Installation view, Never Done: 100 Years of Women in Politics and Beyond at Skidmore s Tang Museum.
Each week, we search for the most exciting and thought-provoking shows, screenings, and events. In light of the global health crisis, we are currently highlighting events in person and digitally, as well as in-person exhibitions open in the New York area. See our picks from around the world below. (Times are all EST unless otherwise noted.)
Marina Abramović,
The Hero (Family story of my father who was a hero in the Second World War in Yugoslavia) (2001). Photo courtesy of the National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC.
Artnet Talks: Female Leaders in the Art Business on Navigating the Challenges of the Pandemic
Join us for talk organized with Young Women in the Arts in honor of International Women s Day.
March 4, 2021
Artnet Talks is a new series of live conversations between artists, curators, gallerists, and arts professionals that brings an in-depth dimension to our usual coverage of the art world’s biggest stories.
A conversation between: brand strategist and communications professional Tiana Webb Evans, founder of ESP Group and Yard Concept; entrepreneur Laura Currie, founder of contemporary art online retailer Prospect; art dealer Rakeb Sile, co-founder of Addis Fine Art in London and Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; and communications specialist Hannah Gottlieb-Graham, founder of ALMA Communications; moderated by Artnet News senior writer Sarah Cascone, co-founder of Young Women in the Arts.
How London Entrepreneur Louise Hamlin Is Leading Her Art Business Conference Into the Digital Future
Hamlin launched the Art Business Conference in 2014. Here s how she s taking it online.
February 23, 2021
Although she now heads a conference dedicated to the professional art world, Louise Hamlin’s career path was anything but linear. Time spent working in recruitment after studying at the Courtauld Institute pulled her away from art but as she reflects today, it was ultimately “the best thing” she could have done.
“I firmly believe that for the art world to evolve, we need to encourage a greater diversity of talent from other industries with new skill sets and perspectives,” Hamlin says. After a long stint at
Artnet Talks: How to Chart Rewarding New Career Paths in the Digital Art World
Join the free conversation in partnership with Art Market Mentors on Zoom on February 24 at 12:30 p.m. EST.
February 19, 2021
Artnet Talks is a series of live conversations between artists, curators, gallerists, and arts professionals that brings an in-depth dimension to our usual coverage of the art world’s biggest stories.
Sean Green, co-founder of art-world customer relationship management startup ARTERNAL;
Louise Hamlin, founder of global events organization Art Market Minds;
Annie Wang, head of marketing for Artnet; moderated by Art Market Mentors co-founder
Caroline Sayan
Where: Zoom
Sandhya Jain-Patel.
No two paths to a successful career in the art world look the same. In our series, “Career Stories,” we’re checking in with some of the high-powered people in the art industry to hear about everything from their first brushes with art, to the advice they would give their younger selves.
For Sandhya Jain-Patel, a career in the arts was purely serendipitous. “I double majored in biology and art history in undergrad, fully intending to pursue medicine,” she says. It wasn’t until taking a seminar on Caravaggio her senior year of college that she discovered the field of conservation.