By Alejandra Mantilla Collecting is usually an individual activity, a personal obsession that becomes materialized in a private collection of objects. In the art world, it is the self-interested counterpart to the institutionalization of art. It is fair to say...

By Dominika Karc Paolo Cirio is an Italian Artist known for conceptual art, hacktivism, and cultural criticism.  He is fighting on behalf of social issues emphasizing the dangers of modern technologies and global tendencies.  In his work “Art Derivatives'', he focused...

By Alejandra Mantilla If an artist creates great artwork but there is no one around to document it, did the art even exist?  Millions of artists have been forgotten or erased from art history due to an inequality of prestige...

Photograph by Eli Pousson, 2018 March 25. By Alejandra Mantilla Recently, the art world has seen a controversy surrounding Baltimore Museum’s decision to sell three blue-chip paintings from its collection. Following changes in de-accessioning regulations brought by the Covid-19 pandemic, the...