Infinite Playground

Future of Art & Idols of Tomorrow
Inventive technocratic masters, true geniuses standing at the crossroads of art and science, striking in their depth of thought and power of imagination, refined beauty, and unusual aesthetics, as before in the history of art, are predicted to become our next Leonardo da Vinci, Jan Vermeer, Vincent van Gogh, Kazimir Malevich, Pablo Picasso, and Andy Warhol, and we invite you to discuss the art of the future here. All new superstars of art are welcome! Discuss trends and ideas that can shape tomorrow with logical, scientifically proven arguments. Our visitors can communicate, complain about speculative and false trends, and demonstrate why something is wrong. Nothing is as stable as science, governments, and super wealth. So all trends and artists supported by science, governments, or the rich club have the potential to become long-term giants in art, equaling or even surpassing such masters as Hieronymus Bosch, Gustav Klimt, Salvador Dali, and Damien Hirst. And if we are talking about new things, we must remember how quickly everything escalates and develops in the Internet age. Kevin Systrom launched the Instagram app only in 2010. However, it is now so active with so many accounts that browsing Instagram has become more attractive than leafing through Pablo Picasso catalogs, more exciting than going to museums, and Instagram is watched worldwide!

Art News
This forum is a place to discuss new talent and art news, including major museum exhibitions, impressive gallery shows, superstar deaths, sensational bankruptcies, criminal revelations, art business closures, auction records, and other things that control and govern our minds.

The Niertismus - Proper Religion for Computer Age with Essence in the Correction of Mistakes
Here is Nicholas Chiao's idea of ​​a new world-leading religion - Nierthismus. Nierthismus sees the purpose of human existence as a sinless life that is harmless to others and the planet. Success and wealth, physical and chemical pleasures, various life experiences, and healthy competition are the standard necessities of life. Nierthismus promises to provide them all! Nierthismus encourages people to strive for immortality using clean, ethical, renewable, or artificial energy sources. Nierthismus sees the future human being as an individual who wears clothing with a surface made of solar cells designed to provide the body with bioelectricity and consumes 3D-printed food that is naturally produced without cruelty to animals and plants. In Nierthismus, man can make mistakes, but he must remember and correct these misdeeds later in order to achieve endless life and a higher state of being. According to Nierthismus, one mistake leads to another error; aggression provokes counter-aggression; your wrongdoing causes wrongdoing by someone else towards you. To reach a higher state of development, one must commit as few mistakes, crimes, or sins as possible and, as a result, enjoy longevity and wealth.

The idea of the Scientocratic Party of America
Nicholaas Chiao is looking for real leaders of planet Earth to discuss, clarify, bring executive realism, and perhaps someday create or provoke someone else to create a new and first pro-ecological, pro-ethical, pro-education, pro-safety, pro-enrichment and pro-futuristic party: the World Scientocracy Party. Our goal should be to develop governments governed by universal scientific and ethical laws without corruption that are inaccessible to corrupt lobbyists. By creating a Scientocracy in one country, there is a solid potential to scale this experience to the rest of the states of the Earth; it is possible to intelligently unite all people in all countries and cultures, demonstrating in the first Scientocracy a stunning success in creating a better, safer, more educated, more prosperous and more fulfilling life.

Art Forum Troubles
Questions related to the functioning of our Art Forum. Login and password issues, questions related to the Forum moderation and curation.

I Want to Commission a Painting or Drawing
If you want to commission Nicholaas Chiao to produce a painting or drawing and want the conversation to be publicly visible, please post your requirements and budget here. We will openly discuss it and proceed to the production of your dream art through our efforts.

I want to represent artist Nicholaas Chiao with my gallery
If you are an art dealer, gallery, or art advisor willing to represent Nicholaas Chiao locally in your area, Nationally, or internationally, please feel free to discuss it here or e-mail us directly at info @ nicholaaschiao.com.

Machine Man: the ultimate future of Humans is to become half-artificial humans
Human capabilities could be dramatically enhanced with machine parts, such as biological or mechanical parts. Future and current technologies permit 3D printing of human organs. 3D-printed organs designed to supersede natural body parts in everything will appear soon. Shortly, such printed organs will be ready to replace original body parts. Prostheses and robotic parts are also developing at a colossal pace. People are already connecting to electronic devices with Neuralink technology and brain implants. If someone claims that AI will surpass man in everything, our answer is not really. Humans with artificially enhanced capabilities will be nearly equal to or superior to Artificial Intelligence machines of different kinds. Ethical aspects of being superior humans are also welcome to be discussed here.

