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ADAA Hits Pause On The Art Show as Dealers Question Whether Fairs Are Still Worth It

ADAA Hits Pause On The Art Show as Dealers Question Whether Fairs Are Still Worth It

Although fairs like Art Basel and Frieze continue to inspire collector loyalty, mid-sized galleries are questioning whether the rising costs, booth...

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Elisa Carollo

At Kunstmuseum Basel, Medardo Rosso’s Radical Dismantling of Form

At Kunstmuseum Basel, Medardo Rosso’s Radical Dismantling of Form

Placing process before final form, the artist radically redefined traditional notions of sculpture at the end of the 19th Century.

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Julian Charrière’s ‘Midnight Zone’ Channels Abyssal Intensity to Inspire Ecological Awareness

Julian Charrière’s ‘Midnight Zone’ Channels Abyssal Intensity to Inspire Ecological Awareness

"I see art as a medium of encounter. Not just with nature, but with forces greater than ourselves," the artist told Observer.

17.07.2025 3

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Aspen Art Week 2025 Brings Dual Fairs, Deeper Local Ties and Broader Prestige

Aspen Art Week 2025 Brings Dual Fairs, Deeper Local Ties and Broader Prestige

“We really try to embrace the town,” Hoffman tells Observer. “We believe an art fair should be part of the community—not just for the weekend,...

17.07.2025 3

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How New Perspectives Art Partners Plans to Reshape the High-End Art Market

How New Perspectives Art Partners Plans to Reshape the High-End Art Market

"The way things were done in the past has largely outlived its usefulness," Philip Hoffman of The Fine Art Group tells Observer.

16.07.2025 2

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Why the Sharpe-Walentas Studio Program Is More Relevant Than Ever

Why the Sharpe-Walentas Studio Program Is More Relevant Than Ever

The residency has evolved over nearly three decades to meet the shifting needs of contemporary artists while staying grounded in its founding values.

16.07.2025 2

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Ten Upstate Art Weekend Exhibitions That Justify the Drive

Ten Upstate Art Weekend Exhibitions That Justify the Drive

From barn-side group shows to forest installations and long-awaited museum retrospectives, these ten shows make the journey north a must for...

15.07.2025 2

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Meet Huda Alkhamis-Kanoo, One of the Patrons Shaping the Future of Art in the UAE

Meet Huda Alkhamis-Kanoo, One of the Patrons Shaping the Future of Art in the UAE

“We have the energy and appetite for innovation that come with youth, but we are also grounded in deep tradition,” the ADMAF founder tells Observer.

14.07.2025 3

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What If the Art World Isn’t Collapsing But Changing Hands as It Should?

What If the Art World Isn’t Collapsing But Changing Hands as It Should?

We need to start looking at prominent gallery closures as a natural passing of the torch.

11.07.2025 6

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Zero Art Fair Isn’t Selling Art—It’s Giving It Away, With Just a Few Caveats

Zero Art Fair Isn’t Selling Art—It’s Giving It Away, With Just a Few Caveats

“We see the fair as a bridge between art, artists and working people who deserve to live with art,” the fair's co-founders told Observer.

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The Empathy and Everyday Magic of Jenna Gribbon’s Milan Debut

The Empathy and Everyday Magic of Jenna Gribbon’s Milan Debut

"Painting is especially good at framing things that might otherwise be overlooked and revealing their hidden magic,” the artist told Observer.

10.07.2025 2

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Art Basel Qatar Prepares to Upend the Traditional Fair Model With a New Artist-Led Format

Art Basel Qatar Prepares to Upend the Traditional Fair Model With a New Artist-Led Format

The format, already explored in Panorama and set to be adopted by Art Basel in Doha, allows galleries and artists to engage with collectors more...

09.07.2025 2

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Elisa Carollo

How Third-Party Guarantees Are Quietly (But Significantly) Rewriting the Rules of the Art Auction

How Third-Party Guarantees Are Quietly (But Significantly) Rewriting the Rules of the Art Auction

The adrenaline once tied to the unpredictability of a straight consignment has been displaced by the measured calm of a choreographed performance.

