Artists

PS Picks is a selection of the best things that the magazine's staff and contributors are reading, watching, or otherwise paying attention to in the worlds of art, politics, and culture.

The careers of America's best songwriters suggest great art is the product of years of immersion in one's chosen field.

The end result of an AirBnB'd neighborhood is not a profitable artist collective; it's an international bedroom community of "post-tourist" upwardly mobile workers.

When tech workers are considered the true “creative class,” artists don’t appear to win.

A Mayo Clinic study finds decades spent on creative work pay off.

Francie Diep talks to Jennifer Hall about illustrating animals that have been dead for a very, very long time.

For years, the National Science Foundation has been sending professional creatives to the icy south in an attempt to promote understanding of the least-explored land on Earth. Is it working?

Kristin Sancken talks to Noah Davis about the difficulties of being friends with artists, making money at the curation game, and why shameless is the new humble.

New research suggests artists may begin their journey toward creative achievement before they are born.

New research suggests we consider the amount of effort that goes into making a work of art when we're evaluating it—and take off points for collaborations.

A new NEA report suggests more than a quarter-million Americans have a side job as an artist or musician.

New research suggests the simple question “Are you a professional artist?” yields confusing, sometimes contradictory answers.

Historical research from the Netherlands suggests they outlived other members of their socioeconomic class in past centuries.

New research from Europe finds those in creative professions are relatively low-paid, more likely to be unemployed—and robustly satisfied with their work.

Thomas Kinkade, the best-selling “Painter of Light,” has never enjoyed the academic scrutiny accorded other homespun artists — until now.