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Rainbow-themed and purpose-driven, it was Miami at its most magnetic.
“We don’t see much hierarchy between art and design—everything merges at Esther II.”
As always, the performers were the evening's real VIPs.
Dior brought the looks; the artists brought the soul.
The evening offered an exhilarating mix of high art, high spirits and high-profile VIPs.
Frieze New York in 2019. Courtesy Frieze Art fair fatigue can start to set in just before May, which is ironic given that May is one of the busiest...
Observer recently caught up with the Pictures Generation artist to learn more about how his practice has evolved and the role spirituality plays in...
With Ava DuVernay on stage and more than a few notable dancers in the crowd, the cultural institution's spring gala celebrated Darren Walker with...
Yes, that was an ice cream bar curated by a Noma alum.
It’s been a busy week for the art world's see-and-be-seen set!
As always, the guest list read like a Who’s Who from the worlds of art and philanthropy.
A full-blown army of art world elites stormed the Whitney this past Tuesday and Wednesday to toast the artist and her work.
"One of the things that makes Ecuador so interesting is the continuous determination of artists, curators, historians and collectors to build...
The evening served as both a toast to the museum’s future and a tribute to the outgoing director's storied legacy.
Simorré’s background in audiovisual technology informs the gallery’s evolving technical backbone.
Here's (almost) everything happening on the art fair circuit this April.
Art & Bali is set to debut this September across the well-manicured sprawl of Nuanu Creative City.
A-listers in attendance included Gigi Hadid, Keira Knightley, Naomi Campbell, Taylor Hill and Carla Bruni.
The museum "is a radical place for artists to try new things for a diverse and engaged audience," he told Observer.
This sprawling, decentralized art event brings together classical and contemporary art from across Asia in auctions, exhibitions and more.
Zuzanna Stańska is the art historian behind the DailyArt app. Courtesy Apple When Polish art historian Zuzanna Stańska considered what she could do...
René Magritte, L’empire des lumières, 1949. CHRISTIE’S IMAGES LTD. 2025 An “anthology of 20th-century masterpieces” is coming to...
Here's everything that's happening on the art fair circuit this month.
We asked the artist about her practice, the power of repetition and how best to approach her quietly mesmerizing work.
Among the artists with works in the Christie’s A.I. sale are recent TIME100 A.I. Impact Award recipient Refik Anadol, early A.I. art pioneer Harold...
Freshly rebranded in a surprise eleventh-hour pivot, gallerist Chris Sharp's new art fair will open as planned.
Crafted in 1714, the violin is expected to sell for between $12 million and $18 million in a single-lot auction that’s part of Sotheby's 2025 Old...
If you’re not familiar with this artist's name, there’s a good chance you’re passingly familiar with her most famous work, 'Angel of the Waters.'
'Elimar' could turn out to be a real masterpiece, but there’s no getting around the fact that in addition to not being particularly Van Gogh-ish,...
The only constant in the art world is change.
Lynch was a painter and sometimes sculptor represented, beginning in 2022, by Pace.
“If all books are institutionalized, we will annihilate the spirit and importance of the collector.”
Observer caught up with the artist to learn more about her explorations into how input data impacts aesthetic outcomes.
Spain’s Blanco Mora Gallery at Este Arte 2024. Photo by Santiago MAZZAROVICH / AFP) (Photo by SANTIAGO MAZZAROVICH/AFP via Getty Images In less...
Madhava Khurd and Jamshid Chela, Babur Enjoying a Meal at the South Madrasa in 1506 (detail view), from a Manuscript of the Baburnama, ca. 1590–93;...
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Institutions around the United States have, in recent years, grappled with questions about how to display Indigenous art and artifacts respectfully...
Bermuda is not what you think it is. But first, let’s clear up where it is. For all its postcard-perfect pink sand beaches, palm trees and...
I’m looking into real estate developer and art collector Dayssi Olarte de Kanavos after attending her Business of Art Women’s Power Breakfast at...
Andy Warhol’s obsession with celebrity was one of the defining aspects of his career, and analyses of that career, not to mention of his life,...
Many publications, including this one, have told the story of gallerist and curator Nicola Vassell’s career arc, but here’s a tl;dr version: She...
This year’s November art fair calendar is relatively unbusy—relative because the downtime art world insiders used to enjoy has been largely eaten...
Stories of haunted paintings have circulated for centuries, and we love these tales because they suggest that the creative process can conjure...
Since earning an MFA in Painting and Drawing from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago last year, painter Luke Agada’s career has taken off....
In six days, Sotheby’s will open bidding for lots in an auction led by a work painted by a robot. Specifically Artefact 26, a fracas of eddying...
Atlanta Art Week kicks off today (Sept. 30), once again shining a spotlight on the work of art advisor Kendra Walker. She’s young, but she was...
Doodles co-founder Jordan Castro and his wife, artist Margo Castro, relocated to Dubai from Miami this year and it wasn’t long before their Dubai...
Today Observer’s arts team learned that October is “National Arts & Humanities Month.” Apparently, the associated campaign launched thirty years...
On October 23, Christie’s will offer up works from one of the largest and most diverse collections of prints ever amassed in the United States....
New York’s September art fair calendar, bookended as it is by Armory Week and the local edition of Affordable Art Fair, can have an overshadowing...