock

The Roundup: Michael Jackson Auction Drama, a Russian Artist Freed, Banksy's 'Zoo Period'

Re-Air: Andrew Bolton, The Reanimator: Life, Death, and Sleeping Beauties at the Met

The One Word That Explains Art Now

The New Style of Artist Career

Decoding the Ancient Sculpture That Defines Olympic Athleticism

The Roundup: That Trump Photo, a Beheaded Sculpture, the 'Ladies-Only' Picasso Controversy

How a '90s Cult Novel Is Still Inspiring Artists

Art's New Yen for Psychoanalysis

Re-Air: Why Adriano Pedrosa Sees His Venice Biennale As ‘Paying a Debt’

The Roundup: Basel Breakdown, Art and Algorithms, Remembering Barbara Gladstone

An Artist Pushing the Limits of Her Audience

Can the Art Trade Become More Sustainable?

How Warhol's Handmade Art Shaped His Famed Pop Factory

The Roundup: Auction Week Hacked!, Maurizio Cattelan's Misfire, Royally Bad Paintings

The Art Angle Presents: Artist Jim Denevan on Creating Massive Land Artworks That Are Here Today, Gone Tomorrow

The Art Angle Presents: How Curator Yung Ma is Redefining Contemporary Exhibition Models

What 'Good Taste' Looks Like in 2024

The Art Angle Presents: How Dealer Alexander Shulan Is Building New Markets for Underrecognized Artists

Andrew Bolton, The Reanimator: Life, Death, and Sleeping Beauties at the Met

Special Preview: Previously Unknown | A History of Independent

How Jeffrey Gibson Went from Almost Quitting Art to the Venice Biennale

The Art Angle Roundup: On the Ground at the Venice Biennale

Why Are Art Resale Prices Plummeting?

Why Adriano Pedrosa Sees His Venice Biennale As 'Paying a Debt'

Two Critics on the Whitney Biennial

The Art Angle Roundup: Damien Hirst's Formaldehyde Fail, a Photo Star Rediscovered, and Artnet News Turns 10

A Peek Behind the Curtain at Auction Houses

A Reporter Goes Undercover in the Art World

James Fuentes Has His Own Playbook for Success. It’s Working.

The Art Angle Roundup: Museums vs Patrons, a Contested Sculpture Stars in Venice, and Koons on the Moon

The Roots of the Harlem Renaissance—and Its Power Today

Inside the Art Fraud Feud of the Century

The Enduring Obsession With Abstraction

Unexpected Ways A.I. Might Rewire Art

The Art Angle Round Up: Market Predictions, Venice Biennale Shake-Ups, and Marina Abramovic's Skincare

Ishmael Reed on Basquiat Myths and Realities

The Artist Behind the Art World’s Most Viral Memes

Lucy Lippard On A Life In And Out Of Art

Re-Air: What Is Hypersentamentalism? On the New Tendency in Art

The Art Angle Roundup: 2023's Ins And Outs

Artnet's Writers On The Art That Brings Them Joy

Klaus Biesenbach on Museums as Social Networks

The Art Angle Round Up: A Buyer's Art Market, Italy's Tolkein Furor, and the Blackest, Blackest Black

How an Exclusive NYC Cult Influenced the Post War Art Scene

How to Look at the Met's Blockbuster Manet/Degas Show

How Artist Marcel Dzama Brings Surrealism to the Stage

Curator Helen Molesworth Looks Back on 30 Years of Art Writing

The Art Angle Presents: What's Going On in the Asian Art Market Right Now

The Art Angle Roundup: London vs Paris, Criticism in the Age of 'Parasocial Aesthetics,' and More Secrets of the Mona Lisa

How the World's First Museum Dedicated to Women's Art Is Charting a Path Forward

The Art Angle Presents: Artist Conrad Shawcross and Simon de Pury on Perceptions of Time

Fotografiska's Bold New Model For Museums

Hal Foster on the Age of Art Theory

The Art Angle Round Up: A Glut of Paintings, a Fraudster's Reckoning, and an Art Prank Gone Wrong

Artist Carol Bove on Curating Legendary Polymath Harry Smith

Grow or Go? In an Uncertain Market, Three Art Experts Debate the Future

What's Causing the Crisis in Art Criticism?