09.07.2025 2

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Quynh Pham On Two Decades of Galerie Quynh and Vietnam’s Evolving Art Scene

"What drives me is the impact of what I’m building here. The fight is hard—it’s a struggle every day, in so many different ways—but it’s...

07.07.2025 1

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Isabella Ducrot’s Practice Remains Rooted in the Quiet Power of Materials

At 94, the artist returns to New York with "Visited Lands" at Petzel.

07.07.2025 1

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Inside the Ethos Powering Bangkok Kunsthalle and Khao Yai Art Forest

"We’re working both inside and against the traditional system: we recognize the frameworks of cultural development but seek to rewrite them from...

04.07.2025 6

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At Kasmin, Theodora Allen Tests the Symbolic Resilience of Universal Images

In the series presented here, recurring motifs of gates, doors and portals introduce a dynamic tension between the tangible and the imagined.

03.07.2025 5

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Bonhams Opens a New Boston Space With a Cultural Focus

The new location in the heart of the Back Bay marks another step in the auction house’s broader strategy to expand its presence in the U.S.

27.06.2025 6

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DESTE’s Summer Convergence Offers the Art World a Rare Pause Between Market Frenzies

"People know they’re welcome, even without an invitation, so they just come. Locals, foreigners—everyone," Dakis Joannou told Observer

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Luana Vitra Elevates Minerals to Spiritual and Political Agents at SculptureCenter

The artist's work is an urgent invitation to reflect on how we might relate to other forms of life—even the inorganic and the mineral—with a...

25.06.2025 9

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‘An Important Achievement for the Market’: Dealers Weigh in On Italy’s 5% Art VAT

Gallerist Marco Poggiali hopes the reduction marks the beginning of a market revival that will restore Italy to its rightful place—"that of a...

25.06.2025 5

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From Boom-and-Bust to Global Rise: Understanding Aboriginal Art’s Market Revival

According to dealer D’Lan Davidson, the market for indigenous Australian art experienced a recalibration following policy reforms and a renewed push...

24.06.2025 7

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From Absurdist Dystopia to Ancestral Ritual: The Best of Art Basel’s Unlimited Sector in 2025

This year’s presentations both wrestled with collapse and imagined paths toward collective renewal.

23.06.2025 7

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Emmanuel Louisnord Desir’s Bronze Bodies Challenge Labor and Objectification

His sculptures examine how the body is so often objectified and repurposed for someone else’s convenience or utility.

21.06.2025 3

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Katharina Grosse On Transforming Art Basel’s Messeplatz With Color

"Here in Basel, you're literally taken into the painting; you enter the image with your whole body, as it navigates and resonates with it."

20.06.2025 3

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Elisa Carollo

Away From Basel’s Main Halls, June Art Fair Holds Its Own

This year's edition offers collectors a unique opportunity to engage with galleries from Northern Europe.

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Art Basel’s Soft Opening Belies Strong, Swift Sales Across Tiers

The true pulse of the market—beyond the blue-chip facade—will come into sharper focus as additional sales are finalized in a quieter “new normal.”

18.06.2025 2

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Offsite Projects Offer Art Lovers Playful Alternatives in Basel

With Faisal Abdu’Allah’s barbershop, Rao Weiyi’s debut and more, Basel Social Club and Maison CLEARING are challenging the art fair paradigm.

18.06.2025 2

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Elisa Carollo

At Liste 2025, Collectors Place Early Bets On Promising Talent

European collectors drove early sales while American and Asian buyers remained conspicuously absent on day one.

17.06.2025 3

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What Not to Miss at the 13th Berlin Biennale

Across the city, artists transform sites of surveillance, repression and bureaucracy into spaces for dignity, solidarity and truth-telling.

16.06.2025 3

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Antonia Showering’s Vibrant Paintings Map Universal Emotional Terrain

"I’ve been thinking about life’s messy beauty and the pockets of joy that can be found during challenging times," she tells Observer.

16.06.2025 2

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Rosa Barba Reimagines Cinematic Space With Light, Sound and Time at MoMA

“The Ocean of One’s Pause” explores light, sound and space across 15 years of experimental cinematic practice.

14.06.2025 3

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Elisa Carollo

What to See in Basel Beyond the Fairs: Our Top Exhibitions of 2025

Art Basel isn’t the only show in town. From Medardo Rosso’s pioneering sculptures to Julian Charrière’s aquatic meditations, Basel is brimming...

