– Eileen Kinsella reported on a recent $6 million round of funding for virtual auction house Paddle8 that includes investments by Damien Hirst, White Cube owner Jay Jopling, and Alexander von Furstenberg.
– The ARTINFO collaborated on a five-part series on Light Art with a history of the pioneers by Chloe Wyma, heirs to the medium by Benjamin Sutton, rising light stars by Rozalia Jovanovic, and insight into the market by Eileen Kinsella.
– Triple Canopy essay “International Art English” caught some flack this week and Sara Roffino detailed the condemning responses from artists Martha Rosler and Hito Steyerl, while Ben Davis also weighed in in the conversation, calling IAE a gimmicky concept.
– After the recent government violence in Istanbul, Eileen Kinsella spoke with Turkish artist Taner Ceylan about censorship in the country and Lori Fredrickson interviewed to Ankara-born, NYC-based artist Hakan Topal, who has organized the OccupyGeziNYC protests in New York’s Zuccotti Park.
– Deborah Wilk interviewed Rainier and Flavin Judd for Art+Auction about reopening their dad's renovated studio at 101 Spring Street.
– Rozalia Jovanovic profiled 27-year-old digital abstractionist Travess Smalley and talked to the artist about his first solo show in New York and making paintings without paint.
– Artist Drew Heitzler answered our questions about “Endless Bummer II / Still Bummin,'” the exhibition he curated at Marlborough Chelsea,where he's also having a solo show.
– Art+Auction’s Sarah Hanson met up with Portuguese artist Joana Vasconcelos after the March opening of her exhibition at Lisbon’s Palácio Nacional da Ajuda.
– Art Basel in Basel announced some improvements and re-arrangements, with galleries like Hauser & Wirth and Helly Nahmad Gallery taking over new booths in the fair.
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