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Christie’s Opens New York’s Marquee Auctions Week With a $689 Million Haul

In total Christie’s brought in $689 million in a single night, already matching what the auction house generated across all marquee sales during the...

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Elisa Carollo

Adrián Villar Rojas On Time, Decay and the Fragile Afterlife of Art

At Art Sonje in Seoul and elsewhere, he creates environments that transcend human time and cognitive limits, merging entropy, memory and a radically...

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Elisa Carollo

Qatar Set to Open a Freeport Powerhouse Ahead of Art Basel in Doha

Qatar Set to Open a Freeport Powerhouse Ahead of Art Basel in Doha

The country is showing an early but timely awareness that high-end art fairs thrive when connected to the right logistics ecosystem.

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Don’t Miss: Eva Helene Pade’s Choreography of Color and Desire at Thaddaeus Ropac

Don’t Miss: Eva Helene Pade’s Choreography of Color and Desire at Thaddaeus Ropac

Haunting and visceral, her exhibition "Søgelys" unfolds into a living stage where bodies, color and psyche collide.

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The Top Collections (and Their Top Lots) Headlining the $1.6 Billion November Sales

The Top Collections (and Their Top Lots) Headlining the $1.6 Billion November Sales

The marquee sales in New York are among the most anticipated events on the global art calendar and the final litmus test of the market's health after...

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Jo Fish Confronts the Tension Between Flesh and Data in a World of Visual Saturation

Jo Fish Confronts the Tension Between Flesh and Data in a World of Visual Saturation

"I’m passionate about art history, but I also want to think about how painting can evolve," she told Observer.

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Five Groundbreaking Postwar Women Artists Lead New York’s Fall Art Season

Five Groundbreaking Postwar Women Artists Lead New York’s Fall Art Season

As the art world makes long-overdue progress toward gender parity, the market for work by women artists has been steadily rising.

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Elisa Carollo

Kader Attia’s Poetics of Repair in “Shattering and Gathering our Traces”

Kader Attia’s Poetics of Repair in “Shattering and Gathering our Traces”

His practice is an epistemological and ontological exercise that navigates the material presences that accompany the reality of earthly experience and...

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Elisa Carollo

Meet the Collector: Raphaël Isvy Wants to Rewrite the Rules of Buying and Selling Art

Meet the Collector: Raphaël Isvy Wants to Rewrite the Rules of Buying and Selling Art

“When collectors reinject liquidity into the market, it benefits everyone," he tells Observer. "Instead of shaming people for selling, galleries...

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Elisa Carollo

Onassis ONX Celebrates Five Years of Bridging Art and Technology With a New Space

Onassis ONX Celebrates Five Years of Bridging Art and Technology With a New Space

The new Tribeca location will serve as a hybrid residency, research lab and production studio, with expanded space for exhibitions and public programs...

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Elisa Carollo

A Look Inside the New Studio Museum in Harlem Ahead of Its Reopening

A Look Inside the New Studio Museum in Harlem Ahead of Its Reopening

After eight years of renovation and anticipation, the museum reopens this weekend with a two-day public celebration; ahead of the long-awaited debut,...

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Redefining Immersive Media Art Beyond the Screen

Redefining Immersive Media Art Beyond the Screen

"My hope is to use technology not as a distraction but as an invitation, bringing audiences back into direct relationship with their surroundings and...

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Chiharu Shiota Weaves Historical Memory, Body and Belonging in “Two Home Countries”

Chiharu Shiota Weaves Historical Memory, Body and Belonging in “Two Home Countries”

"I don’t have to decide which country I belong to, I can be both," the artist says. "I believe we can have multiple home countries; this is my...

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Rember Yahuarcani On Wielding Paint as a Tool of Cultural Preservation and Resistance

Rember Yahuarcani On Wielding Paint as a Tool of Cultural Preservation and Resistance

Drawing on ancestral memory, sacred plant knowledge, jungle sounds and mythology, his work preserves Indigenous wisdom while translating it through...

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Elisa Carollo

Meet the Collectors: Nancy Olnick and Giorgio Spanu Share the Passion and Vision Behind Magazzino Italian Art

Meet the Collectors: Nancy Olnick and Giorgio Spanu Share the Passion and Vision Behind Magazzino Italian Art

"It wasn’t just about acquiring, it was about learning. Otherwise, what’s the point?" Olnick tells Observer.

08.11.2025 2

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At Salon Art + Design 2025, Innovation, Form and Function Meet Market Enthusiasm

At Salon Art + Design 2025, Innovation, Form and Function Meet Market Enthusiasm

The 14th edition of the hybrid fair unfolded with a rare sense of cohesion and restraint, with many exhibitors adopting a thoughtfully curatorial...