13.06.2025 4

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Frieze Doubles Down on Korea With Frieze House Seoul—But Is Now the Right Time?

The launch comes as Ari Emanuel bets on revitalizing the brand’s global standing following his $200 million acquisition in April.

12.06.2025 3

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Elisa Carollo

Moffat Takadiwa Weaves Hope from Trash in the Heart of Zimbabwe

The complex geopolitical and economic forces embedded in his work challenge us to reconsider global systems of consumption.

12.06.2025 3

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The Louvre and Other French Institutions Prepare to Raise Ticket Prices for Non-E.U. Visitors

Amid budget cuts that mark a dramatic departure from the country’s traditional cultural protections, French museums are exploring new ways to stay...

11.06.2025 2

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In New York, Heft Gallery Brings Curatorial Rigor to New Media Art

"To me, the digital world is the native world. It’s part of our existence and our culture now," founder Adam Heft Berninger told Observer.

11.06.2025 2

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First Look: Wangechi Mutu’s “Black Soil Poems” at Galleria Borghese

The artist creates a dynamic conversation between the museum’s historic art and architecture and the fluidity of contemporary forms.

11.06.2025 4

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A New E.U. Antiquities Regulation Adds to Dealers’ Mounting Legal, Administrative and Financial Burdens

“Regulation 2019/880 places additional burdens on the art market in the form of extra paperwork and time,” art lawyer Leila A. Amineddoleh told...

10.06.2025 3

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The Abu Dhabi Music & Arts Foundation and Seoul Museum of Art Offer Up a Cross-Cultural Meditation on Medium

A new partnership creates opportunities on both sides to revisit collections and explore new meanings for artworks in unfamiliar geographical,...

10.06.2025 5

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Elisa Carollo

Invoking the Past to Redefine the Now at Sharjah Biennial 16

Here, contemporary art engages with memories and trauma to extract universal truths about the fast-evolving nature of human existence.

09.06.2025 5

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In New York, Rosana Paulino Celebrates Black Female Power in Science and Symbols

"It’s astonishing how this group has contributed to building a nation and to shaping a culture, leaving such a strong imprint. There’s so much...

05.06.2025 10

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Putting Community First: Lessons On Institutional Sustainability From MCA Chicago

With its commitment to inclusivity and artist-first ethos, the MCA has become a cornerstone of Chicago’s fast-growing cultural ecosystem.

05.06.2025 4

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Boston’s Triennial Reimagines Public Art Through the City’s Social, Historical and Ecological Realities

Pedro Alonzo's Boston Public Art Triennial reframes civic space as a platform for interdisciplinary exchange grounded in trust.

04.06.2025 2

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Elisa Carollo

Damien Hirst Is Back at Phillips and He Has a 200-Year Plan to Outlive Us All

Beneath the formaldehyde and gloss lies a deeper inquiry into the fleeting nature of beauty that the artist delivers with a wink and a scalpel.

03.06.2025 2

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Beyond Advisory: GSH Contemporary’s Artist-Driven Vision of the Future Debuts at Sutton Tower

“We’re actively exploring alternative approaches to collaboration and engagement, constantly seeking ways to connect art with broader cultural...

02.06.2025 5

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Elisa Carollo

Channeling the Primordial Pulse of Nature: An Interview With Artist Thalita Hamaoui

The artist unveils lush, memory-infused landscapes in “Nascer da Terra,” her debut solo show at Marianne Boesky Gallery.

30.05.2025 3

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Maike Cruse On Why Art Basel’s Flagship Still Sets the Bar

The fair director also offered a sneak peek at what art lovers can expect to see in Basel this year.

29.05.2025 2

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From Paris to Paraná: Centre Pompidou Announces $240M Brazilian Branch Plan

Solano Benítez, the Paraguayan architect who won the Golden Lion at the 15th Venice Architecture Biennale, will design the new space.

29.05.2025 3

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Sotheby’s Paris to Auction an Intimate Inventory of Napoleon’s Reign

Pierre-Jean Chalençon's trove is one of the most comprehensive private Napoleonic collections ever to come to market.

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