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Genesis Belanger’s Classically Inspired Public Art Is a Commentary on Modern-Day Unease

“Heads or Tails” transforms City Hall Park into a psychologically charged tableau where fractured bodies, scavenging birds and artificial trees...

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Elisa Carollo

MoN Takanawa: The Museum of Narratives Is Experientially Compelling But Curatorially Thin

The museum struggles to present a coherent narrative of human culture, but its architecture succeeds in offering a new kind of public space in a...

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Elisa Carollo

Seoul’s ParkSeoBo Museum Isn’t a Temple to Its Namesake

Director Sam Seung-ho says the institution will be a platform for younger, emerging artists rather than a static tribute to the late Dansaekhwa...

11.09.2026 5

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Elisa Carollo

Sales at Tokyo Gendai Reflect an Evolving Market Surprisingly Resistant to Trend-Chasing

A new generation of Japanese collectors, often guided by curiosity rather than long-term investment thinking, is beginning to reshape who buys and...

11.09.2026 8

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Elisa Carollo

How Gayane Umerova Is Shepherding Uzbekistan’s Cultural Transformation

As the country pours resources into museums, biennials, residencies and international cultural diplomacy, she is focused on ensuring that those...

10.09.2026 7

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Elisa Carollo

In New York’s Chinatown, Tom Sachs Has Recreated Chanel’s Paris Flagship Out of Plywood and Paint

Walking through the installation with Observer, the artist cited Duchamp, Sol LeWitt and On Kawara as touchstones, while insisting his attachment to...

09.09.2026 6

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Elisa Carollo

Intentionally Smaller and Slower, the 16th Gwangju Biennale Traces a Path of Change

Artistic director Ho Tzu Nyen argues that art's influence operates on a longer timescale than the political controversies that dominated the opening...

08.09.2026 6

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Elisa Carollo

Marian Goodman’s Multiples, Inc. Banners to Resurface at New York’s Independent 20th Century

The artist-designed, editioned wall hangings were part of Goodman's push to make contemporary art more accessible.

07.09.2026 7

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Elisa Carollo

Why Japan’s Art Market Is Growing Steadily Even as Other Markets Stall

A new generation of galleries, now roughly a fifth of the market, is drawing international attention even as domestic collectors remain the market's...

05.09.2026 20

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Elisa Carollo

Can Seoul Art Week Sustain More Fairs? PAVILION and Design Miami Say Yes.

The city hardly lacks for fairs, but there is arguably still room for formats that are locally rooted and responsive to the people who engage with...

04.09.2026 8

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Elisa Carollo

Frieze Seoul, Kiaf and a Market Moving Past FOMO into Maturity

Opening day sales hinted at just how rapidly the Korean art market has consolidated, finding a new balance between nurturing its local ecosystem and...

03.09.2026 10

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Elisa Carollo

The Venice Biennale and Central Asia’s Rise in the Global Art World

The recent rise of the region in the international art world has been driven, in part, by a concentrated wave of institution-building, biennials,...

02.09.2026 10

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Elisa Carollo

Arthur de Villepin On Bridging Cultures with Villa Haw Par and a New Curatorial Project in Milan

The dealer is embracing a more fluid, artist-led model across geographies, eschewing expansion for its own sake.

01.09.2026 10

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Elisa Carollo

The Chaebol Fortunes That Built South Korea’s Art World

The country's cultural rise is often credited to ambitious government policy, but corporate dynasties have spent decades transforming private wealth...

01.09.2026 9

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Elisa Carollo

The Exhibitions Not to Miss During Seoul Art Week

With exhibitions of work by Koo Jeong A, Do Ho Suh, Sol LeWitt, KAWS and Park Seo-Bo, the city's museums and galleries have unveiled an unusually...

01.09.2026 10

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Elisa Carollo

Seoul’s Paradise City Is an Unexpected Art Destination

The complex's museum-worthy 3,000-piece collection reflects Paradise Group owner Phillip Chun’s decades-long passion for acquiring art.

01.09.2026 9

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Elisa Carollo

In Seoul, Pavilion’s Debut, Design Miami’s Return and Frieze’s “Beyond the Canon” Approach

On the eve of Seoul Art Week, dealers are looking for signs that Korea’s recovering economy can revive collector confidence.

