This week we’re once again delivering some special artists to your inbox. We wanted to focus on living artists with a long career, because let’s be honest, although it is the wish of many, it’s no small task. We tend to believe that artist success is created early and quickly, sometimes…
Last week we dove into gender representation in arts institutions, and this week we’re concerning ourselves with age representation in arts institutions- an equally fascinating aspect of the data we work so hard to collect for you. It answers the question: Is the museum (or gallery) exhibiting a broad spectrum of…
Artfacts tracks over half a million artists, so it’s easy and fun to discover new talent that you’ve never heard of before. Today we were looking for artists born after 1980, and we zoomed in on the Dutch artist Christien Meindertsma, the Australian duo The Tissue Culture & Art Project (Oron Catts &…
We are continuing our efforts to improve every area of the Artfacts experience, and we’ve now arrived at what some might call our most exciting feature: Analytics! This is where we dig deep into the data to reveal trends and hidden details. We’ve only just started our work here, but we’re…