The provocative and still appealing nature of conceptual art lies partly in the ambiguity of ownership and authorship. Let’s look at Sol LeWitt’s Wall Drawings as an example. A wall drawing can arrive at a museum in an envelope containing a diagram, instructions, and a certificate. The instructions cover everything from the color palette and line thickness to density and wall specifications. Once the exhibition is over, the wall can be painted over. So, is LeWitt’s artwork destroyed? Not exactly.

For decades, the global art marketplace has been concentrated in established cultural centers such as New York, London, and Hong Kong. Today, however, wealthy Gulf countries are reshaping the map of the international art world, with new hubs of growing global significance emerging across the region.

When Patriarch Nikon made a bold move to harmonize Russian religious art with the broader Byzantine tradition, he could hardly have predicted that the consequences of his decision would go down in history as the Schism. Old Believers, referred to in Russian as staroobryadtsy, rejected those changes and preferred to preserve their centuries-old traditions of Orthodox worship and iconography, even at the expense of persecution and exile.

Blue-chip art as people know it today did not always have a smooth and fairytale-like path to global fame. Some examples of extraordinarily expensive, famous artwork had to go through a difficult period of criticism, rejection, and a lack of public understanding. This article examines several notable historical cases in which artists’ revolutionary ideas were far ahead of their time, making their work an object of aggression, ridicule, or neglect.

Not long ago, you would need to buy an airplane ticket to stand in front of a Rembrandt or admire a masterpiece by another world-famous artist. Things have changed dramatically over the past decade, as many leading art institutions have digitized their collections on an unprecedented scale, making it easier than ever to access museum art online.

The feeling of having no ideas for art at hand is well-known to every artist. Having a prepared surface with nothing to put on it can feel overwhelming and frustrating. If your mind is a flat gray field at the moment, use these tips and techniques to stimulate creativity and discover new directions for your work.