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Elisa Carollo

Cooperation Between Galleries and Across Industries Is Art Collaboration Kyoto’s Blueprint for the Future of the Art Fair

Cooperation Between Galleries and Across Industries Is Art Collaboration Kyoto’s Blueprint for the Future of the Art Fair

“It’s time for the art world to intercept funding from corporations, who can be today’s patrons,” explains ACK director Yukako Yamashita.

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Art Basel Launches Zero 10, a New Platform for Digital Art in the Era of Next Gen Collecting

Art Basel Launches Zero 10, a New Platform for Digital Art in the Era of Next Gen Collecting

Placing new media art at the center of the fair underscores how digital culture is rewriting the rules of collecting and the marketplace around it.

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Elisa Carollo

Memory, Matter and Minimalism: Inside Dia Art Foundation’s 2025 Fall Night

Memory, Matter and Minimalism: Inside Dia Art Foundation’s 2025 Fall Night

With heartfelt tributes to Melvin Edwards and Meg Webster, the evening celebrated two visionary practices that embody Dia’s artist-first ethos.

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Collector Yu Kimoto Explains How Japan’s Next Gen Collectors Are Rethinking the Art World

Collector Yu Kimoto Explains How Japan’s Next Gen Collectors Are Rethinking the Art World

His CLTV Collection captures how younger collectors move fluidly across categories, dissolving boundaries between art, design, fashion and lifestyle.

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Elisa Carollo

An Invitation to Pause: Inside Iceland’s Sequences Festival of Real-Time Art

An Invitation to Pause: Inside Iceland’s Sequences Festival of Real-Time Art

Last month, an art festival in Reykjavík provided the art world with a much-needed opportunity to slow down and rediscover purpose, commitment and...

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Elisa Carollo

Lu Yang’s Convergence of Technology and Spirituality at the Amant Foundation

Lu Yang’s Convergence of Technology and Spirituality at the Amant Foundation

“As an individual facing today’s wars and geopolitical complexity—witnessing so much suffering—I often feel powerless and sad; but I refuse to...

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Don’t Miss: Alejandro García Contreras in Dialogue with Bolesław Biegas and Gustave Moreau in Paris

Don’t Miss: Alejandro García Contreras in Dialogue with Bolesław Biegas and Gustave Moreau in Paris

"The World as a Labyrinth" presents the artist's ceramic cosmologies, enigmatic bronze narrative and visionary cosmic paintings.

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Maurizio Cattelan’s Gold Toilet Returns to Market at Sotheby’s This November

Maurizio Cattelan’s Gold Toilet Returns to Market at Sotheby’s This November

The current starting bid as of October 31, 2025, is approximately $10 million, based on the sculpture's 101.2-kilogram weight.

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Devin B. Johnson Paints the Space Between Memory and Motion

Devin B. Johnson Paints the Space Between Memory and Motion

His works “evoke that phenomenon of recollection—how remembering actually works,” the artist tells Observer. “When you remember something,...

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Elisa Carollo

How Artissima’s Curatorial and Institutional DNA Sets It Apart from the Mega-Fairs

How Artissima’s Curatorial and Institutional DNA Sets It Apart from the Mega-Fairs

Director Luigi Fassi explains how the fair has grown into a cornerstone of Italy’s contemporary art ecosystem by being publicly anchored,...

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Elisa Carollo

Sasha Gordon Finds Beauty and Empathy in the Shadows of the Human Mind

Sasha Gordon Finds Beauty and Empathy in the Shadows of the Human Mind

“My storytelling is born from a curiosity of the ambiguous,” Gordon tells Observer. “I want each painting that’s connected to this larger...

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Under the Bridge, Beyond the Gloss: DUMBO’s Art Scene Defies Its Gentrified Image

Under the Bridge, Beyond the Gloss: DUMBO’s Art Scene Defies Its Gentrified Image

The neighborhood is home to more than 170 artist studios and 20 galleries, Ariel Willmott, cultural affairs director for the Walentas Family...

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In the 2025 Art Basel & UBS Collecting Survey, Women Lead, Boundaries Blur and Collectors Get Personal

In the 2025 Art Basel & UBS Collecting Survey, Women Lead, Boundaries Blur and Collectors Get Personal

Amid global uncertainty and rapid change, collectors’ top concerns remain remarkably familiar: cross-border trade barriers, market volatility,...

