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At Marian Goodman Gallery, Tavares Strachan Investigates the Stories that Shape Our Existence

At Marian Goodman Gallery, Tavares Strachan Investigates the Stories that Shape Our Existence

"The work is about questioning how we locate ourselves in time, in history and in the cosmos—an invitation to reimagine our place within these...

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Elisa Carollo

Dallas’ Art Fairs Open With Slow-Burn Sales and Museum Acquisitions That Signal Regional Potential

Dallas’ Art Fairs Open With Slow-Burn Sales and Museum Acquisitions That Signal Regional Potential

With packed preview crowds and nearly $100,000 in museum-backed acquisitions, the Dallas Art Fair is making a confident case for the city’s growing...

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In L.A., Emilia Yin Is Prioritizing Artist Evolution Over Market Moments

In L.A., Emilia Yin Is Prioritizing Artist Evolution Over Market Moments

"I don’t chase trends—I build legacies. Too many galleries scramble to align with market forces instead of defining them."

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Observer’s Guide to What Not to Miss During Dallas Art Week

Observer’s Guide to What Not to Miss During Dallas Art Week

Dallas Art Week brings with it shows of work by Otobong Nkanga, Marisol Escobar, Francesca Mollett and many others.

10.04.2025 6

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Elisa Carollo

EXPO CHICAGO’s Frieze-Era Shift: Tony Karman Discusses the Fair’s Expanding Local and Global Influence

EXPO CHICAGO’s Frieze-Era Shift: Tony Karman Discusses the Fair’s Expanding Local and Global Influence

EXPO Chicago is back at Navy Pier from April 24–27 for its 12th edition—the second under Frieze—with more than 170 galleries from 36 countries...

09.04.2025 4

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Elisa Carollo

Hope in a Shifting Art Market: A Breakdown of the 2025 Art Basel and UBS Report

Hope in a Shifting Art Market: A Breakdown of the 2025 Art Basel and UBS Report

Sales dropped 12 percent in 2024 to $57.5 billion, but total transactions rose to 40.5 million signaling growing demand at entry and mid-level tiers.

08.04.2025 2

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Elisa Carollo

Frieda Toranzo Jaeger Is Challenging the Ideologies of Late-Stage Capitalism With Rage and Ritual

Frieda Toranzo Jaeger Is Challenging the Ideologies of Late-Stage Capitalism With Rage and Ritual

In New York, the artist reclaims religious iconography and industrial motifs to stage a revolutionary act of aesthetic resistance.

08.04.2025 2

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Elisa Carollo

As Trump’s Tariffs Spark Global Trade Panic, Art Remains an Exception—at Least for Now

As Trump’s Tariffs Spark Global Trade Panic, Art Remains an Exception—at Least for Now

Tariffs on art could disproportionately hurt American art businesses, according to Edouard Guin, founder of shipping company Convelio, as such levies...

07.04.2025 4

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Elisa Carollo

Heather Hubbs On How NADA Has Changed—and All the Ways It Hasn’t

Heather Hubbs On How NADA Has Changed—and All the Ways It Hasn’t

This year, the association's signature fair will set up for the first time inside the iconic Starrett-Lehigh Building in West Chelsea.

04.04.2025 3

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Art Collector Athanasios Polychronopoulos Is Bringing A.I. Art to Delphi

Art Collector Athanasios Polychronopoulos Is Bringing A.I. Art to Delphi

"When you stand in this place, you feel the energy and the beauty of the view, which motivates you to do something for the planet."

04.04.2025 8

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Fusing Virtual World-Building and Brushwork, Emma Webster Reimagines the Landscape Tradition

Fusing Virtual World-Building and Brushwork, Emma Webster Reimagines the Landscape Tradition

Her integration of new technologies into her practice paradoxically allows for a return to something elemental—a deeper connection with the cyclical...

04.04.2025 3

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Elisa Carollo

With a Buoyant Opening, SP–Arte Showcases the Strength of a Self-Sufficient Brazilian Art Market

With a Buoyant Opening, SP–Arte Showcases the Strength of a Self-Sufficient Brazilian Art Market

Widespread interest in younger and emerging artists translated into immediate results.

03.04.2025 3

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Elisa Carollo

In Her Hong Kong Debut, Dominique Fung Reckons With Ancestral History

In Her Hong Kong Debut, Dominique Fung Reckons With Ancestral History

Continuing her exploration of family heritage, the artist’s latest body of work draws on both her ancestry and the fraught legacy of Empress Dowager...

02.04.2025 3

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Elisa Carollo

Billy Tang On How Para Site Became the Region’s Leading Platform for Cutting-Edge Curatorial Thinking

Billy Tang On How Para Site Became the Region’s Leading Platform for Cutting-Edge Curatorial Thinking

The art center is redefining what it means for a cultural institution to be both hyperlocal and globally relevant.

