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In Sotheby’s Botero Show, Rare Works Meet a Resurgent Global Market

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.

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Elisa Carollo

Doug Aitken’s ‘Lightscape’ Turns the American Dream Into a Requiem

Arguably a contemporary opera, the work follows multiple characters in a Robert Altman-esque structure, taking viewers on a journey of extreme change.

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Elisa Carollo

Kai Yoda’s Animist Paintings and the Beast Within

Informed by recent experiences in Indonesia and a renewed engagement with animist thought, he is constructing a symbolic universe in which family...

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Tracing Universal Frequencies, Oliver Beer Makes Sound Visible

The artist's latest exhibition at Thaddaeus Ropac in London transforms the acoustic resonance of the Lascaux caves into immersive paintings.

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The Must-See Shows in the Hamptons This Summer

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...

21.07.2026 2

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Storm Ascher On (Re)Building Black Arts Infrastructure in the Hamptons

The Hamptons' image as an exclusive summer playground for the wealthy, she says, obscures a long-established Black history.

20.07.2026 2

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How Artists Are Using A.I. and Where They Are Drawing the Line

As debates around authorship, labor and creativity rage on, a growing number of artists are integrating artificial intelligence into their...

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At Christie’s Art+Tech Summit 2026, the State of A.I., New Wealth and the Art Market’s Next Chapter

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...

17.07.2026 5

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ArtMeta: When Digital Art Enters the Canon, Tech Millionaires Will Enter the Market

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...

15.07.2026 4

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Trophy Collections and Luxury Spending Powered Christie’s and Sotheby’s Record Half-Year Results

Single-owner offerings drove much of this season's growth, accounting for nearly a third of total auction sales value.

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Elisa Carollo

Céline Shen and the Art of Living With A.I.

Her practice imagines artificially intelligent machines and systems not as threats or antagonists but as humanity's companions in shared ecologies.

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Sébastien Borget Is Expanding Digital Art’s Reach Without Softening Its Ambition

With a background in gaming, virtual worlds and Web3, he approaches art from the infrastructure side of digital culture.

14.07.2026 4

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Elisa Carollo

Sean Green Built the Gallery World’s First CRM. Now He’s Building Its First A.I. Agents.

He describes ARTERNAL's approach as "human in the loop," with people still responsible for oversight, final sign-off and all tasks requiring judgment.

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Can Magnus Resch’s A.I. App Crack the Art Market’s Transparency Problem?

"No human advisor can continuously monitor the entire art market. A.I. can... It gives people access to information and discovery tools that were...

14.07.2026 4

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Faig Ahmed Weaves Azerbaijan’s Past Into Its Future in Venice

For the country’s national pavilion, the artist reimagines the carpet as a living technology, bridging centuries-old craft, mysticism, neuroscience...

13.07.2026 10

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UNESCO’s A.I. Report Considers How Technology Can Serve Culture

The organization's investigation into A.I. and culture frames artificially intelligent technologies as both an opportunity and a threat.

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At the Grand Palais, Laure Prouvost Translates Quantum Physics Into Something You Can Feel

"Nous, frissons d'étoiles" turns quantum physics into a poetic, bodily experience that asks visitors to engage with entanglement, uncertainty and the...

13.07.2026 10

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At Lisson Gallery, Kelly Akashi Gives Resilience Form

In “Heirloom,” the artist transforms mallow weeds, lace, quartz, Corten steel and cast glass into fragile but forceful meditations on memory,...

10.07.2026 4

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Elisa Carollo

The Future Perfect’s Laura Young Makes the Case for Design as the Next Collecting Frontier

She reflects on collectors, craft, functionality and why the sofa should no longer be an afterthought.

10.07.2026 4

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Kingsley Ng and Angel Hui’s “Fermata” Brings the Rhythms of Hong Kong to Venice

The exhibition builds a visual and sonic bridge between two cities shaped by water and strong maritime histories.

09.07.2026 5

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Phillips’s CEO Martin Wilson On What the House’s $507 Million Spring Reveals About the Market

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...

08.07.2026 5

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Elisa Carollo

The Most Valuable Tennis Memorabilia Ever Sold at Auction

From Djokovic’s record-smashing Australian Open racquet to Federer’s pristine Wimbledon whites, Grand Slam history now routinely sells in the...

