A Year in Instagram
From the first glimpse of Kara Walker’s candy sphinx at the Domino Sugar Factory to the endless barrage of selfies snapped in Koons’ gleaming balloons at the Whitney, this year’s top events all made their debut on a single platform: Instagram. Reported live from art world hotspots à la handheld phone, the following images—culled from collectors, curators, artists, and art lovers—offer a picture of 2014 in the ubiquitous square frame that we’ve come to love.
Mike Kelley, MoMA PS1, October 13, 2013 – February 2, 2014
Images: @vanessa.knight | @koko_ehn | @jonathanliang
The Armory Show, New York, March 6 - 9, 2014
Images: @frankeegoes | @yozi21 | @armandogdeo
Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, March 7 – May 25, 2014
Images: @jmechtler | @mattvanleeuwen | @snowlo
Henri Matisse: The Cut-Outs, Tate, April 17 – September 7, 2014
Images: @simondepury | @vintagebooksdesign | @ahhhhhannah
Met Gala, Metropolitan Museum of Art, May 5, 2014
Images: @zac_posen | @faerie_style | @derekblasberg
Frieze Art Fair, New York, May 9 – 11, 2014
Images: @paridust | @kjwww | @vajiajia
Kara Walker: A Subtlety, Creative Time, May 10 – July 6, 2014
Images: @engers | @thenickcaruso | @furorbrevis
Jeff Koons, A Retrospective, Whitney Museum of American Art, June 27 – October 19, 2014
Split-Rocker, Public Art Fund / Gagosian Gallery / Tishman Speyer, June 25 – September 18, 2014
Images: @lagracieuse | @jissuxoxo | @palmtreerd
MoMA PS1: Rockaway!, MoMA PS1, June 29 – September 1, 2014
Images: @brooklynarchitect | @klausbiesenbach | @norrizzo
@Large: Ai Weiwei on Alcatraz, FOR-SITE Foundation, September 27, 2014 – April 26, 2015
Images: @kleightgram | @melanieabrantesdesigns | @personaluniform
Frieze Art Fair, London, October 15 – 18, 2014
Images: @yhagomaia | @artsy | @josephowen
Art Basel in Miami Beach Week, December 3 – 7, 2014
Images: @shaynabatya | @landonnordeman | @danielarsham
Explore the rest of our 2014 highlights and find out what to look out for in 2015.