From United Nations to Unified World Government
Will National governments last long in their current form in a world increasingly unified by the Internet culture, international corporations, world trade, and the wisdom of global Education? One cannot become German in Russia, American in China, or Israeli in Ghana. Still, one can learn German, English, Chinese, Arabic, African, and other languages, and by learning scientifically step-by-step, acquire all the technologies necessary to keep life at a similarly comfortable level as it is in most developed countries in the world. We expect this world to become increasingly global, borders more and more transparent, and even militaries more and more integrated and unified. Unified in one mission: to protect public safety, expand humanity to other planets, and achieve wealth, wisdom, and satisfaction in our lives.

Art Seen in New York
This discussion is a forum for everything the New York art world offers to artists, art collectors, art people in business, and casual people. Discuss exhibitions and events not to be missed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, MoMA, Guggenheim, Frick and New Museum. Hot news from Gagosian and David Zwirner Galleries and other top Dealers. Alternative Venues, Student Art at NY Universities, Street Art, and significant online projects based on or related to New York. Share news from The Armory Show and Frieze Art Fair and smaller art fairs such as Affordable Art Fair and New York sales of Sotheby's, Christie's, Phillips, and Bonhams. All new information and avid discussions are welcome!

Art Seen in Brooklyn
Brooklyn-based Galleries and Artists, please use this forum to inform our visitors about your current and future exhibitions and open studios. Brooklyn Street Art, Brooklyn Art Council news and grants, Brooklyn Museum news, and all posts about art in Brooklyn are welcome.

Open Debates on most Famous and world Greatest Artists
Links to the websites of the world's most famous and incredible artists. Open discussion and criticism of their output. Debates on the scientific essence of the nature of their fame. Why is their contribution to art history so objectively significant that it deserves to be highly recognized and distinguished? How are government powers and Art interconnected? How are the most prominent scientific inventions and innovations connected with greatness and fame in Art, and how is science reflected in the advanced art styles and movements?

News in Resurrection of Dead and Other Coveted Scientific Experiments & Achievements
The great art of Vatican Palaces has a centerpiece in the Sistine Chapel frescoes of Michelangelo. The creation of Adam and Eve and Judgement Day are central stories believed by people of many eras. In this forum, we will continue the historical interest of art in the resurrection of death and medicine. We will discuss news and ethical thoughts on the resurrection of the Dead, exotic scientific experiments, the science of Space Exploration, and General Science and Technology news.

USA & Beautiful Technocratic Leadership of the Future World
This is a forum about how US Democracy and people's freedom, which permit significant leadership in science and technology, can continue to peacefully lead the World to a supreme future of educated life in wealth, respect, and individual independence. This forum is about how the military can protect peace instead of escalating conflicts and, instead of punishing weaknesses, gradually educating and uniting this planet.

Hate between countries in the world. Time to learn differences & stop hostility!
All parts of the world and all countries are nearly equally ancient and historical, with Africa leading the records of archeology of human evolution. Countries of Europe have been historically leading in culture and technology. Now, everything changes, and international education brings quick equations in leadership. Having wealthy technocratic countries as neighbors is dangerous for anyone, halting development. We have too many open conflicts in the world. Military Industries always appear to lobby for the escalation of disputes. How can we avert wars while keeping everyone satisfied? Can weapons be made safe and ethical, and their impact be correctional and re-educational instead of destructive?

Art against Global Warming
The threat of Global Warming, as well as other Ecological issues, could potentially lead to the extinction of the Human Race. What should we do to survive and evade or supersede critical ecological changes? From farms of artificial photosynthesis to cloud whitening to reflect more heat, from planting shading particles into the atmosphere to building underground cities with artificial environments, it is all debated here.

