How studio visits and direct artist relationships can support informed purchases, clear agreements and lasting collector connections.
Art Market Opportunities: A Quick Read — Part 3: Building Direct Artist–Collector Relationships
Art Market Opportunities: A Quick Read — Part 2: The Appeal of Smaller Originals
Why smaller originals attract buyers, how artists can price them sustainably and what collectors should check before purchasing.
Art Market Opportunities: A Quick Read — Part 1: The Recovery and Where It Matters
A quick guide to the art market recovery, studio earnings and collecting costs, with practical opportunities for artists and collectors.
JM Gems and Peggy Elias Bring International Gemmological Expertise to Halifax, Nova Scotia
After nearly three decades in the jewellery industry, internationally trained gemmologist Peggy Elias Nakhle brings her expertise in precious gemstones, jewellery appraisal, and design to downtown Halifax.
A Map of the Human Voice: Neel Khokhani and the Epochal Collection
Most collections tell you who matters. The Epochal Collection asks a different question: what remains of us when the systems that rank, categorize, and increasingly imitate human beings have finished their work? By placing canonical figures beside artists whose careers are only beginning, and voices from the cultural center beside those long excluded from it, Neel Khokhani has assembled something stranger than a collection and more ambitious than a survey. It is a record of human expression at a moment when the meaning of being human is itself being renegotiated. Across paintings, sculptures, textiles, and even works made with breath as a material, a pattern emerges—one that turns a private collection into a cultural argument about memory, identity, mortality, and the future now arriving at our doorstep.
Stop Renting a Table, Start Owning the Room: Why Your Art Deserves a Pop-Up, Not a Booth
You can keep pouring time, money, and hope into a six-foot table… or you can step into a space where every detail, every conversation, and every sale revolves around you. The artists who are quietly outselling the fairs aren’t louder or luckier—they’ve simply changed the stage. They’ve traded chaos for control, passing glances for meaningful moments, and one-off sales for loyal collectors. The shift isn’t complicated, but it is transformative—and once you see how it works, it’s hard to go back to being just another booth in the crowd.
Athens-Based Curator Turns Residency Model Inside Out With Provocative Project “ΒΕΡΟλΙΝΟ”
A provocative curatorial project unfolding in Athens is challenging one of the contemporary art world’s most celebrated career rituals: the international residency. Titled “ΒΕΡΟλΙΝΟ”—a deliberate reference to Berlin—the project is a conceptual and performative curatorial experiment created by art historian and curator Elli Leventaki. Its aim is to confront what she describes as a largely unspoken barrier in the global art ecosystem: class privilege embedded in the structure of artist residencies.
The Perfect Affordable Gift for Creatives Actually Exists — FOLLOW.ART Nexus Card
This Valentine’s Day, FOLLOW.ART invites art lovers, collectors, and cultural supporters to celebrate love in its most lasting form: support, connection, and belief in creative practice. Instead of traditional Valentine’s gifts that fade quickly, FOLLOW.ART proposes something meaningful and enduring — the Nexus Card, a digital portfolio and professional connector designed for artists and curators, available for under $50!
Vian Borchert Debuts New Abstract Works in New York, Washington DC, Miami, and London Exhibitions
Under the glow of New York’s Lower East Side galleries, acclaimed abstract artist Vian Borchert unveils a new body of work that transforms ancient myth into contemporary visual poetry. From a landmark anniversary exhibition in Manhattan to powerful presentations in Washington, DC, Miami Art Week, London, and an upcoming appearance at the Venice Biennale, Borchert’s paintings trace a journey across continents and ideas—where Greek mythology, social consciousness, and the search for hope converge. As her career reaches new international heights, including recognition as one of MSN’s Top 10 Most Creative Artists of 2025, this story follows the forces shaping an artist whose work invites viewers to pause, reflect, and imagine what lies beyond the horizon.
Ma Weidu: Scholar of the Past, Craftsman of the Present – An Interview on Collecting, Cultural Practice and Responsibilities of Our Time
At a moment when cultural institutions worldwide struggle to define their purpose, Ma Weidu stands as a rare figure—part scholar, part craftsman—quietly reshaping what it means to care for the past. From founding China’s first private museum to rescuing stray cats who became unlikely cultural icons, his journey reveals how one person’s integrity can transform an entire heritage landscape. His story is not only about collecting antiquities, but about restoring warmth, responsibility, and meaning to a rapidly changing world—an invitation to step inside a life where culture becomes a way of being.