29.08.2026 10

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Elisa Carollo

How Collectors Bob and Jane Clark Turned Collecting into Community Building

Early acquisitions of works by Theaster Gates, Derrick Adams and Rashid Johnson came before those artists' markets fully developed, reflecting the...

28.08.2026 10

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Elisa Carollo

At 50, Pittsburgh’s Mattress Factory Still Says Yes to Artists

Founded “for artists by artists,” the space is one of the city’s most distinctive contemporary art institutions—a place where artists are...

27.08.2026 10

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Elisa Carollo

Cj Henry, Price Laddering and a New Collecting Model for the Kidulting Economy

"When I go to a museum or a gallery, I want to feel that the space is generous. I want people to come away with something. It doesn't need to be...

27.08.2026 10

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Elisa Carollo

Yayoi Kusama, the Avant-Garde Japanese Artist Who Became a Global Cultural Icon, Dies at 97

She turned an intensely personal visual language into one of contemporary art’s most recognizable motifs.

27.08.2026 10

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Elisa Carollo

Portland’s Homegrown Triennial Returns With Outside Curation and Hyper-Local Soul

Converge 45’s 2026 triennial, “Here, To You, Now,” embraces the city’s decentralized creative ecosystem with the aim of creating connections...

26.08.2026 10

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Elisa Carollo

Reid Walker On the Infrastructure Gap Holding Back Native American Art

The collector says recognition alone cannot compensate for the infrastructure, representation, knowledge and professional networks still lacking.

26.08.2026 10

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Elisa Carollo

How Aspen Became the Art World’s Most Exclusive Summer Camp

Industrialist Walter Paepcke's cultural vision built an art scene that punches well above its weight class.

25.08.2026 10

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Elisa Carollo

For 10 Years, Desert X Has Let the Rift Valley Landscape Do the Curating

As the organization prepares for its expanded anniversary edition in 2027, executive director Jenny Gil reflects on what the organization has learned...

24.08.2026 10

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Elisa Carollo

Collector Amanda Precourt Skipped the Vanity Museum to Give Denver a Community Art Space

She founded Cookie Factory, her 5,000-square-foot art space, as a privately funded nonprofit to avoid competing with local institutions like the...

24.08.2026 10

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Elisa Carollo

How Venice and New Media Art Are Making the White Cube Increasingly Obsolete

A recent run of ambitious site-specific projects demonstrates aptly why exhibitions must be conceived in dialogue with architecture, history and the...

22.08.2026 10

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Elisa Carollo

FEMSA Has Spent 50 Years Building a More Complete Record of Latin American Art

From its origins in a Dr. Atl donation to its current committee-driven acquisition process, the collection's curators describe a five-decade effort to...

21.08.2026 10

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Elisa Carollo

The Icy Gays Built a Collection By Cultivating Relationships—and Ignoring Market Hype

Rob and Eric Thomas-Suwall routinely back hyper-emerging artists early and have turned their Instagram connections into a real-world community.

21.08.2026 10

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Elisa Carollo

Thomas Houseago Makes Ancient Objects Speak to Our Violent Present

In "Death’s Sacred Mirror" at Lévy Gorvy Dayan London, ancient objects, modernist icons and the artist's own wounded forms speak across time.

20.08.2026 10

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Elisa Carollo

Ho Tzu Nyen Wants the Gwangju Biennale to Honor the Past, Not Relive It

"A trauma that you suffered in the past is constantly present," the artist-director reflected. "Revisiting Gwangju is important, but at the same time,...

18.08.2026 20

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Elisa Carollo

The Biggest Gifts to University Art Museums in 2026

Anne and Arthur Goldstein, Kay Culbreath Heller and J. Roderick Heller, Nancy Delman Portnoy and other philanthropic collectors recently placed major...

18.08.2026 10

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Elisa Carollo

Anne and Arthur Goldstein Reflect On the Responsibility of the Collector

The couple recently donated 70 artworks to the Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University in New Jersey, bringing the total number of works they have...

