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Bonhams Opens a New Boston Space With a Cultural Focus

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 3

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Elisa Carollo

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

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

26.06.2025 1

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Luana Vitra Elevates Minerals to Spiritual and Political Agents at SculptureCenter

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 1

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

‘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 2

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

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 1

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

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 1

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Emmanuel Louisnord Desir’s Bronze Bodies Challenge Labor and Objectification

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

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

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.

20.06.2025 3

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

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

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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At Liste 2025, Collectors Place Early Bets On Promising Talent

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

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

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

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

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?

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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Moffat Takadiwa Weaves Hope from Trash in the Heart of Zimbabwe

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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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 2

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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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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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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.

28.05.2025 3

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Artnet Exits the Public Market After $65M Buyout by Beowolff Capital

Tapping into Artnet’s vast database of market results positions the firm to unlock new possibilities in art market intelligence and transparency.

28.05.2025 7

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Guglielmo Castelli Explores Longing and Theatricality in His São Paulo Debut

Castelli’s work is an appeal to pluralism, coexistence and a continuous renegotiation of our position in the cosmos.

27.05.2025 7

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The 2026 Venice Biennale Will Honor Koyo Kouoh’s Vision With “In Minor Keys”

True to the curatorial approach she maintained throughout her career, Kouoh conceived the Biennale as an invitation to listen to minor voices and...

27.05.2025 10

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In the Gallery Climate Coalition, the Art Market’s Carbon Problem Meets Its Match

“Today, we can leverage our massive international membership to push for broader systemic change and create a real sense of urgency," says director...

26.05.2025 10

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Observer’s Guide to the New Frick: Highlights and Hidden Details

"What has stood out most to me in the reopening of the Frick is the extraordinary response it has elicited," director Axel Rüger told Observer .

24.05.2025 5

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Candida Alvarez Maps a Life in Color at El Museo del Barrio

"My work has given me the courage to speak up and share something magical in a dimension that resists labels."

23.05.2025 3

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Alicja Kwade Probes the Edges of Reality in Her Pace Debut

"I have no idea what reality is... It’s not about the country you’re born in, it’s not your name, it’s not your nation—those are all...

23.05.2025 3

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How the Louvre Abu Dhabi’s Museographic Approach and the UAE’s Soft Power Strategy Line Up

Although the curatorial parallels can feel strained, the underlying message is unequivocal: cross-cultural exchanges foster evolution. 

22.05.2025 4

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Art Basel Expands to the Gulf With a New Qatar Edition in 2026

Art Basel Qatar could cement the MENA region's status and visibility in the global art market.

21.05.2025 2

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Phillips Installs Robert Manley and Miety Heiden in Top Posts Amid Market Shifts

Their promotions cement the auction house's focus on the modern and contemporary segments as cornerstones of its business.

20.05.2025 3

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Ilana Savdie Collapses Form, Flesh and Meaning in Her White Cube Debut

Ten new paintings conjure a volatile universe of abstract bodies and biomorphic forms in a state of perpetual transformation.

19.05.2025 2

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Building a Living Archive at the Guggenheim: An Interview with Rashid Johnson

“Art is a way to capture the wholeness of our existence.”

16.05.2025 3

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Sotheby’s Closes Marquee Week With $186.1M in Contemporary Sales

Guarantees and irrevocable bids continue to play a decisive role, even in this more dynamic end of the market.

16.05.2025 2

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At Christie’s, Women Commanded the Market While Rewriting Records

Led by auctioneer Yü-Ge Wang, Christie’s 21st Century Evening Sale brought in $96.5 million, with a 92 percent sell-through by lot and 97 percent...

16.05.2025 3

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U-Haul Gallery’s Mobile Model Takes Art to the Streets

The nomadic gallery sidesteps New York’s art world infrastructure with a $29 truck rental and a concept that’s as punk as it is practical.

16.05.2025 4

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At Sotheby’s, a $70M Giacometti Fails to Sell While Works By Munch and Cézanne Ignite Buyer Excitement

Despite some high-profile withdrawals and passes, moments of collector enthusiasm offered flashes of confidence.

15.05.2025 3

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Billionaire Edward Zeng On Building a Tech-First Art Foundation to Confront What Comes Next

He's combining art, which is his passion, with technology, which is his business, to create a space where creatives can grapple with challenging...

14.05.2025 2

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