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The Paris Auctions Cap a Triumphant Art Week With Record Sales, Surrealist Strength and Italian Postwar Gems

The Paris Auctions Cap a Triumphant Art Week With Record Sales, Surrealist Strength and Italian Postwar Gems

Hesitant buyers appear to have regained confidence after London’s strong results, and the now-marquee Paris sales exceeded expectations.

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Ten Years On, Isaac Lyles Reflects On Lyles & King’s Lasting Success

Ten Years On, Isaac Lyles Reflects On Lyles & King’s Lasting Success

Moving forward, the dealer says he'll focus more intentionally on cultivating the community of artists, collectors and professionals that has grown up...

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In Times Square, Yvette Mayorga’s Candy-Pink Carriage Confronts the American Dream Beyond Its Sparkle

Installing 'Magic Grasshopper' in Times Square—perhaps the ultimate emblem of America’s promise of prosperity through consumerism—only sharpens...

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Izumi Kato’s Hybrid Totemic Forms Trace Possible Paths of Ecological Survival

Through fluid forms and radiant color, Kato translates spiritual and biological evolution into a visual language of transformation.

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Early Sales at Art Basel Paris See Buyers Favoring Substance Over Speculation

Preliminary reports suggest that the art market is regaining traction at every level, but with a sharper focus.

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In New York City, WORTHLESSSTUDIOS Is Charting New Models for Sustainable Sculptural and Installation Practices

The organization deliberately focuses on process—the research, prototyping and inevitable failures that precede a finished artwork—to provoke...

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12 Exhibitions Not to Miss During Art Basel Paris

From François Pinault’s sweeping Minimalism show at the Bourse de Commerce to Gerhard Richter’s career-defining retrospective at Fondation Louis...

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Across Paris Art Week, Dealer-Led Fairs Command Attention

As operating costs rise and mega-fairs tighten their grip, Paris has become the epicenter of a new kind of rebellion: dealer-led fairs reclaiming...

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Paris Internationale at 10: How the Dealer-Led Fair Anticipated Today’s Art Market

The art fair recently announced a new Milan edition that will debut during that city’s art week in April.

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Elisa Carollo

Inside the Art World’s Latest Scams: Fake Profiles, Fraudulent Consignments and Digital Impersonation

Barriers to deepfake-level authenticity are collapsing, making identity theft in the art world not only effortless but chillingly precise.

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Inside Fondation Cartier’s New Jean Nouvel-Designed Space

“The architecture responds directly to a program that has always been international and cross-disciplinary—but that now promises to expand even...

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London Sees Its Best Evening Auction Results in Years

The city's auction houses roared back with big numbers and a wave of artist records, signaling a renewed surge of confidence at the top of the market.

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No Deadlines, No Demands: Inside Delfina Foundation, London’s Most International Residency

"Our residencies don’t demand any kind of formal outcome from the artists or curators who take part," Aaron Cezar, the organization's founding...

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Frieze London 2025 Restores Market Confidence and Outsells Expectations

The energy on opening day felt less like a post-Brexit correction and more like the city snapping back into its golden age—and perhaps even better...

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ATHR Gallery Cofounder Mohammed Hafiz On Saudi Arabia’s Art Awakening

While the U.A.E.’s art ecosystem—which includes Dubai’s gallery network and institutional hubs like Sharjah—has been widely reported on, far...

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LACMA Secures Landmark Gift of Austrian Expressionist Works from the Kallir Family

The museum will unveil the full gift in a major exhibition in 2030, but an initial selection of 24 works will debut much sooner in the special...

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Indigenous Artists Use AR to Rewrite the Narrative in the Met’s American Wing

‘ENCODED’ is not intended as a protest but as a precise act of cultural negotiation—a strategic use of technology through which artists can...

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What the Art World Can Learn from Pokémon Cards, Labubu and the Nostalgia-Driven Economy

The collectibles market may offer a viable blueprint for cultivating lifelong engagement from a new generation of art collectors.

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Frieze Expands to Abu Dhabi as the Gulf’s Cultural Ambitions Accelerate

Abu Dhabi Art Fair will hold its final edition this November before officially rebranding as Frieze Abu Dhabi next year.

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Art Basel Qatar Announces 87 Exhibitors Bringing Work for the Inaugural Edition

Artistic director Wael Shawky teased that the commissioned public projects will amplify regional voices, with their full scope to be revealed in the...

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Taymour Grahne’s Trajectory Shows How a New Generation of Dealers Is Thinking Globally

The gallerist is emblematic of a cultural cohort that embraces flexibility.

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