02.04.2025 3

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Elisa Carollo

MoMA Names Christophe Cherix as Glenn D. Lowry’s Successor

MoMA Names Christophe Cherix as Glenn D. Lowry’s Successor

The Swiss-born curator will officially step into his new role in September with support from Lowry, who has led the museum since 1995.

01.04.2025 5

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Hong Kong’s Marquee Auctions Reflect Continuing Regional Recalibration

Hong Kong’s Marquee Auctions Reflect Continuing Regional Recalibration

Closing with a combined $154,418,490 across three auction houses, the Hong Kong marquee auctions confirmed an Asian market much more cautious and...

01.04.2025 2

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Elisa Carollo

Hong Kong Art Week 2025: Supper Club, Current Plans and the Art Beyond Basel

Hong Kong Art Week 2025: Supper Club, Current Plans and the Art Beyond Basel

The city’s art scene stole the spotlight this week, revealing the force of a creative class intent on stitching together a more cohesive—and...

28.03.2025 7

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Elisa Carollo

Leonor Fini’s Mythmaking, Masquerades and Resurgent Market

Leonor Fini’s Mythmaking, Masquerades and Resurgent Market

Despite being born in Buenos Aires, Fini was profoundly Italian in her sense of drama, her disarming persona and the sophisticated literary and...

27.03.2025 5

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Elisa Carollo

Art Basel Hong Kong’s Slow Start Reflects Regional Collectors’ Shifting Tastes

Art Basel Hong Kong’s Slow Start Reflects Regional Collectors’ Shifting Tastes

The fair's 2025 edition lacks the triple-A masterpieces that were the hallmark of its pre-pandemic splendor and the kind of works regional buyers seem...

27.03.2025 10

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Elisa Carollo

At Pace, Kylie Manning Wields Paint as an Alchemical Tool

At Pace, Kylie Manning Wields Paint as an Alchemical Tool

Manning describes her practice in terms of ritual—a channeling process through which something universal, intangible and ineffable is unearthed.

26.03.2025 3

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Elisa Carollo

Can Hong Kong Maintain Its Status as the Asia-Pacific Region’s Leading Art Hub?

Can Hong Kong Maintain Its Status as the Asia-Pacific Region’s Leading Art Hub?

Though the city is not immune to macroeconomic pressures and geopolitical complexities, it's probably one of the most stable places to be in a...

25.03.2025 5

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PODIUM Co-Founder Cusson Cheng On Growing Locally and Thinking Globally in Hong Kong

PODIUM Co-Founder Cusson Cheng On Growing Locally and Thinking Globally in Hong Kong

As PODIUM celebrates its second anniversary amidst Art Basel Hong Kong, Observer caught up with Cheng to learn more about the gallery's curatorial...

25.03.2025 4

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Elisa Carollo

In ‘Interspecies Love Letter,’ Artist Cai Guo-Qiang Will Light Up the Cosmos by Painting in the Sky

In ‘Interspecies Love Letter,’ Artist Cai Guo-Qiang Will Light Up the Cosmos by Painting in the Sky

“Using explosives to create beauty rather than warfare and violence provides a sliver of hope for our shared human future.”

24.03.2025 7

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Elisa Carollo

Observer’s Must-See Exhibitions During Art Basel Hong Kong

Observer’s Must-See Exhibitions During Art Basel Hong Kong

From boundary-pushing solo shows to historic retrospectives, these are the standout exhibitions you won’t want to miss while in town for the fair...

24.03.2025 3

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Elisa Carollo

Shana Hoehn Explores the Uncanny Dichotomy Between Suffocation and Shelter in L.A.

In “Sleepless” at Make Room Los Angeles, the subconscious takes a form both unsettling and hauntingly familiar.

21.03.2025 3

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Elisa Carollo

In ‘Spirit Level,’ at David Zwirner, Tau Lewis Blurs Boundaries Between Matter and Meaning

"I’m drawn to objects that look like they want to speak or may have an interesting story."

20.03.2025 5

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Elisa Carollo

The Lisa Schiff Question: Does 2.5 Years in Jail Balance $6.5 Million in Fraud

Prior to her downfall, Schiff was known for working with elite clientele, including real estate mogul Aby Rosen and Hollywood stars like Leonardo...

20.03.2025 3

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Tashkent’s CCA Aims to Anchor a New Era in Uzbek Contemporary Art

Meanwhile, the launch of the inaugural Bukhara Biennial later this year will mark a pivotal moment in the country’s emergence as a cultural hub.

20.03.2025 5

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SP–Arte Founder Fernanda Feitosa Reflects On Brazil’s Lasting Cultural and Artistic Momentum

Now in its twenty-first edition, the fair continues to serve as a vital hub of connection for Brazilian artists, dealers and collectors and a key...

19.03.2025 7

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What the Art World Needs to Know About the Next Generation of Museum Patrons

"The scale of opportunity for museums to better engage the new generation is only matched by the urgency to do so," according to patron Sarah Arison.

