The Bros Are Back
Crypto art rears its head again at Art Basel Miami Beach and Pantone's color of the year draws backlash.
Today in douchy crypto-bro art, a Beeple sensation at Art Basel Miami Beach features anthropomorphic robodogs with the faces of powerful men, including Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Andy Warhol, and the artist himself, born Mike Winkelmann.
Senior Editor Valentina Di Liscia, who had the misfortune of witnessing the spectacle, calls out the real purpose of this installation and others at the fair, which is to "advance crypto wealth by making you, the viewer, an active participant in the ploy."
I thought we got rid of NFTs and the scam artists who made them. And yet they're rearing their heads again.
Craft in America Returns for a New Season With “EAST” and “WEST”
The latest episodes of the PBS docuseries explore craft across the US, beginning with stories of artists in the Eastern and Western United States.
Opinion
Pantone’s Color of the Year Sounds About White
After the year we’ve had, going with Cloud Dancer can easily be interpreted as a piercing dog whistle. | Rhea Nayyar
News
- NYC: The city's Department of Cultural Affairs selects Ifeoma Ebo, Stephen Kwok, and Mauricio Higuera as its public artists in residence.
- NADA Miami: Surrealism and queer futurism dominated the fair this year, Alexandra Martinez reports.
Purchase College Was Founded to Make Quality Arts Education Possible
Graduate arts students have access to generous financial support and paid teaching opportunities, state-of-the-art facilities, and New York City’s vibrant cultural scene.
Member Comment
Holly Wong on Erika Hirugami's "The Cruelty of American Curatorial Silence."
Community
Art Movements: All's Fair in Art Fairs
The Andy Warhol Foundation gives out $1 million in art writing grants, a new mega-gallery enters the villa, and other industry news.
Required Reading
World AIDS Day at Stonewall, Alison Bechdel on making ends meet, Houston van art, NYC’s latest eyesore, Christ and kink, and the family behind Elf on the Shelf.
A View From the Easel
Welcome to the 314th installment of A View From the Easel, a series in which artists reflect on their workspace. This week, artists pace about their studios and weave painted canvases in Philadelphia and Yorkshire, England.
MFA, MA, and PhD Programs to Apply for by Early 2026
Arts-related graduate programs to explore and apply to before deadlines close.
ICYMI
How Art Deco Changed American Cinema
On the centennial of the movement, Film Forum is hosting a months-long retrospective of screenings. | Dan Schindel
From the Archive
Madonna’s NFT Collab With Beeple Is a Matryoshka of Vagina Horrors
Can’t Madonna just donate to charity without making everyone look at a 3D scan of her vagina? | Sarah Rose Sharp
Happy Friday!
—Hakim Bishara, editor-in-chief
