talk the talk

At the end of the 18th century, Nazarene painter Eberhard Wachter rejected a position on the staff of the Stuttgart academy, noting that ‘...

Piece by Sean O'Hagan in the Guardian about Victoria Miro, a gallerist. The agent we long for.

if that isn't aura it'll have to do

Olav Velthuis’s Talking Prices , in contrast to the reductive analyses of Thompson and Galenson, is an extremely wide-ranging and subtle g...

one's own Brain

When, in the 1760s, the Earl of Hardwicke attempted to commission Gainsborough to paint a view for him, the artist replied: Mr Gainsborough ...

the grass is always greener

In a world where $100,000 buys you a not-amazing painting by a developing artist, there are many. That same $100,000 can be used directly, a...

Art / Show Me the Money

Getzels and Csikszentmihaly (1976) found that most artists were drawn to painting because it allowed social isolation. However, aspiring pai...

Hail to the Chief

A reader in Iraq writes: I've actually been thinking a lot about art in general and performance art in particular. I want to get 3,300 ...