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Christa Terry

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PHOTOS: Miami’s Creative Elite Played Peacock at Faena Art’s Annual Gala

Rainbow-themed and purpose-driven, it was Miami at its most magnetic.

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Bold and Boothless, Esther Returns: An Interview With Founders Margot Samel and Olga Temnikova

“We don’t see much hierarchy between art and design—everything merges at Esther II.”

07.05.2025 5

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On International Dance Day, the Stars of Today Met the Stars of Tomorrow to Celebrate YAGP

As always, the performers were the evening's real VIPs.

06.05.2025 3

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Creatives, Collectors and Couture: What You Missed at the Brooklyn Museum’s 2025 Artists Ball

Creatives, Collectors and Couture: What You Missed at the Brooklyn Museum’s 2025 Artists Ball

Dior brought the looks; the artists brought the soul.

02.05.2025 4

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The Art Stars at Cipriani South Street: Inside the New Museum’s Spring Gala

The Art Stars at Cipriani South Street: Inside the New Museum’s Spring Gala

The evening offered an exhilarating mix of high art, high spirits and high-profile VIPs.

01.05.2025 3

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Observer’s 2025 May Art Fair Calendar

Observer’s 2025 May Art Fair Calendar

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...

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Mysticism and Mark-Making: Artist Philip Smith On Channeling the Sacred in the Static

Mysticism and Mark-Making: Artist Philip Smith On Channeling the Sacred in the Static

Observer recently caught up with the Pictures Generation artist to learn more about how his practice has evolved and the role spirituality plays in...

24.04.2025 4

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Misty, Mickalene and $1.3 Million: What You Missed at the Dance Theatre of Harlem’s 2025 Vision Gala

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...

17.04.2025 10

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Auction Paddles, Ping Pong Paddles and Play: Inside Public Art Fund’s 2025 Party

Yes, that was an ice cream bar curated by a Noma alum.

15.04.2025 5

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Inside The Bronx Museum Gala: Hot Art and a Seriously Cool Crowd

It’s been a busy week for the art world's see-and-be-seen set!

11.04.2025 4

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YoungArts’ Playfully Glamorous Gala Returns to the Met’s Iconic Temple of Dendur

As always, the guest list read like a Who’s Who from the worlds of art and philanthropy.

10.04.2025 3

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Art’s Icons Hit the Whitney for a First Look at Amy Sherald’s ‘American Sublime’

A full-blown army of art world elites stormed the Whitney this past Tuesday and Wednesday to toast the artist and her work.

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Inside Eliana Hidalgo-Vilaseca’s Mission to Put Ecuadorian Art on the Global Map

"One of the things that makes Ecuador so interesting is the continuous determination of artists, curators, historians and collectors to build...

03.04.2025 3

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Ian Wardropper Takes a Bow: Inside the Frick Collection’s Reopening Gala

The evening served as both a toast to the museum’s future and a tribute to the outgoing director's storied legacy.

02.04.2025 10

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How Load Gallery Founder Alex Simorré Is Thinking Beyond the Binary

Simorré’s background in audiovisual technology informs the gallery’s evolving technical backbone.

31.03.2025 4

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Observer’s April Art Fair Calendar

Here's (almost) everything happening on the art fair circuit this April.

27.03.2025 4

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Bali Is Getting an Art Fair

Art & Bali is set to debut this September across the well-manicured sprawl of Nuanu Creative City.

15.03.2025 5

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Our Favorite Looks From the Inaugural Le Grand Dîner du Louvre

A-listers in attendance included Gigi Hadid, Keira Knightley, Naomi Campbell, Taylor Hill and Carla Bruni.

06.03.2025 10

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Mattress Factory’s Danny Bracken On Eugene Macki’s ‘Reification’

The museum "is a radical place for artists to try new things for a diverse and engaged audience," he told Observer.

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What Not to Miss at Asia Week New York 2025

This sprawling, decentralized art event brings together classical and contemporary art from across Asia in auctions, exhibitions and more.

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Zuzanna Stańska’s DailyArt Offers Access to Art Without Ulterior Motives

Zuzanna Stańska is the art historian behind the DailyArt app. Courtesy Apple When Polish art historian Zuzanna Stańska considered what she could do...

24.02.2025 4

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Art from the Riggio Collection Will Go On the Auction Block This Spring

René Magritte, L’empire des lumières, 1949. CHRISTIE’S IMAGES LTD. 2025 An “anthology of 20th-century masterpieces” is coming to...