The Art Angle Round Up: The British Museum's Crisis, A.I. Art on Trial, and Dealer Beef in Montauk

Why Digital Art Lives Fast and Dies Young

Why the Art Market's Struggles Spell Opportunity

The Pleasures and Paradoxes of Seurat's Iconic 'Sunday Afternoon'

How Surrealist Artist Leonora Carrington Carved Her Space in a Male-Dominated World

The Art Angle Roundup: Frieze's Expansion, Pollock's NFTs, and Barbenheimer's Impact

A Security Guard's Love Letter to the Metropolitan Museum of Art

How Meow Wolf Turned Into an Unlikely Art Juggernaut

The Stunning Fall of Lisa Schiff, Art Advisor to the Stars

Inside the Controversy Over Hannah Gadsby's 'Pablo-matic' Show

Why This A.I. Art Pioneer Thinks Text-to-Image Generators Are Killing Creativity

Jenny Holzer on the Raw Power of the Well-Wrought Phrase

What Is Hypersentimentalism? On the New Tendency in Art

James Murdoch on His Vision for Art Basel and the Future of Culture

Among the Spiders With Mind-Bending Artist Tomas Saraceno

The Art Angle Presents: How the Intersection of Art, Design, and Technology Is Evolving

What Does Connoisseurship Mean in the Digital Age?

Google’s A.I. Art Guru on the New Age of Disruption

What Is ‘Quantitative Aesthetics,’ and How Is It Changing Art?

An Oral History of Ryan McGinley’s ‘The Kids Are Alright,’ 20 Years Later

Re-Air: How A.I. Is Changing the Business of Being an Artist

How Roy Lichtenstein Became a Super-Villain to Comic Book Artists

How Does Data Give You the Edge in the Art Market?

Re-Air: Are Climate Activists’ Art Attacks Helping or Hurting Their Cause?

Re-Air: Why Vermeer’s Many Secrets Are Now Coming to Light

How the Heist Movie ‘Inside’ Turns Art Into a Thief’s Salvation

The Triumphant, Tragic Life of Nazi-Era Artist Charlotte Salomon

Hito Steyerl on Why the Metaverse Has Already Failed

The Art Angle Presents: How Three Artists Envision What a Goddess Means Today

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

What Is Afrofuturism, and Why Is It So Relevant Today?

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

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

What Can the Art World Learn From an Occult Practitioner?

4 Predictions on How the Art Industry Will Transform in 2023

Why the Very Serious Artist Paul Chan Is Taking a Breather

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

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

Is Progress in the Art World Just a Mirage?

Are Climate Activists’ Art Attacks Helping or Hurting Their Cause

Jerry Saltz on What It Takes to Be an Art Critic Today

The Art Angle Presents: How Four Mexican Photographers Captured the Maya Riviera’s Raw Beauty

How the Rubells Built an Empire Out of Minting Art Stars

Why Vermeer’s Many Secrets Are Now Coming to Light

How the Lucas Museum Plans to Tell Riveting Stories Through Art

How—and Why—Paul Allen Built His Billion Dollar Art Collection

How A.I. Is Changing the Business of Being an Artist

Can Artists Beat Flippers at Their Own Game?

Can Art Basel Make Paris the World’s Art Capital Once Again?

Why the Art World Is Such Hard Place to Be a Parent

‘Hope’ Poster Artist Shepard Fairey on Art and Activism Today

How the Universe Taught Wolfgang Tillmans to Make Art

Rick Lowe on How Art Can Solve Real-World Problems

How K-Pop and Connoisseurship Made Seoul a New Art Capital

Re-Air: Why Art Biennial Superstars Exist in a Parallel Universe

Re-Air: The Black Art Visionary Who Secretly Built the Morgan Library

Re-Air: How the Art World in Ukraine’s Besieged Capital Are Fighting Back

Re-Air: Marina Abramović on How Her Artistic Method Can Change Your Life

How Virgil Abloh Changed the Contemporary Art World

What Is the Metaverse? And Why Should the Art World Care?

Why Artist Jayson Musson Is Clowning a Humorless Art World

What Does the Future of NFTs Look Like Now?

Re-Air: Art, Lies, and Instagram: How Catfishing ‘Collectors’ Duped the Art World

Re-Air:The Secret Codes of World-Class Art Auctions, Demystified

Why Art Biennial Superstars Exist in a Parallel Universe

How Kennedy Yanko Welded Her Way to Art Stardom

How Documenta Became the World’s Most Controversial Art Show

The Scandalous Rise and Fall of Art Dealer Inigo Philbrick

How Artificial Intelligence Could Completely Transform Art

Want to Wear a Basquiat? Inside the Big Business of Artist Merch

Nari Ward on How to Make a True Portrait of New York City

The Secret Codes of World-Class Art Auctions, Demystified

Is the Venice Biennale Any Good? Here’s What Three Art Critics Think

Is Fractional Art Investing the Future of the Market? Or a Scam?