Global Fight against Poverty, Poor Education, Homelessness, and Crime
Poverty, crime, poor education, and homelessness is a critical problem in contemporary society. Universal Basic Income is one of the solutions. In a world with colossal joblessness expectations predicted due to robots taking jobs from humans, UBI has become a more ubiquitous tool for fighting poverty. We have to find out how International Militaries could partially invest their lawfulness and order in war with international poverty and crime instead of throwing millions into an escalation of the inter-governmental conflicts. As higher regulating bodies, world governments must find ways to agree mutually. We must accept that poverty, high crime, and poor education have forever fueled wars. Nothing else! This Art Forum could become the instrument for the change.

Against the War, for Punishment of Wrongdoings
Huge developed Countries should not enter War as a conflict resolution, in blind hatred. It's Educated Century 21 to seek softer, non-lethal Principles, Methods, and Ways for Policing and Keeping Order.

The Art of Nicholaas Chiao, current artworks value and prediction of his future prices. Factors and Facts
Open Forum and public discussion of the art and life of Nicholaas Chiao - the Contemporary Artist of Belarus-American origins. Nicholaas Chiao was born in 1981 in Minsk, Belarus SSR. Nicholaas was born into a family of Soviet computer scientists. His great-grandfather, Alexander Staszewski, was the Minister of Justice of BSSR during Joseph Stalin's era. Staszewski was accused of espionage for Poland and executed during Stalinist repressions. Nicholaas Chiao is a multidisciplinary artist who has done painting, drawing, sculpture, and internet projects. He is also known for his works in the pluralism of styles on the themes of ethics, science, the joy of life, and the sadness of death.

Works by Nicholas Chistiakov in Your Collections
At the beginning of his career, Nicholaas Chiao was known as Nicholas Chistiakov. Art collectors can use this forum to resolve issues with the authentication and valuation of Chistiakov-Chiao paintings. You can also share photos of his art in your spaces and tell how his work has impacted your life. You can also discuss and create opportunities to include works from your collections in future public exhibitions at museums and art galleries.

Why Nicholas Chistiakov changed his artist name to Nicholaas Chiao
People change their names to hide their past from someone or to increase their personal brand's respect and weight. Sound names have a lot of potential benefits. Find out why Nicholas Chistiakov changed his artist's name to Nicholaas Chiao, and hear his explanation of how he chose the connection of a Chinese-sounding last name with a European first name to increase the international appeal of his art and improve his reputation.

Architecture and Design
Page on Novelties and Achievements in Architecture and Design.

American Art
Here, we share knowledge of the Current state of USA Art. The Whitney Museum of American Art, the US Pavilion at the Venice Biennale, and other national news are welcome here.

The Cultural Victory: Art, Empathy and Friendship
Art can do what conventional weapons never will. True art can unify people through the greatness of ideas and their observable results. Great visual art and cinema made people patriotic to the American Dream. The National Dream could be the dream of success in any country. Andy Warhol, Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning, Tom Wesselmann, Robert Rauschenberg & Hollywood are the best, most successful, and most peaceful weapons this world has ever witnessed. Let's escalate the use of cultural and educational weapons and never enter into traditional wars anymore.

The Dollar Rain: Billionaire Art Collectors
Forum about Billionaires - conversation about how uber-wealthy, ultra-educated, and supremely talented individuals approach collecting Art.

Famous Art Collectors
From Medicis to Peggy Guggenheim and Charles Saatchi, people of position and wealth supported and commissioned artists to produce the most successful and striking examples of their art. What more do we need to know about these people?

Jesus. Hitler. Challenge. Taboo. Truth. New Beauty: Famous Art Curators
Influential curators are a relatively new trend in the art world. Overproduction of art demands museums and galleries to be highly selective to continue successfully existing. Massimiliano Gioni, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Francesco Bonami, Robert Storr, Ann Temkin, and other influential players in art curation have achieved authority bordering the authority of the artists.

Auction Houses and how to sell snow in winter
Money rules minds, so auction spectacles are often more closely watched than museum exhibitions and art biennials. Art that sells for top dollar fuels trends and creates limitless followers and imitators, especially among young artists.

Venice Biennale, other Biennials, Documenta Kassel, and the rest of the large-scale Important Exhibitions
What artists and what art are on view at high-profile international exhibitions?

Global Art Fairs
What, When, and Why was Art sold at the International Art Fairs? Art Basel, Frieze, The Armory Show, TEFAF, Affordable Art Fair—all news welcome.