17.08.2026 30

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Elisa Carollo

A Daring Antonello da Messina Heist Raises New Questions About Museum Security

The lightning-fast theft at MuMe in Messina targeted rare works by the artist, raising new questions about museum security as art values become...

17.08.2026 10

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Elisa Carollo

In Liang Fu’s Latest Work, a Vision of Humanity Touched by Relentless Entropy

"The human condition is still the main topic of my observation. It is about our living conditions today, which is something we cannot avoid,...

14.08.2026 10

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Elisa Carollo

The Runway-Ready Fashion of ‘The Devil Wears Prada 2’ Is Coming to Christie’s

With pieces including Miranda Priestly’s Dries Van Noten and Schiaparelli jackets and Andy Sachs’ stained Gabriela Hearst dress and iconic...

13.08.2026 10

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Elisa Carollo

Inside the Calvert Brothers’ Art Club for Everyone

Clayton and Parker Calvert launched the NYC Culture Club during the pandemic to give artists greater visibility, collectors new inroads and the public...

12.08.2026 20

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Elisa Carollo

Inside the Carver Brothers’ Art Club for Everyone

Clayton and Parker Carver launched the NYC Culture Club during the pandemic to give artists greater visibility, collectors new inroads and the public...

12.08.2026 10

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Elisa Carollo

Fine Art Insurance Is Often Worth More for What It Prevents Than What It Pays Out

Private Client Select’s Matt Sweitzer explains how advanced planning, staff training, better data and site-specific risk assessments can help...

12.08.2026 10

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Elisa Carollo

In the Midst of the Great Wealth Transfer, a New Generation Is Redefining the Art of Collecting

Millennial and Gen Z art buyers are rejecting hype, speculation and inherited art-world conventions in favor of personal resonance, direct...

11.08.2026 20

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Elisa Carollo

The Largest Cash Gifts to U.S. Art Institutions So Far in 2026

From Mitchell Rales’ $116 million gift to D.C.'s National Gallery to major commitments from Silicon Valley, foundations and dedicated cultural...

11.08.2026 30

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Elisa Carollo

How Kate Lee and Clovis Lima Jr. Are Connecting the Creative Cultures of Asia and Latin America

With the launch of 603 Arts Foundation, the collectors are expanding their support of artists beyond the mere acquisition of works.

10.08.2026 20

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Elisa Carollo

What the Art World Can Learn From Luxury’s Return to Intimacy and Cultural Depth

The empire-building model that prioritized constant expansion over human connection hasn't yielded the expected returns in either market.

07.08.2026 20

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Elisa Carollo

NowHere Bets On the Japanese Artists New York’s Gallery System Has Overlooked

Founder Kentaro Totsuka is intentionally focusing on Japanese artists who have committed to building their lives in New York to close the gap between...

06.08.2026 20

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Elisa Carollo

At the First Bienal del Agua, Demetrio Paparoni Makes Water Political

Featuring works by Monica Bonvicini, William Kentridge, Alexander Brodsky and others, the biennial confronts scarcity, displacement and ecological...

04.08.2026 20

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Elisa Carollo

How Aspen Art Fair Is Turning the Mountain Escape Into a Collector Destination

The town’s concentrated wealth and expanding cultural ecosystem offer dealers a lucrative summer alternative to the conventional fair circuit.

01.08.2026 20

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Elisa Carollo

These Are the Must-See Art Exhibitions in Athens Right Now

The proliferation of museums, foundations, private collections and galleries has turned the Greek capital into an annual destination for contemporary...

31.07.2026 20

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Elisa Carollo

Tran Luong Considers Vietnam’s Reality Through an Imagined Underwater World

As an artist rather than a politician or a dissident, he does not want to employ the languages of pop art, propaganda or violence as his own modes of...

31.07.2026 10

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Elisa Carollo

Jean-Marc Bustamante Gives Arles a New Contemporary Art Space

More than a repository for his own work, Fonds Bustamante is a place for artists to convene.

30.07.2026 20

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Elisa Carollo

How Nicola Lees Recentered the Aspen Art Museum Around Artists Instead of Objects

The artistic director and CEO reflects on AIR, ArtCrush and the cross-industry partnerships supporting ambitious, place-responsive commissions in the...

29.07.2026 20

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Elisa Carollo