How Galleries Define AI Art: Reading the Artsy 2026 Survey
Analyzing Artsy's 2026 AI Survey of 300+ gallery professionals: back-office automation, definitional ambiguity, and market skepticism toward synthetic art.
The Rediscovered Rembrandt and the Method of Attribution
Examining the Rijksmuseum's March 2026 reattribution of a Rembrandt study: technical art history, dendrochronology, and the rigorous science of connoisseurship.
Between the Face and the Dossier: The Ethical Distance of Portraiture
Examining Allan Sekula's archival theory, Alphonse Bertillon's biometrics, and Emmanuel Levinas's ethics of the face: why figurative portraiture resists identification.
Riegl's Age-Value and the Unaging Digital Image
Reading Alois Riegl's 'Alterswert' (age-value) against contemporary aesthetics: the biological patina of paint versus the immortal stagnation of digital media.
The Return of the Hand Mark: Matter of Painting in the Age of Automation
The resurgence of impasto, material resistance, and the bodily hand mark as critical counters to frictionless algorithmic automation.
Being a Figurative Painter in 2025: Losses, Records, and Algorithms
A comprehensive end-of-year synthesis of figurative painting in 2025: California studio fires, Klimt auction records, generative AI pastiche, and institutional reckonings.
Portraiture Passing Through Prohibition: An Overview of 2025's Censorship Controversies
A comprehensive overview of censorship, institutional pressure, and political contestation surrounding portraiture and figurative painting throughout 2025.
Nnena Kalu and the Turner Prize: Recognition for an Artist Beyond Categories
Appraising Nnena Kalu winning the 2025 Turner Prize on December 9: neurodivergent creativity, ActionSpace studio, and dismantling the 'Outsider Art' ghetto.
Beeple, "Regular Animals": Robot Dog Portraits of Technology Tycoons
Analyzing Beeple's animatronic installation 'Regular Animals' at Art Basel Miami Beach 2025: robotic quadruped bodies, tech billionaire heads, and satirical power portraiture.
Frida Kahlo, "The Dream (The Bed)": The Meaning of a Female Artist Auction Record
Reflecting on Frida Kahlo's 'El sueño (La cama)' setting an all-time auction record for female and Latin American artists at $54.7 million in November 2025.