21.02.2025 10

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Observer’s 2025 March Art Fair Calendar

Here's everything that's happening on the art fair circuit this month.

20.02.2025 5

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Na Kim’s Hauntingly Luminous Portraits Are a Study in Subjectivity

We asked the artist about her practice, the power of repetition and how best to approach her quietly mesmerizing work.

12.02.2025 4

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Christie’s Is Holding the First Ever Dedicated A.I. Art Sale at a Major Auction House

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...

08.02.2025 7

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Ahead of Its Inaugural Edition, Santa Monica Post Office Has Become Post-Fair

Freshly rebranded in a surprise eleventh-hour pivot, gallerist Chris Sharp's new art fair will open as planned.

07.02.2025 2

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This Stradivarius Could Become the Most Expensive Instrument Ever Sold at Auction

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...

06.02.2025 6

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At the Heckscher Museum of Art, Emma Stebbins Beyond Bethesda Fountain

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.'

30.01.2025 6

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‘Elimar,’ Van Gogh’s Translations and the Persistent Myth of the Multi-Million-Dollar Garage Sale Find

'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,...

29.01.2025 6

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Art World Comings and Goings: The Andy Warhol Museum’s New Director and More

The only constant in the art world is change.

23.01.2025 3

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Avant-Garde Filmmaker David Lynch Leaves Behind a Dual Legacy

Lynch was a painter and sometimes sculptor represented, beginning in 2022, by Pace.

18.01.2025 3

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Rare Medical Books From the Collection of Eugene S. Flamm Are Coming to Christie’s

“If all books are institutionalized, we will annihilate the spirit and importance of the collector.” 

11.01.2025 3

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When Human Creativity Meets Technical Autonomy: An Interview With Artist Anna Ridler

Observer caught up with the artist to learn more about her explorations into how input data impacts aesthetic outcomes.

09.01.2025 6

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Observer’s Guide to This Year’s Must-Visit January Art Fairs

Spain’s Blanco Mora Gallery at Este Arte 2024. Photo by Santiago MAZZAROVICH / AFP) (Photo by SANTIAGO MAZZAROVICH/AFP via Getty Images In less...

31.12.2024 3

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Closing Soon: ‘The Art of Dining, Food Culture in the Islamic World’ at the Detroit Institute of Arts

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;...

13.12.2024 10

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The Best Holiday Gifts for the Art Lovers and Artists On Your List

Shop all the best presents for the art lover in your life.

03.12.2024 6

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Building Exhibitions Around Shared Ideas: An Interview With Curator Laura Allen

Institutions around the United States have, in recent years, grappled with questions about how to display Indigenous art and artifacts respectfully...

23.11.2024 5

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48 Hours of Art in Bermuda: Two Art Talks, Multiple Museums and Painting in a Cave

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...

19.11.2024 5

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Art Collector Spotlight: Flag Luxury Group Co-founder Dayssi Olarte de Kanavos

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...

12.11.2024 10

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Curator Greg Pierce On How the Museum of Sex’s Warhol Show Came to Be

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,...

28.10.2024 4

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For Nicola Vassell, Art Market Success Is Rooted in Character

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...

24.10.2024 4

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Observer’s Guide to This Year’s Must-Visit November Art Fairs

This year’s November art fair calendar is relatively unbusy—relative because the downtime art world insiders used to enjoy has been largely eaten...

24.10.2024 5

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These Are the World’s Most Haunted Paintings

Stories of haunted paintings have circulated for centuries, and we love these tales because they suggest that the creative process can conjure...

16.10.2024 4

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Painter Luke Agada Is Pushing the Boundaries of Representation

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....

08.10.2024 6

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Gillian Varney On the Lumen Prize and Its Relevance After Thirteen Years

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...

04.10.2024 5

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Kendra Walker’s Big Audacious Dream, Three Years In

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...

30.09.2024 4

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Art Collector Spotlight: Margo and Jordan Castro

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...

26.09.2024 4

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Observer’s Guide to This Year’s Must-Visit October Art Fairs

Today Observer’s arts team learned that October is “National Arts & Humanities Month.” Apparently, the associated campaign launched thirty years...

25.09.2024 4

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The Art Collectors Behind Christie’s ‘Exceptional Impressions’ Sale

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....

17.09.2024 4

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Asia Week New York Is Back for Autumn With a Smaller Program of Exhibitions and Auctions

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...

13.09.2024 10

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