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As questions of access, locality and relevance grow more urgent, major institutional biennials—from Venice to Gwangju—will have to prove they can...
From Fragonard and Watteau to the Veil-Picard collection, today’s selective auction fervor for the 18th-century style reveals a deeper logic of...
When we spoke to the artistic director, he shared plans for the reopening exhibition, which brings together more than 150 artists, writers,...
A spate of 2025 shows points to wider institutional interest not only in art that engages mystical or occult frameworks but also in rereading art...
A growing cohort of crossover collectors now treats music, sports and film memorabilia as alternative assets, reshaping auction dynamics as they buy...
Caracas was once the cultural capital of Latin America; today, artists, dealers and diasporic galleries are keeping art in Venezuela alive amid crisis...
With caricatured men, fragile authority figures and dreamy mise-en-scènes, she undertakes a diagnostic exploration of power, performance and identity.
After decades of unchecked expansion, economic realities are forcing fairs to become more selective, more regional and more accountable.
Rare spirits is one of the best-performing luxury collectible categories, having proven especially effective at attracting audiences beyond fine arts...
Over time, he has developed an original symbolic lexicon that remains untouched by trends or the conventions of traditional figurative painting.
Here, the human body is understood as the only filter, site of encounter and witness to temporality as we confront the present world.
The artist doesn’t see a divide between digital and traditional—just an overdue but inevitable expansion of what counts as art and who shapes the...
After a turbulent 12 months for many major arts institutions, the new year brings a global slate of blockbuster exhibitions featuring artists from...
“Minimal” at La Bourse de Commerce aptly demonstrates why the movement feels newly urgent today.
On the cusp of 2026, optimism is returning to the art world, tempered by a growing recognition that its next chapter will demand structural...
Editions and drawings are gaining in popularity, particularly with collectors who want to access established and blue-chip names otherwise out of...
Her works are made on repurposed textiles: bed sheets and tablecloths, often passed down through generations. "They all already hold stories, carry...
In her transdisciplinary Media Art Xploration series, science provides the data that art transforms into sensory and emotional experiences.
After Miami and before the new year, the art world calendar briefly loosens its grip, creating a rare pause that invites unhurried engagement with New...
Her work, through its sustained engagement with memory and the possibilities of the future, stands as a testament to the enduring human urge to resist...
In work that melds the natural with the technological, he foregrounds entanglements shaped by looping currents of life, depletion and reciprocity.
Unlike highly choreographed fine art auctions, the results of the design sales are organic, not engineered through guarantees, irrevocable bids or...
Bonotto believed strongly that “technique is essential, but technique without culture is empty.”
Year-end results show rising sales, stronger sell-through rates and growing momentum in categories that suggest a shift in who is sustaining the...
The artist’s sentient autonomous cars are endowed with intelligence but stripped of agency, drifting through a ruined society in the throes of...
The chosen artists are "intergenerational and international, reflecting the many ways artists remain interconnected through their practices despite...
Matching the reductions achieved by early adopters across the visual arts sphere could reduce emissions by 5 MtCO₂e by 2030.
In "Relical Horn" at Andrew Edlin Gallery, the artist transforms ceramics into cross-cultural archetypes.
The digital section artists arrived at Art Basel with their legitimacy already established through peer-to-peer platforms, tools and communities...
The strategic debut was tailored to a region where luxury demand is accelerating at exceptional speed.
Brand equity is increasingly dependent on cultural production and narrative-led experiences, with storytelling rooted in shared culture, creativity...
"Art that reflects this world is complex," the artist tells Observer. "But there are moments that feel as simple as the play I experienced in...
The installation, the artist told Observer, is about “seeing through the eyes of others,” with 2,500 authors each offering a distinct vantage...
“Icons: Back to Madison” is bringing together some of the most widely celebrated works the auction house has sold over the years in a...
Known for his immersive environments and otherworldly lamps, the artist's latest show at Petzel Gallery invites viewers to experience new modes of...
If there’s a common thread running through this year’s presentations, it’s the introspective tone of works that grapple with the push and pull...
From Soto’s rare 'Pénétrable' to Anne Samat’s towering woven deities, the artworks in the fair’s most ambitious sector offer meditations on an...
The long-running ping-pong between the two fairs continues this year with vibrant energy and steady sales that are strong enough to suggest the young...
"Depth is what connects people, and the artists I work with have that depth," the dealer tells Observer.
"It’s a family business, and we’re proud that the second generation has been able to improve things while still being supported by the first,"...
“Here, art isn’t just raising awareness; it is a solution," entrepreneur Ximena Caminos told Observer.
From speculative A.I. dreamscapes to mythic gardens, geological ceramics and queer maximalism, these are the shows not to miss when you're in town for...
From a $10 million Birkin to a $2.9 million Macallan, luxury collectibles are transforming the collectibles market and estate and tax planning.
The sweeping open-air exhibition stretches from Al Ain’s 400-year-old fort to the mangrove islands of Jubail, recasting the U.A.E.’s cultural...
Don't miss these exhibitions showcasing Surrealism’s dream logic, Henri Rousseau’s modern imagination and Alexander Calder’s poetic fusion of...
For months, the art world waited to see who would pass the "Trump test" to represent the U.S. at the next Venice Biennale.
For the Venezuela-born, New York–based collector, acquiring art has never been a passive act.
The museum, founded in 2013 by billionaire Kazuo Okada, was compelled to sell the trove of masterworks to settle a $50 million legal bill owed by the...
"My approach to the figure is a reflection of my perception in general—everything seems to be equivalent within rays of light, perhaps except...
Kahlo and Magritte anchored the auction house's Modern session as Surrealist artists delivered record-breaking results.
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