Extraordinary Art in New York MTA Subway System
The New York public transit system is near the museum. Street art and graffiti occupy most of the tunnels, and more cultural forms—mosaics and sculptures—occupy the stations. Many artists in New York seriously rely on funding from the MTA. Keith Haring famously built a career from his hobby of drawing in chalk on empty advertising boards. Discuss MTA Art here.

Current Art Shows in New York Museums
Please discuss current, future, and past exhibitions at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art, Guggenheim, the New Museum, Neue Galerie, Frick and other New York institutions.

Art in North America
Art world events in the USA and Canada. Art by Jeff Koons, Andy Warhol, Keith Haring, Jean-Michel Basquiat, KAWS, Shepard Fairey, Nan Goldin, and other artists.

Art in Belarus
Everything you need to know about Art in Belarus: websites of progressive artists, Art presented at the Autumn Salon, the National Art Museum, the Palace of Arts, the Museum of Modern Art, and galleries of Minsk and the regions, in the halls of the Belarusian State Academy of Arts and other educational institutions, street art, and Internet portals, as well as bold research initiatives. The Belarusian Pavilion of the Venice Biennale is also encouraged for discussion. Yehuda Pen and Marc Chagall, Mikhail Savitsky and Valery Shkarubo, Ales Pushkin and Vladimir Tovstik, these and other names are open to debate.

Art in Russia
Everything about postmodern and ultra-contemporary Art in Russia: secret pearls of unofficial artists, Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art, Kandinsky Prize and other art prizes, Art in the Tretyakov Gallery, Russian Museum, Hermitage, Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Garage Museum, different museums, foundations and galleries, art fairs, Russian street art and notable Internet projects. Kazimir Malevich, Mikhail Chemiakin, Andrey Molodkin, Ilya Kabakov, Zurab Tsereteli, Ernst Neizvestny, Nikas Safronov, and Erik Bulatov are discussed here.

Art in Ukraine
Posting threads on all news about contemporary and historical Art in Ukraine: cutting-edge artists, their websites, Art in museums and galleries, the Kyiv Biennale and other major projects, the activities of the Pinchuk Art Center and other non-profit organizations and foundations, art awards, achievements in the education system and universities, street art and leading Internet portals about Art.

Art in Europe
Art in Germany, Great Britain, France, Spain, Poland, Austria, and other European countries. Discussion of the Tate Gallery news, the Louvre, the Prado, the German National Museum, the Leopold Museum, the Albertina, and other institutions. The works of Damien Hirst, Banksy, Gerhard Richter, Andreas Gursky, Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dali, Henry Moore, Francis Bacon, Lucian Freud, Christo and Jean-Claude, Tracey Emin, Marlene Dumas and Maurizio Cattelan and others are offered for discussion.

Art in Middle East
Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Israel, Jordan, Iraq, Yemen, Qatar, and other Middle Eastern countries and their events in Art. Louvre Abu Dhabi, the Museum of Islamic Art in Doha, the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, and other pearls of the art world and their events.

Art in South and Central America
Contemporary Art in Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Venezuela, Colombia, Chile, and other countries of Central and South America. Museums, galleries, street art, everything is welcome.

Art in Asia
Art in China, India, Japan, Vietnam, Kazakhstan, Indonesia, NDRC, South Korea, Mongolia, and other countries in the region. Biennials and street art, news from museums and galleries, and educational institutions. Ai Weiwei, Takashi Murakami, Yayoi Kusama, Zhang Xiaogang, Yue Minjun, and other masters are discussed here.

Art in Africa
Art from Egypt, Algeria, South Africa, Nigeria, Ethiopia, and other African countries. Events in the world of museums and galleries, street art, and achievements of art universities and schools.

Art in Australia
Everything you need to know about events in the art world in Australia. Exhibitions at the National Gallery of Victoria, the Melbourne Museum, and other institutions. Street art and ultra-contemporary artists. Internet projects.

