PROFILE: KONRAD WYREBEK Working with online and fashion imagery, Konrad Wyrebek uses various techniques to create his mixed media art that examines the fixation with celebrity, beauty, and youth culture. Video courtesy of Crane.tv THE PULSE is produced by LdC Media for TCN The...

PROFILE:  JIMMY CHOO & ROB PRUITT Jimmy Choo‘s Simon Holloway and Sandra Choi talk about their work, and how a chance sighting of Chloë Sevigny led to one of fashion’s most innovative collaborations. Video interview courtesy of Net-a-Porter.com. Shop the look...

LOUIS VUITTON: CHECK-IN CHECK-OUT Weaving in and out of a graphic Damier pattern chequerboard, the Louis Vuitton Spring/Summer 2013 fashion collection is showcased in a video collaboration by French conceptual artist Daniel Buren and director John Wright. Watch the video courtesy of...

ART ONLINE Is buying fine art online the wave of the future? Artspace‘s Catherine Levene and Christopher Vroom talk about their e-commerce space for contemporary art that brings together artwork from all over the world, onto one platform, making it available for sale at accessible...

Stik has created art around London for over 10 years, and during that time has experienced several periods of homelessness. Now he has partnered with The Big Issue to produce a series of posters to be featured in the magazine. Crane.tv interviews him about his work, and compares the...

ATHENS: NEW HOTEL New Hotel is the creation of Greek Cypriot art collectorDakis Joannou. The former Olympic Palace Hotel was built in the heart of modern Athens in 1958, and Joannou has restructured it piece-by-piece, without discarding anything, to create a modern, urban work of art. The...

PROFILE: MR BRAINWASH Mr. Brainwash, Thierry Guetta‘s alter ego, made his debut via Exit Through the Gift Shop, a documentary directed by Banksy. The artist talks to Crane.tv about why he is ‘not a product’. THE PULSE is produced by LdC Media for TCN The Communications...

THE MEANING OF ART Five experts look at the role, place, and meaning of contemporary art, including curator Susie Allen; artists Lachlan Goudie and Christopher Gray; gallery manager Helen Ralli; and critic JJ Charlesworth. Video courtesy of Crane.tv THE PULSE is produced by LdC Media for...

PROFILE: FIONA RAE Fiona Rae is one of the Young British Artists, alongside Damien Hirst and Tracy Emin, who rose to prominence in the 1990s. In 1991 she was shortlisted for the Turner Prize, and in 2002 was elected a Royal Academician. Crane.tv visits the artist at her studio to discuss...

PROFILE: YELENA POPOVA  Russian-born artist Yelena Popova is often influenced by Russian Constructivism, and works across various mediums. In her painting she uses different types of linen for canvases, pastel colours, and circular shapes reminiscent of the Bauhaus movement. Although she only...

IS ART AN ASSET CLASS? Citi Private Bank produces analyst reports on artists as it does for stocks. Reuters finance blogger Felix Salmon and Citi Private Bank Art Advisor Jonathan Binstock debate whether artists should be treated like stocks, and how this will affect the art world. THE...

PROFILE: FUTURA Futura, formerly known as Futura 2000, defined the art of graffiti in the early ’80s alongside DONDI, Jean-Michel Basquiat, and Keith Haring. He has since designed for The Clash, worked with Nike, Levi’s, A Bathing Ape, and Hennessy, and even appeared in John...