Tag: Art
The Art World 2024 By the Numbers: Eye-Opening Stats on Trends, Sales & A.I.'s Impact
Introducing W’s newest column, “By the Numbers,” in which we look at a given field—from art and fashion to music and movies—through the...
Meet the Collectors Reshaping the Art World Piece by Piece
The first thing you see when you walk into Lyndon J. Barrois Sr. and Janine Sherman Barrois’s house in L.A.’s Lafayette Square is...
For Sophie Calle, the Art of Oversharing Means Not Sharing Much at All
A couple of days before I was to meet Sophie Calle, a friend from New York who is a collector had an observation...
Manuela Wirth on Transforming Hauser & Wirth Into So Much More Than a Gallery
Hauser & Wirth, the gallery that you and your husband, Iwan Wirth, jointly run, is a global juggernaut. You grew up in the...
Bárbara Sánchez-Kane Transforms Fashion into Avant-Garde Art
The Mexican artist Bárbara Sánchez-Kane started out as a fashion designer—albeit a highly unconventional one. Her gender-bending collections, shown at New York, Los...
At Nevada's Clown Motel, the vibe is creepier than ever, and business is good
TONOPAH, Nev. — Business is so good at the Clown Motel, you might expect more of its painted faces to be smiling....