19.03.2025 5

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Elisa Carollo

Uncertainty Abounds, Optimism Abides: Key Findings from the 2025 SML Art Market Talent Report

Art world employers are bracing for mounting challenges: tighter budgets, falling consumer spending and rising operating costs.

18.03.2025 5

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Elisa Carollo

Trump’s Latest Executive Order Eliminates the Institute of Museum and Library Services

The IMLS is the only federal agency dedicated to supporting the nations museums.

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The FBI Confiscated a Stolen Rembrandt in a Gallery Raid, But It Was Just Performance To Launch A Movie

The piece has cleverly tested—and demonstrated—a new dimension in which performance art can gain traction today: as content.

17.03.2025 10

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Maia Cruz Palileo Reveals Invisible Stories of American Filipino Heritage at David Kordansky

Merging diasporic narratives with archival materials, the artist resuscitates lost images and stories, recontextualizing them in symbolically charged...

17.03.2025 8

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The Fate of More Than 26,000 Artworks Is in Limbo After Cuts to the GSA’s Fine Arts and Preservation Units

The loss of artworks and the canceling of exhibitions represents more than an aesthetic or cultural wound—it signifies a severing of American...

14.03.2025 8

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Sukanya Rajaratnam Explains How the Art World Rediscovered Lynne Drexler

When a large abstraction with a $60,000 high estimate sold for $1.2 million, the art world woke up and said “Who is Lynn Drexler?”

14.03.2025 6

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The Artist as Conductor: How David Altmejd Taps into the Collective Unconscious Through Material

“I always thought my job as an artist was imposing order on chaos, but I realize now that chaos has its own intelligence… and is the very source...

13.03.2025 4

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With Trump’s Tariffs, the Canadian Art Market Looks for Opportunities Elsewhere

Canada’s robust network of active institutions and enthusiastic collectors paired with stronger relationships with Mexico and Europe could make...

13.03.2025 10

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Elisa Carollo

In Her L.A. Debut, Shilpa Gupta Exposes the Fragility of National Identity

Using sparse materials and national symbols, she challenges how civic identity is constructed, remembered and imposed.

12.03.2025 9

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Art Market Insights: 2024 Saw More Transactions But Fewer Record-Setting Sales

Meanwhile, the French and the Indian contemporary auction markets experienced significant growth, and women dominated in the ultra-contemporary top...

11.03.2025 10

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Elisa Carollo

The Dallas Art Fair Director Kelly Cornell Sees ‘All Eyes On Texas’

The art market inevitably follows the money, and the state's art scene has been expanding in tandem with its GDP.

11.03.2025 10

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Cecily Brown On Revisiting History, Subverting the Gaze and Embracing the Accident

The artist's mid-career retrospective at the Barnes Foundation is a testament to her relentless confrontation of the history of images.

10.03.2025 7

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Elisa Carollo

Monika Sprüth and Philomene Magers On the Resilience of the German Art Scene

The fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 marked a turning point, expanding Germany’s artistic influence and cementing Berlin’s status as a global...

10.03.2025 10

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Elisa Carollo

A Spellbinding Retrospective Showcases Artist and Jazz Witch Gertrude Abercrombie’s Singular Vision

An extensive exhibition at Carnegie Museum of Art not only unravels the "whole mystery" of Abercrombie’s paintings and inner universe but also...

07.03.2025 3

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Elisa Carollo

Low Estimates and High-Quality Consignments: The London Evening Sales Achieve £208,145,400

All three auction houses decided to bet on the U.K. market's favorable conditions while playing it safe with a selection of works the market has...

07.03.2025 7

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Elisa Carollo

On View: Nate Lewis’ Language of Bodies at Vielmetter

Ahead of Frieze L.A., Lewis opened his debut solo show "Tuning The Signals"—his first large presentation on the West Coast. 

06.03.2025 3

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Elisa Carollo

OMR Founder Patricia Ortiz Monasterio On Building a Gallery and Then Letting Go

During Mexico City Art Week, the gallery—now under the leadership of Cristobal Riestra—unveiled "Bodega," a collaborative space with Agustina...

05.03.2025 6

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Elisa Carollo

Frank Gehry’s Flaming Fish Now Hangs in the Lobby of 3 World Trade Center

The sculpture represents the culmination of the architect’s decades-long exploration of the ichthyological form, which has been central to his...

05.03.2025 4

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Elisa Carollo

Shanghai Gallery BANK Is Set to Land in New York City

The gallery will launch its new chapter with a solo show of works by internationally renowned interdisciplinary artist Patty Chang.

04.03.2025 4

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Elisa Carollo

A Treasure Trove of Old Master Works Could Fetch $120 Million or More This May

Old Masters sales are usually hit-or-miss, but the auction of pieces from the Saunders' Collection could kick off a period of momentum for a category...

04.03.2025 5

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Elisa Carollo