Art Collecting
What makes people collect Art? How are some objects of beauty transformed into social idols and priceless totems? Art, as the highest value, can control consciousness and manage society no worse than the Presidents themselves. Art that sells for a lot of money and is well-known to everyone gives birth to a huge number of imitators and largely shapes society and its aesthetic, moral, and financial values. Do you collect Art? What is included in your collection, and how did you start? Does the cost of your collection and its value as an investment matter to you, or is it a purely personal value that you never plan to part with? Art can rise and fall in price, but museum collections are usually stable for decades. What do museums and your relationships with them mean to you? Are you ready to donate to and encourage museums to position your collection? You may have a private museum or foundation. Maybe you are not that rich, and your collection is limited to catalogs and posters. Whoever you are, if you collect, discuss it here!

Art Publications and their effect
Since we are based in the USA, we will consider American and international publications on contemporary Art. Discussion of publications from the post-Soviet space is also welcome. Magazines include Artforum, Art in America, American Collector, Frieze, Artnet and Artsy portal news, Art Newspaper, Art Review, and other publications. Do these elite print publications matter in the Google, Yandex, Facebook, Odnoklassniki, and Instagram era? What keeps you interested in art magazines, and what are their digital prospects?

Artists Looking for Representation
What is the best advice for artists looking for a gallery? No serious gallerist will ever agree to work with people they don’t like and can’t trust. The best connections with dealers are made through good recommendations while still in art school. What can show you off better than academic success at a professional school? It would be a good idea to never worry about being represented. No one will represent and care about your work better than you. Just create an aura of professionalism and trust around your name, make as many friends as possible, especially among art professionals, and improve the quality of your work. Even the most elite dealers will come to you soon after you achieve success and recognition from the broadest audience.

Art Criticism
Critically looking at Art was always required for its evaluation. Critics notoriously disrespected the first exhibition of impressionists. Since then, little has changed. Critics usually bust or ignore someone little known to them who arrives with something new. Only the psychological strength of the artists permits them to survive criticism and establish themselves despite imminent critical attacks. Anything could be Art. Anything in milligrams, in tons, and in between. Make a legend around your Name and Art to make us believe we need you.

Art Education News and Resourses
News and discussions about the British Royal Academy of Arts, Yale University School of Art, Columbia University School of Art, Belarusian State Academy of Arts, Russian Academy of Arts, New York Academy of Arts, Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing and other international universities specializing in arts.

Art Funding and Sponsorship
Arts foundations and other non-profit organizations that sponsor artists. Links to the websites of organizations and discussion of their activities.

Hobbies of Artists
One can only succeed in his professional field by focusing on other areas of knowledge. What are your unconventional hobbies? Internet, Africa, robotics, politics, AI models, underwater fishing? Make friends here based on shared interests.

Selling Art online and Offline
Tips, experiences, and other solid information on selling Art online and with brick-and-mortar spaces. Experiences with top online galleries (artnet.com, artsy.net) and auction platforms (sothebys.com, christies.com, phillips.com), bluechip art galleries, local art dealers, and their pros and cons. Your experiences from the NFT market.

Art Criticism - Share Your Art and Get it Critisized by Online Community
This page is an Art Educational Forum for publicly reviewing and discussing works of Art to better understand them, assign critical and financial value, see perspectives, and encourage future creative growth by respective artists.

Share Your Art
Please use this forum to share your art with us and our visitors. It is open to everyone and curated by the Forum Administration.

Free links to useful art websites
Please use this sub-forum to post links to your art websites with short descriptions. It is open to Artists, Galleries, and Curators from Brooklyn, New York, and anyone else.

Books worth Reading
Please discuss the books you like and recommend others to read.

Films worth Watching
Are there any films you like? Cinema and Art. Please feel free to engage in open discussion.

Computer Games
Forum to discuss old and new computer games, preferably art-related!

New Music
New Music is welcome here! Post links and discuss!

Art Crime
All news on criminal activity in the art world. Money laundering, forgeries, fraudulent investment schemes, art theft, NFT scams, etc.

The Value of Art in Monetary Calculation
This is a forum dedicated to discussing the value of various art objects and the reliability of investments in art. It is also a place to exchange experiences in art collecting, auctions, and private sales. Many years ago, an artist was worth $50; today, he is worth $100. How much can he be worth in a few years, and how can even one but very focused market participant change this? Opinions.

Buy and Sell Art to Other Forum Members
A forum to stimulate sales of works of art by forum participants. How not to lose yourself in the vast selection of contemporary art? Try to establish connections with those experts whose views and ideology you share. Buy the works of art you like from professionals you trust.