Nowadays, many among us shrug their shoulders when they hear about contemporary art. They are quick to associate it with provocative artworks making big headlines every now and then, such as, in 1987, the photograph Piss Christ by Andres Serano representing a crucifix emerged in a glass of the artist’s urine. This type of work shocks and disgusts us from…

In May, great collectors flock to New York. A great ball takes place there: evening sales of modern and contemporary art with Christie's and Sotheby's. Artsper and Achetezdel'art.com decrypt the event for you. Untitled (15 one dollar bills), ©Andy Warhol In this new kind of sport, each sale is a well-regulated social ritual seen like a round of boxing between…

A "print" is a term used to designate an image obtained from an engraved or otherwise treated material such as wood, stone, steel, copper, etc. The techniques used offer the artist a variety of possible results which can be produced in series. The choice of technique depends on the result sought. Basically the type of print  falls into three main…

Artists are innovators and experimenters by nature, the last thing they desire is a limit to their creativity. Painting, sculpture, performance – whatever media that constitutes as art is but a symptom or piece of evidence for something larger: an idea. The idea-seed as I like to think of it, can be limitless, both in its intelligibility and in the…

London Calling today for Artsper. We’re taking a short trip to England and present to you an auction giant: Sotheby's.  You don't say!  Les locaux de Sotheby’s Londres, 34-35 New Bond St, London W1A 2AA Sotheby's is an international corporation specialized in the sale of art, the oldest in the world and the only auction house to be listed on the…

Today, Artsper analyses with you a great and daring piece of contemporary art, Eroica, a series by Jean-Michel Basquiat. Eroica I, 1988 - 1988, ©Jean-Michel Basquiat After the death of his friend, Andy Warhol, Basquiat, at the top of her career at the time, became haunted by the thought of his own death. Something like a bad premonition. Eroica, repeated…

Belgium to London including Berlin and Madrid, here are the European museums that you should try to visit at least once in your life!