How a Mysterious Whitney Biennial Confronts Our Moment

The Whole Bored Ape Yacht Club Phenomenon, Explained

Special Preview: Toyin Ojih Odutola on Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso

Cecilia Alemani on Her Venice Biennale for an Anxious Era

How Afghanistan’s Artists Are Making Their Way in Exile

How the Art World in Ukraine’s Besieged Capital Are Fighting Back

How to Become a Successful NFT Artist

Marina Abramovic on How Her Artistic Method Can Change Your Life

Jennie C. Jones on Why You Should Listen to Her Paintings

The Black Art Visionary Who Secretly Built the Morgan Library

How Lucy Lippard and a Band of Artists Fought US Imperialism

Art, Lies, and Instagram: How Catfishing ‘Collectors’ Duped the Art World

Her Family's Art Was Stolen During World War II. Here's How She Got It Back

How the Met’s Astonishing Surrealism Show Rewrites Global Art History

How the Artist Pension Trust Became a Gigantic Fiasco

6 Predictions on How the Art Industry Will Transform in 2022

Re-Air: How NFTs Are Changing the Art Market as We Know It

The Most Astounding Archaeology Revelations of 2021 (Can You Dig It?)

From Handbags to Hard Cash, How Dealers Woo the Artists They Want to Rep

A Gossip Columnist Walks Into a Bar at Art Basel Miami Beach

Where Do NFTs Go From Here? An Interview With Christie’s Noah Davis

Re-Air: How High-Tech Van Gogh Became the Biggest Art Phenomenon Ever

Introducing the Art Angle

How an Art Collective Brings Artworks From the Past Back to Life

How the CryptoPunk OGs Lit the Fuse for the NFT Boom

How a Fiery Breakup Sparked the Biggest Art Auction in Decades

Why Horror Movies Keep Haunting the Art World

Judy Chicago on How to Build a Lasting Art Career

5 Technologies That Will Transform the Art World by 2030

Elusive Artist Ryoji Ikeda Wants You to Bask in His Data-Verse

How Art Basel Did (and Didn't) Change After a Two-Year Hiatus

Writer Roxane Gay on What Art Can Teach Us About Trauma and Healing

Keltie Ferris and Peter Halley on the Mysterious Joys of Making a Painting

How Facebook and the Helsinki Biennial Share a Vision for the Art World’s Future

Artists in Residence at the World Trade Center Reflect on 9/11

Genesis Tramaine on How Faith Inspires Her Art

The Bitter Battle Over Bob Ross's Empire of Joy

How Monaco and Accra Are Spinning the Art World in Opposite Directions

How Britney Spears's Image Inspired Millennial Artists

How the Medicis Became Art History's First Influencers

How Two Painters Helped Spark the Modern Conservation Movement

The Hunter Biden Art Controversy, Explained

Legendary Auctioneer Simon de Pury on Monaco, Hip Hop, and the Art Market’s New Reality

18-Year-Old NFT Star Fewocious on How Art Saved His Life (and Crashed Christie's Website)

Re-Air: How Photographer Dawoud Bey Makes Black America Visible

Tyler Mitchell and Helen Molesworth on Why Great Art Requires Trust

How High-Tech Van Gogh Became the Biggest Art Phenomenon Ever

How Much Money Do Art Dealers Actually Make?

Shattering the Glass Ceiling (Re-Air): How Collector Catherine Levene Went From an Art Startup to Running One of America’s Top Media Companies

Shattering the Glass Ceiling (Re-Air): Curator Lauren Haynes on Working to Forge a Fuller Story of American Art

What Does the Sci-Fi Art Fair of the Future Look Like?

How Kenny Schachter Became an NFT Evangelist Overnight

How Breonna Taylor's Life Inspired an Unforgettable Museum Exhibition

Shattering the Glass Ceiling: Art Dealer Mariane Ibrahim on the Power of the Right Relationships

'Art Detective' Katya Kazakina on How She Lands Her Epic Scoops

Shattering the Glass Ceiling: Curator and Author Legacy Russell on Rebuilding Art Institutions From Within

How Frieze Managed to Put Together the First Art Fair of the Pandemic

Shattering the Glass Ceiling: Art Collector and Media Executive Catherine Levene On Empathetic Leadership

Shattering the Glass Ceiling: Curator Lauren Haynes on Working to Forge a Fuller Story of American Art

The Art Angle Presents: Shattering the Glass Ceiling

How Photographer Dawoud Bey Makes Black America Visible

KAWS Is the World's Most Popular Artist. Why?

How the Pandemic Totally Changed the Art Market

How NFTs Are Changing the Art Market as We Know It

Lorraine O'Grady on the Social Castes of the Art World

Re-Air: Why Artist Trevor Paglen Is Doing Everything He Can to Warn Humanity About Artificial Intelligence

What Will Be the Fate of the Benin Bronzes?

