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A trove of 1960s and '70s works from the Botero family archive offers a fresh view of a formative era of the artist's life.
Arguably a contemporary opera, the work follows multiple characters in a Robert Altman-esque structure, taking viewers on a journey of extreme change.
Informed by recent experiences in Indonesia and a renewed engagement with animist thought, he is constructing a symbolic universe in which family...
The artist's latest exhibition at Thaddaeus Ropac in London transforms the acoustic resonance of the Lascaux caves into immersive paintings.
The East End's summer art calendar reaches well past the seasonal sales circuit, a reminder that this stretch of coastline has always been shaped as...
The Hamptons' image as an exclusive summer playground for the wealthy, she says, obscures a long-established Black history.
As debates around authorship, labor and creativity rage on, a growing number of artists are integrating artificial intelligence into their...
The summit's most revealing moment may have been Max Carter's confirmation that Christie's is already selling to Silicon Valley tech billionaires and...
With From Code to Canon, ArtMeta used Art Basel’s Zero 10 to frame digital art not as a niche of screens and NFTs but as a seventy-year history of...
Single-owner offerings drove much of this season's growth, accounting for nearly a third of total auction sales value.
Her practice imagines artificially intelligent machines and systems not as threats or antagonists but as humanity's companions in shared ecologies.
With a background in gaming, virtual worlds and Web3, he approaches art from the infrastructure side of digital culture.
He describes ARTERNAL's approach as "human in the loop," with people still responsible for oversight, final sign-off and all tasks requiring judgment.
"No human advisor can continuously monitor the entire art market. A.I. can... It gives people access to information and discovery tools that were...
For the country’s national pavilion, the artist reimagines the carpet as a living technology, bridging centuries-old craft, mysticism, neuroscience...
The organization's investigation into A.I. and culture frames artificially intelligent technologies as both an opportunity and a threat.
"Nous, frissons d'étoiles" turns quantum physics into a poetic, bodily experience that asks visitors to engage with entanglement, uncertainty and the...
In “Heirloom,” the artist transforms mallow weeds, lace, quartz, Corten steel and cast glass into fragile but forceful meditations on memory,...
She reflects on collectors, craft, functionality and why the sofa should no longer be an afterthought.
The exhibition builds a visual and sonic bridge between two cities shaped by water and strong maritime histories.
From priority bidding to record watch sales and a 40 percent new-buyer rate, the auction house's spring season tells a story about where the auction...
From Djokovic’s record-smashing Australian Open racquet to Federer’s pristine Wimbledon whites, Grand Slam history now routinely sells in the...
In moving to the Bowery, the institution joins an expanding local ecosystem of cultural institutions anchored by the recently reopened New Museum, as...
The question now is whether the city can port cultural funding into a strategy for urban development, artistic resilience and civic capability.
In moving to the Bowery, the institution joins an expanding local ecosystem of cultural institutions anchored by the recently reopened New Museum, as...
She describes the women in her paintings as anonymous but deeply personal, in that they condense her matrilineage—images of her mother, grandmother...
Beyond exceptional trophy objects, the Classics market proved selective and unforgiving: several Old Master works needed the premium to reach low...
"There is a particular excitement and celebration of these items right now," according to Heritage Auctions specialist Caroline Tamposi.
Timed to the nation’s 250th anniversary, a new Breuer exhibition traces American identity through art, literature, sports, history and a...
Across two floors, Báez invites us to contemplate the slippage from order to collapse, as entropy drives us ever closer to the state of chaos that...
"NOAA: A Fall Towards Home" explores the depth of despair and the possibility of hope inherent in exile and disconnection.
Once grounded in furniture, folk art, silver, ceramics, stoneware and samplers, this expansive collecting category's highest prices suggest that...
"Robert Wilson created a place unlike any other, where theater, visual art, architecture, performance and experimentation coexist; that spirit feels...
Christie’s Zabludowicz sale met expectations, while Phillips’ more globally diverse offerings demonstrated that priority bidding can still secure...
"Imagination is such a source of intense power, and we can use it as a starting point to create a new world. I really fiercely believe that," the...
The £296 million result made it the most valuable single-owner sale in London's auction history.
The San Francisco-based artist approaches artmaking as an act of observation rather than authorship.
Whereas most of the artist's recent interventions have kept the illusion on the surface, this remarkable immersive installation invites viewers to...
These are the lots worth watching.
Fair director Nicolas Bellavance-Lecompte has consistently sought out destinations where culture is not merely an accessory but part of the DNA of a...
From FOROF to Fondazione D'ARC, Rome’s contemporary art scene can be found in palazzi, breweries, slaughterhouses, foundations and ruins.
The sector framed new media and computer art not as a market novelty but as part of a long history of artists engaging with new tools, systems and...
In an increasingly commodified art world, this is one fair at which creativity doesn't feel dependent on returns and maximization.
In her latest work, she channels grief, Greek antiquity and Jungian duality into a fresh language of feminine force, androgynous physicality and open...
"Art Basel remains the most important fair of the year… It starts strong, and it stays strong."
From French postwar design and American studio craft to ceramics, Tiffany lamps and contemporary collectible design, buyers at Sotheby's and Phillips...
While the usual sense of urgency was lacking, dealers reported that collector response on opening day was solid.
What began as a fundraiser has become a nonprofit ecosystem connecting artists, institutions, galleries and community organizations.
In “Buried Shadow” at GRIMM, she transforms memory, matter and perception into tableau vivants in which light, color and form shift under the eye.
This year’s strongest Art Basel-adjacent shows are asking big questions about our future, with artists using digital worlds, living systems,...