Art Site Founder Forrest Nash '05 Visits

After graduating from Collegiate in '05, Forrest went to the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. While a student, he began blogging and soon realized that people were particularly interested in his posts about art exhibitions. With that in mind, in 2008 he founded Contemporary Art Daily, a site that features curated documentation (not reviews) on exhibitions worldwide and is a must-read for collectors, artists and gallery owners. In 2013, Forrest was named to ArtReview's Power 100, a ranked list of the contemporary art world's most powerful figures.

On campus today, Forrest talked with students about his site and his new project, Contemporary Art Quarterly, which will feature more depth of documentation on a select group of artists' work. While he talked about his work and the complexities of the process of researching and featuring important work, he also discussed the concepts of success and happiness and his relationship to both, stressing that, although he's not making art objects, he's very fulfilled by his art-related work. Following his lecture/discussion with Honors Arts students, he took time to look at some of their work and comment.

Many thanks to Forrest for making time to return to Collegiate and share his insights with students and faculty.