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A conversation with Anika Meier and Liz Haas Art has always existed within systems—institutions, markets, technologies, and structures of power. Writer and curator Anika Meier joins artist Liz Haas of UBERMORGEN to examine whether artists can challenge the structures they depend upon for visibility, circulation, and value. Together, they consider conceptual hacking, digital culture, emerging networks, and whether critique can remain critical once it becomes visible, collectible, and marketable. Can art escape the system or only transform it from within?

.ART Adopters in the News What if anime was built for the phone from frame one? Animano (animano.art) has announced its global mobile-first vertical anime platform , a new category of 3-to-5 minute micro-dramas produced through a hybrid pipeline spanning the US, Japan, and China, with independent Japanese manga creators at the centre of the IP model. The thesis: vertical anime carries its own audience behaviour, pacing, and distribution dynamics, fundamentally different from legacy long-form anime. Episodes are designed for serialised narratives, cinematic action pacing, and globally accessible storytelling optimised for mobile. "We believe vertical anime storytelling will evolve into its own global entertainment category. The audience behaviour, pacing, and distribution dynamics are fundamentally different from traditional television animation." Already in conversation with 100+ emerging Japanese manga IPs across action, fantasy, sci-fi, and supernatural thriller genres , the start of a differentiated ecosystem built around independent creator partnerships and next-generation distribution.

A month in a new place can do something a year in your own studio cannot. The .ART Award 2026 includes two artist residencies in its prize structure. One at Château du Fresne, the artist residency in Bourgogne run by curator Gijs Stork. One at Anfitrion.art in Marbella, on the Andalusian coast. A residency is a different environment where the practice can rediscover what it is: in different light, with different conversations around it, on someone else's wall and someone else's terms. Many artists describe their residency time as the moment a body of work pivoted. The .ART Award is a global open call. Submissions are open through 1 November 2026. → www.award.art #ARTAward2026 #ArtResidency #ChateauDuFresne #Anfitrion #ContemporaryArt #OpenCall

A conversation with Grant Yun and Chidi Nwaubani Art is shaped by more than artists alone. It evolves through the technologies, institutions, communities, and conversations that define each generation. Using Grant and Chidi's perspectives as a starting point, this conversation explores what allows cultural movements to emerge, evolve, and endure — and what today's changing ecosystem reveals about the future of contemporary art.

Introducing Akanksha A. Ballaney, jury member for the inaugural .ART Award 2026. Akanksha is Senior Director of Business Development at Artsy and Artnet, working at the intersection of the art market, digital platforms, and artist visibility. Her focus spans South Asian and, more recently, Brazilian art, informed by a collector's eye and daily work on how artists reach global audiences. Her career has moved through Christie's (Collectrium) and India Art Fair's Young Collectors' Programme before Artsy. Based in New York, with a BA in Economics and Art History from the University of Toronto. In her own words on why the .ART Award matters: "We rarely get to see how an idea becomes a work of art. This award changes that by making the journey as important as the destination." Akanksha joined our second webinar, The Archive Around the Work, last week alongside Regina Harsanyi (Museum of the Moving Image) and Leo Crane (AIFA Ventures). Watch: https://lnkd.in/eGxVx85d Submissions open through 1 November 2026. Apply at www.award.art

Thread that behaves like paint. Embroidery that works like drawing. For more than a decade, Liza Smirnova has built a world of flowers, masks, and imagined gardens out of fabric, stitch, and colour. She still keeps her grandmother's box of embroidery threads, long ago tangled into a nest too knotted to use, now an artwork in itself. After moving from Russia to Portugal, her palette quietened, then returned to full colour. Her project Hundreds of Flowers follows the blossoms in her Lisbon garden as a metaphor for roots taking hold in new soil. "Any reality becomes filled with magic when there is an awareness that the time of life is a gift." Read our full conversation on the blog: https://lnkd.in/eFtBmkmT

Over USD 50,000 in support for artists, plus visibility built into the prize itself. A USD 15,000 cash Grand Prize for the winner. A major editorial feature in Whitewall Magazine, the Award's media partner. A premium .ART domain valued at USD 10,000 for keeping the work visible long after the announcement. (Two artist residencies are also in the prize structure. They have a post of their own.) The .ART Award 2026 is a global open call, open to artists working in any medium. Submissions close 1 November. → www.award.art #ARTAward2026 #OpenCall #ArtPrize #SupportArtists #ContemporaryArt

A conversation with Gretchen Andrew, Brian Beccafico, and Dorian Batycka Hosted by Elena Zavelev and FARRAH CARBONELL. Three voices from across the contemporary art landscape sit down to talk about cultural value: who shapes it, who benefits, and what keeps getting overlooked. Speakers will explore how institutions are approaching digital art, what creates lasting value in the market, and the role visibility plays in deciding what matters. A bigger panel, a wider lens, and plenty of room for live questions.

The 2026 jury of the inaugural .ART Award: ten voices working across criticism, the market, museums, conservation, and AI. 👉 Jerry Saltz, Senior Art Critic at New York Magazine and winner of the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Criticism. 👉 Dean Phelus, Associate Vice President of Learning and Editor in Chief of Museum magazine at the American Alliance of Museums. 👉 Akanksha A. Ballaney, Senior Director of Business Development at Artsy and Artnet. 👉 Regina Harsanyi, Associate Curator of Media Arts at the Museum of the Moving Image. 👉 Gijs Stork, Dutch curator and co-founder of the Château du Fresne artist residency. 👉 Laurent Moïsi, Co-Publisher and Editor-at-Large of Whitewall Magazine. 👉 Shlomi Rabi, Founder of Bridgewell Arts. 👉 Leo Crane, co-founder of AIFA Ventures. 👉 Sasha Stiles, Kalmyk-American poet and artist, co-founder of theVERSEverse. 👉 Irina Tarsis, Founder and Director of the Center for Art Law. Submissions open through 1 November 2026 at www.award.art. #ARTAward2026 #OpenCall #ContemporaryArt #JuryAnnounced #ArtPrize

Introducing Art Voices ✨ A new series of conversations bringing together artists, curators, collectors, founders, and cultural voices to explore the ideas, practices, and people shaping contemporary art and culture. Our inaugural conversation coincides with the launch of Curator's Selection, a collaborative initiative by ART & VAULT, HUG.art, and the .ART Registry focused on artist discovery, visibility, and long-term cultural documentation.