Natasha Degen

Nov 1, 2024 | artforum.com | Natasha Degen |Travis Jeppesen |Pablo Larios |Percy Zvomuya

On the rise of the artist agentTHAT ART WAS CREATED for its own sake was our inherited ideal. For the better part of two centuries, artists and art institutions upheld this vision of art’s autonomy, elevated above quotidian life and unadulterated by base commercial concerns. Things were of course never so simple or pure; reality never quite lives up to the ideal. But the novelty of the present is only visible against this image of the past.

Jun 21, 2024 | airmail.news | Natasha Degen

Chances are you’ve never heard of Sanyu. The Chinese-born artist spent much of his life in Paris, where he rubbed shoulders with avant-garde luminaries and died, lonely and poverty-stricken, in 1966. For decades he remained virtually unknown, an art-historical footnote at best. Today, he has been dubbed the “Chinese Matisse.” Nine of his works have sold for more than $20 million at auction, with his record almost double that.

Jun 10, 2024 | news.artnet.com | Natasha Degen

Museums are in a tough spot. They face internal challenges, like staff unionization, alongside mounting external pressures about what they should exhibit, who should serve on their boards, and whether they should repatriate contested objects. Operating costs continue to increase while philanthropic and government support decline.

Jan 24, 2024 | la-razon.com | Natasha Degen |John McWhorter |Boris Góngora

En la economía creativa actual, la cola mueve cada vez más al perro. El marketing está impulsando la cultura a medida que las campañas promocionales eclipsan las ofertas que buscan elevar: en moda, música, arte y cine. Con las semanas de la moda celebrándose en todo el mundo y la temporada de premios ya en marcha, la máquina del bombo publicitario está funcionando a toda velocidad. Pero pocos productos, si es que hay alguno, pueden competir con tanta fanfarria.

Sep 20, 2023 | frieze.com | Natasha Degen

Why is frieze launching its first issue devoted to art and fashion now, at this particular moment? For the same reasons, I imagine, that I recently wrote a book on the subject: the world of culture is flattening and the lines between creative disciplines, long separate and siloed, are blurring. Across the creative economy brands are rejecting their narrow identification with specific industries, eager to widen their reach.