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A mix of .ART news, stories straight from our community, and practical advice you can actually use. We write about digital presence, creative work, and the more fascinating corners of the domain world—with room for curiosity, opinion, and the occasional deep dive.
Here’s How to Write an Artist Statement
An artist statement is the cornerstone of a creative digital presence. Check out these tips on tackling the tricky task of putting one together. As an artist, your preferred means of communicating are probably highly visual. But, since marketing yourself online is crucial to your commercial success, you need to make sure you have an […]
May 5, 2020
How to Make Art That Resonates
What is art… baby don’t hurt me, don’t hurt me… no more. How does one create art that really grasps attention? Some argue that meaningful art is eternal. Others claim that to allure, art needs to be ahead of the curve, beating the trends. An important question that arises in this discussion is ‘what is it that people […]
Apr 28, 2020
10 Artists Exploring the Theme of ‘Home’
We explore ten evocative artworks that echo distinct visual languages and enhance the dialogue about a place called 'home'. Image above: Nimbus, Green Room 2013 by Berndnaut Smilde Borders that demarcate our everyday space are fuzzier than ever. We’re in a global lockdown, experiencing a complete disruption of normalcy; the line between work and leisure is […]
Apr 24, 2020
Between Art and Quarantine
While museums remain closed to the public, institutions are keen to keep their art-loving community engaged during this difficult time. Image above: “Self-portrait” by Van Gogh Elena Kazanina via Facebook (Izo-Izolyatsya) As people around the world stay inside to contain the spread of coronavirus, they are having to come up with creative ways to remain sane (and […]
Apr 23, 2020
World Art Day: now more important than ever
“Art is sustenance”, says contemporary artist Sarah Sze, which seems like a debatable statement right now. There are many other things that are of utmost importance in the context of a global pandemic – healthcare, policymaking, peace talks, mental health. And yet, art is connected to all these spheres. Moreover – art can help us […]
Apr 15, 2020
A Curator’s Bookshelf: 10 Essential Reads
Our in-house curator Daria Kravchuk put together a list of books to help you delve into and navigate it with greater ease. Our culture is permeated with curatorial ways of thinking. Thanks to digital, value is performed like never before. Audiences are demanding and extremely conscious of what they want; contemporary curating is an absurdity. […]
Apr 8, 2020
Into the Light: An Interview with Christopher Bauder of SKALAR.ART
SKALAR is a work that explores the effects of light and sound on human perception. .ART spoke to its creator, Christopher Bauder. Above: SKALAR light installation by Christopher Bauder and Kangding Ray. Photograph by Jules Jessurun. Light art – atmospheric and mesmerizing, while being simultaneously geometric and analytic, presents a striking paradox: it requires active and […]
Apr 1, 2020
Interview with Christina Steinbrecher-Pfandt, co-founder of blockchain.art
Just a couple of years ago Blockchain was like “oh my god, this is from a different planet, we are really far away”. And now it's a reality. Blockchain is a relatively new technology, which is rooted in distributed data structure shared on a decentralised network. It promises greater accuracy, security, speed and transparency for […]
Feb 26, 2020
Interview with Eugenia Makhlin
For the third edition of the Digital Innovation in Art Award dotART selected Eugenia Makhlin as one of its members of the judge panel. Other judges included Elena Zavelev, Founder of CADAF and New Art Academy and Nanne Dekking, Chairman of TEFAF and Founder, Artory Serial entrepreneur and CEO, Georgetown-educated Eugenia Makhlin has played senior […]
Feb 6, 2020
2020, the year mindful digital consumption will finally trend. Interview with media theorist Geert Lovink
Photo by the Finnish artist Marita Liulia
Jan 10, 2020
How .ART Domains Are Taking Artists Online
Guest article written by True Tamplin of 101domain, an accurate summary of what .ART stands for. If you are an artist, or work in the art community, you might be thinking of setting up a website to make your content more visible. You might wish to establish an online portfolio, build a site for receiving […]
Jan 8, 2020
“I have constant FOMO and I am obsessed with art.” – Interview with Marie-Eve Lafontaine
An independent curator and advisor working across media and disciplines, Marie-Eve Lafontaine talks all things digital. Marie-Eve Lafontaine is an independent curator and advisor working across media and disciplines. Previously, she was director of Arsenale Contemporary in New York City, and has curated exhibition in Berlin, London and Warsaw. She has been an adopter of […]
Dec 25, 2019
Adopter stories: “Real life is more interesting than any book”
Discover how Daithi Magner’s Virtual Museum of Art is redefining what a museum can be – creating immersive, accessible, and inclusive spaces where anyone can experience art beyond physical walls. Title image: VMA’s Futurophia exhibition featuring artist Sophie Delaney — an immersive exploration of identity, technology, and digital aesthetics within the Virtual Museum of Art. […]
Oct 31, 2019
Three reasons to display your private collection of art online
Whether you are guided by passion or investment choices – it's worth displaying your private art collection online. Most of the talk in the collectors’ world seems to be centered around the processes of selection and purchase, but is there such thing as appropriate post-purchase behaviour? The concept of “cultural capital” has been present in […]
Oct 20, 2019
Adopter stories: “Art Handler shines a light on all art’s messiness, absurdity, and glory”
Art Handler is the first and only publication to solely focus on the art world’s behind-the-scenes. In the age of the “global weirding”, art and art related initiatives have to go through some rather noticeable changes. It concerns not only the way museum collections are being built or how art institutions tend to establish a […]
Oct 15, 2019
Digital Innovation in Art nominee Niio: “Most people totally underestimate what the impact of the Fourth Industrial Revolution is”
Niio is a digital platform that strives to educate difficult audiences and turn TV screens into creative canvases, inspiring people and communities all over the world. Quayola, Iconographies #20-8, 2014, Courtesy of bitforms gallery, NY. / Photo credit: Paradies City, Seoul The phone interview with the co-founder of Niio, Rob Anders, left me in total awe. “This […]
Oct 2, 2019
Contemporary Art in the Third Industrial Revolution
With the rise of new technologies, a third Industrial Revolution is well underway – and it’s affecting the art market. For decades, the collision of art and technology has empowered artists to take bold, creative new directions in their work. With the rise of new technologies like virtual reality (VR), artificial intelligence (AI) machine learning […]
Sep 24, 2019
Digital Innovation in Art nominee, Artwork Archive: "Ten years of helping artists make a living doing what they love is something we're very proud of"
Interview with the Justin Anthony, the co-founder of one of the first cloud-based art inventory systems Artwork Archive is a cloud service for artists and collectors allowing to store all the important information about artworks and collections, track their location, provenance, pricing history etc. .ART talked to its co-founder Justin Anthony about the best way […]
Sep 17, 2019
.ART Digital Innovation in Art Nominee, Steve Miller: “I want to be a Part of the New Art World"
Steve Miller discusses the evolution of the art ecosystem and how ARTERNAL allows the art world to make data-driven decisions Steve Miller is the Co-founder of a customer relationship management platform Arternal. Together with his Co-founders Sean Green and Raymond Nguyen they developed the platform to help professionals and organizations that sell art. Their team […]
Sep 16, 2019
Digital Innovation in Art nominee, Bridgeman Studio: “We have an archive of 7,5 million images available for licensing all over the world.”
Interview with Aretha Campbell, the artist manager for Bridgeman Studio. Aretha Campbell is the artist manager for Bridgeman Studio, one of the world’s leading specialists in the distribution of fine art, cultural and historical media for reproduction. With over a decade of experience in working within the contemporary art world as a curator, gallerist and […]
Sep 13, 2019
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