Articles and Features

In 1921, Walter Benjamin bought Klee's "Angelus Novus". The angel made it possible to understand a humanity proving itself by destruction.

Mattis Curth, Artland’s CEO argues that technology fit for purpose for the art world does not have to compete with real life.

Darko Maver was a provocative Serbian artist whose life and work hid a secret that shocked the art world...

Discover the work of a career nanny that has rewritten the history of Street Photography.

Throughout history, African American artists have been narrating the implications and social magnitude of the African diaspora.

Mirror art harnesses reflection to craft narratives around our perceptions of ourselves and our understanding of the world around us.

Anish Kapoor is one of the leading contemporary sculptors. With his often large-scale works, he explores notions of ritual and the void.

Jean-Michel Basquiat was one of the most important 20th century artists. Read about his iconic "Undiscovered Genius of the Mississippi Delta."

While artists are constantly restaging the gallery space, the history of The White Cube phenomenon is worth bearing in mind today.

Allan McCollum’s “Everything Is Going To be Ok”, currently on view at Berlin’s Galerie Thomas Schulte, shares the artist’s conceptual project,…

What happens when artists experiment with usual art media? Check out ten examples of unusual materials used within the artistic process.

Maria Lai's peculiar artistic research unified tradition and innovation, history and the present, and rediscovered the power of communities.

This article covers the relationship between art and advertising and the line of influence between them.

What is Outsider Art? We look at the history of this whimsical and peculiar genre, with some of the most illustrious examples.

From Ancient Greece to the present, discover how architects have developed utopian visions.

Jean Dubuffet, who put Art Brut on the map, developed from drawing and painting to sculpture, creating images to enter into and to live.

A glance at the pair of revolutionary artists' life who have changed our perception of urban and natural surroundings.

Filmmaker Sergei Parajanov brought us some of the most inventive visual language in cinema. Less well known are his stunning collage works.

Appropriation art has been around for centuries, though the rise of consumerism led to a newfound significance and prevalence.

Street artists around the world have paid tribute to George Floyd with powerful murals, strengthening a narrative of empathy and respect.