# Art + Artists Every two weeks, Art & Artists will recommend the best contemporary art content. Page: Feed: --- ## [My next book, and a small ask](https://artandartists.substack.com/p/my-next-book-and-a-small-ask) _2026-06-09 · Matthew Israel_ A new mailing list for "No New Ideas" ## [The Most Influential Curators](https://artandartists.substack.com/p/the-most-influential-curators) _2025-04-17 · Matthew Israel_ Part VI of The Art & Artists Report ## [The Artists You Should Know](https://artandartists.substack.com/p/the-artists-you-should-know) _2025-03-27 · Matthew Israel_ Part V of The Art & Artists Report ## [The Most Influential Contemporary Art Groupings (& My Next Book)](https://artandartists.substack.com/p/the-most-influential-contemporary) _2025-03-13 · Matthew Israel_ Part IV of The Art & Artists Report ## [The Most Important Art Topics: AI, Climate Change, and LGBTQIA+ Awareness and Rights](https://artandartists.substack.com/p/the-most-important-art-topics-ai) _2025-02-27 · Matthew Israel_ Part III of The Art & Artists Report ## [The Most Influential Art Institutions](https://artandartists.substack.com/p/the-most-influential-art-institutions) _2025-02-06 · Matthew Israel_ Part II of The Art & Artists Report ## [The Art & Artists Report Part I: Books](https://artandartists.substack.com/p/the-art-and-artists-report-part-i) _2025-01-23 · Matthew Israel_ The most recommended contemporary art books ## [Introducing The Art & Artists Report](https://artandartists.substack.com/p/introducing-the-art-and-artists-report) _2025-01-09 · Matthew Israel_ A new contemporary art report based on a survey of 50+ art experts ## [A Pause](https://artandartists.substack.com/p/a-pause) _2023-10-23 · Matthew Israel_ Hi Everyone, ## [AI's Massive Effect and Four Ways the Art World Can Respond](https://artandartists.substack.com/p/ais-massive-effect-and-four-ways) _2023-10-05 · Matthew Israel_ Hi Everyone, Hoping you’re well. Before we begin, two quick notes: I’m sending this a week later than usual—apologies—as I have been focused on launching the paperback of A Year in the Art World in the U.S. Again, I hope you will check it out if you have not yet. ## [International money transfers (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/8PWXykcNmdjI) _2023-10-05 · **Sponsored**_ Send money to other countries and manage multi‑currency balances online. ## [Lucy Lippard's "Stuff," the state of art criticism, further AI education, art in offices, and "A Year in the Art World" paperback now available in the U.S.](https://artandartists.substack.com/p/lucy-lippards-stuff-the-state-of) _2023-09-14 · Matthew Israel_ This week's Art & Artists ## [More AI & Art, New Art School Models, the Financial Realities of the Art World, A New Tom Wolfe Doc, and Other Suggested Readings](https://artandartists.substack.com/p/more-ai-and-art-new-art-school-models) _2023-08-31_ This week's Art & Artists ## [How Should the Art World Respond to the Climate Crisis?](https://artandartists.substack.com/p/how-should-the-art-world-respond) _2023-07-27 · Matthew Israel_ Hello Everyone, ## [AI's Impact on Art, The Aesthetics of the Opioid Epidemic, Capturing America in One Piece of Culture, The "Resortisation" of the Mega-Gallery, and Other Recommendations.](https://artandartists.substack.com/p/ais-impact-on-art-the-aesthetics) _2023-07-13 · Matthew Israel_ This Week's Art & Artists ## [What Is and What Was the "Art World?" A Year in the Art World Is Now Available in Paperback](https://artandartists.substack.com/p/what-is-and-what-was-the-art-world) _2023-06-22 · Matthew Israel_ This week I’m taking a break from my usual recommending of content to share some exciting news about my own: ## [Deepfakes, a Kusama backlash (?), Koons on 60 minutes, PAD/D Archives, Zines, and Building a Second Brain, Amidst an Orange Sky...](https://artandartists.substack.com/p/deepfakes-a-kusama-backlash-koons) _2023-06-08 · Matthew Israel_ This week's recommendations ## [Orange Prince; The Tyranny of the Best; The Origins of Our Discontents; and the Zenith of the Zeitgeist](https://artandartists.substack.com/p/orange-prince-the-tyranny-of-the) _2023-05-25 · Matthew Israel_ This week's recommended readings ## [This Week's Recommendations: Four Books, a Magazine's Critics Page, and a Timely Documentary](https://artandartists.substack.com/p/this-weeks-recommendations-four-books) _2023-05-11 · Matthew Israel_ Featuring suggested new writings by Annie Cohen-Solal, Omar Kholeif, Joan Kee, Charlotte Kent, Matthew Zucker and Pia Östlund. ## [Recommended Reading](https://artandartists.substack.com/p/recommended-reading) _2023-04-27 · Matthew Israel_ Information overload, how creativity is not what it seems, and art history's most elusive artist. ## [Daily plans, scheduled by AI (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/jUZpTB7TRBqI) _2023-04-27 · **Sponsored**_ AI-made daily plans that schedule tasks and protect focus time. ## [Should You Use ChatGPT?](https://artandartists.substack.com/p/should-you-use-chatgpt) _2023-04-12 · Matthew Israel_ Hi Everyone,