The Haunting History of the Benin Bronzes

The Surprising Lessons of FDR’s New Deal Art Programs

5 Steamy, Whirlwind Romances That Changed Art History

Kickstarter Founder Perry Chen on Art in the Age of Hypercomplexity

MoMA Curator Paola Antonelli on Design for the Post-Pandemic World

Artist Daniel Arsham on How He Built a Creative Empire

8 Predictions on How the Art World Will Shift in 2021

Can Art Help End the Era of Mass Incarceration?

Re-air: The New Yorker's Peter Schjeldahl on His Adventures in Life as an Accidental Art Critic

The Art Angle Presents: A Star-Studded Art History Game Show (With Kids!)

Jeffrey Deitch on How to Succeed in the Art Industry

I Survived Zombie Art Basel Miami Beach

Why Awol Erizku Is So Much More Than Just Beyoncé’s Baby Photographer

Re-air: The Rise and Fall of Anne Geddes, Queen of Baby Photography

Why New York’s Art Scene Will Reign Supreme Post-COVID

How Does the Art World Feel About Joe Biden’s Victory?

How Pepe the Frog Explains America's Toxic Politics

Ed Ruscha and Jimmy Iovine on How Art Can End the Trump Era

How Frida Kahlo Can Change Your Life (for Better or Worse)

The Painter and the Poet: A Tragic Love Story

Could TikTok Save a Broken Art World?

What New York's Art World Looks Like Post-Lockdown

How a Powerhouse Hollywood Agency Is Turning Artists Into Stars

How the World Health Organization Is Using Art to Fight the Pandemic

Futurist Doug Stephens on What Art Dealers Can Learn From the Retail Revolution

Re-air: The Unbelievable True Story of the Mystical Painter Agnes Pelton

The Secret Art History of Burning Man

How Rupert Murdoch's Son Became Art Basel's Savior

How the Wellness Revolution Just Arrived in the Art World

Art Critic Jerry Saltz on Why It's Time to Build a New Art World

How Black Women Are Leading a Grassroots Art Revolution

How the Heck Did Auction Houses Just Sell Almost a Billion Dollars in Art During a Global Pandemic?

How Hank Willis Thomas Is Making Politics an Art Form

The Unsettling Truth Behind What Columbus Monuments Really Stand For

Meet the Smithsonian Curator Who Turns Protesters’ T-Shirts Into National Treasures

Why Artist Trevor Paglen Is Doing Everything He Can to Warn Humanity About Artificial Intelligence

Four Artists on the Front Lines of the George Floyd Protests

The Rise and Fall of Anne Geddes, Queen of Baby Photography

China’s Most Adventurous Museum Director on Global Art’s Post-COVID Future

YouTube’s No-Nonsense Art Guru on How to Unlock Your Inner Artist

How Marina Abramović Became the Center of a Vast Satanic Conspiracy Theory

The New Yorker's Peter Schjeldahl on His Adventures in Life as an Accidental Art Critic

Ai Weiwei on the Coronavirus, China, and Art's New Role

How Photography Is Being Revolutionized in the Coronavirus Era

Why Germany's COVID-19 Relief Plan Is the Envy of the Art World

The Unbelievable True Story of the Mystical Painter Agnes Pelton

Three Ways Coronavirus Will Transform the Art World

Why Art and Fashion Need Each Other Now

What Does an Art Scene Look Like Under the Coronavirus?

How an Art-Dealing Prodigy Became the Market's Most Wanted Outlaw

Is the Museum of Ice Cream the Future of Art, or Just a Sugar Rush?

What Is Saudi Arabia Trying to Do With Contemporary Art?

How Hollywood Finally Fell for the Art Market

How Jeffrey Epstein Made the Art World His Hunting Ground

How the Art World Fell Under the Spell of the Occult

Nicolas Party on Why Being an Art Star Is Like Being in Love

What Do the Protests in Hong Kong Mean for Art?

Four Predictions on How the Art World Will Transform in 2020

How to Understand the Radical, Viral Artworks That Defined the 2010s

How an Artist’s $120,000 Banana Ate the World

New Yorker Art Scribe Calvin Tomkins on What Makes Great Artists Tick

Is the Art World Causing a Climate Catastrophe?

Art Basel Rules the Art Market. Is That a Good Thing for Art?

How Yayoi Kusama Became an Unlikely Pop-Culture Phenomenon

Who Is Sotheby's Mysterious New Owner, and What Does He Want?

Hans Neuendorf on 30 Years of Artnet, and What Comes Next

Anish Kapoor on "Radical" Art, China, and the Magic Paint Wars

Why Leonardo da Vinci at the Louvre Matters

How MoMA Remade Itself for the Trump Era