Over the last year, many photographers have approached me or my fellow members of Fotografiska’s Exhibition Committee for insight into the photo art world, the various risks and opportunities, and advice for their careers overall. With the constant chatter about the emergence of NFTs across different art forms, ancillary opportunities such as poster sales, and… [ READ MORE ]
Essay – The looming Arms Race in the Cultural Experience Economy
Over the last ten years, there has been a substantial growth of “culture as an experience.” The movement beyond the white wall started over forty years ago with artists like Yayoi Kusama and her Infinity Rooms, light and space artists like James Turrell, the large wrapped spaces and floating islands by Jean-Claude and Christo, but also artists emerging… [ READ MORE ]
Essay – Art, Culture, and Entrepreneurship
Recently, the New York Times published an article about how entrepreneurs are redefining what a museum is, how art can be experienced, and what a cultural moment is allowed to be. “While traditional museums are discussing closings and mergers, the for-profit industry around experiential or immersive art is investing hundreds of millions of dollars into a business… [ READ MORE ]
Essay – Online Photography Exhibitions
If you’re a fellow photo art geek you await The Museum of Modern Art‘s bi-annual “New Photography” show with great excitement. We all read John Szarkowski’s Looking at Photographs in art school, and he launched this exhibition program over forty years ago. The MoMA’s regular show made him to photography what John Peel’s Sessions were to music. Not every inclusion… [ READ MORE ]