08.07.2026 6

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Stefanie Hessler’s Vision for Swiss Institute’s New Permanent Bowery Home

In moving to the Bowery, the institution joins an expanding local ecosystem of cultural institutions anchored by the recently reopened New Museum, as...

08.07.2026 7

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Zohran Mamdani’s Culture Budget Is Historic, But New York Needs a Broader Plan for Protecting Artists and the Arts

The question now is whether the city can port cultural funding into a strategy for urban development, artistic resilience and civic capability.

07.07.2026 7

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Stephanie Hessler’s Vision for Swiss Institute’s New Permanent Bowery Home

In moving to the Bowery, the institution joins an expanding local ecosystem of cultural institutions anchored by the recently reopened New Museum, as...

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Anoushka Mirchandani On the Body as Personal and Familial Archive

She describes the women in her paintings as anonymous but deeply personal, in that they condense her matrilineage—images of her mother, grandmother...

06.07.2026 10

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In London’s Classics Week Sales, Old Masters Were Back, But Only the Best of the Best

Beyond exceptional trophy objects, the Classics market proved selective and unforgiving: several Old Master works needed the premium to reach low...

06.07.2026 10

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As the Semiquincentennial Approaches, Collectors Are Rethinking What American History Is Worth

"There is a particular excitement and celebration of these items right now," according to Heritage Auctions specialist Caroline Tamposi.

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Sotheby’s Marks America’s Semiquincentennial With an Exhibition of 250 Years of Art, Culture and Mythmaking

Timed to the nation’s 250th anniversary, a new Breuer exhibition traces American identity through art, literature, sports, history and a...

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In Her Hauser & Wirth Debut, Firelei Báez Creates Portals for an Imaginative Future Beyond Collapse

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...

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On the High Line, Xin Liu Imagines the Lonely Afterlife of a Decommissioned Satellite

"NOAA: A Fall Towards Home" explores the depth of despair and the possibility of hope inherent in exile and disconnection.

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11 Record-Breaking Auction Lots That Reshaped the Americana Market

Once grounded in furniture, folk art, silver, ceramics, stoneware and samplers, this expansive collecting category's highest prices suggest that...

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At Robert Wilson’s Watermill Center, NOMAD’s First U.S. Edition Found an Ideal Stage

"Robert Wilson created a place unlike any other, where theater, visual art, architecture, performance and experimentation coexist; that spirit feels...

29.06.2026 10

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Christie’s and Phillips Kept London’s June Auctions Moving But Not Flying

Christie’s Zabludowicz sale met expectations, while Phillips’ more globally diverse offerings demonstrated that priority bidding can still secure...

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In the Icelandic Pavilion, Ásta Fanney Sigurðardóttir’s Mythmaking Takes Its Most Fluid Form

"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...

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Sotheby’s Lewis Collection Sale Powered a Record £393.4M Night in London

The £296 million result made it the most valuable single-owner sale in London's auction history.

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For Stephen Lichty, Sculpture Makes Visible What Matter Remembers

The San Francisco-based artist approaches artmaking as an act of observation rather than authorship.

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JR’s ‘La Caverne du Pont Neuf’ Is a Portal Into Paris’s Geologic History

Whereas most of the artist's recent interventions have kept the illusion on the surface, this remarkable immersive installation invites viewers to...

24.06.2026 10

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The Lewis and Zabludowicz Collections Anchor London’s June Auctions in the Art Market’s Final Pre-Summer Test

These are the lots worth watching.

23.06.2026 10

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After Capri, St. Moritz and Abu Dhabi, NOMAD Heads to the Hamptons

Fair director Nicolas Bellavance-Lecompte has consistently sought out destinations where culture is not merely an accessory but part of the DNA of a...

23.06.2026 10

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Where to Find the Best Contemporary Art in Rome Right Now

From FOROF to Fondazione D'ARC, Rome’s contemporary art scene can be found in palazzi, breweries, slaughterhouses, foundations and ruins.

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Zero 10 in Basel Contextualized Digital Art Within a Broader Historical Framework

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...

22.06.2026 10

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At Basel Social Club, the Office Becomes a Playground of Anti-Productivity

In an increasingly commodified art world, this is one fair at which creativity doesn't feel dependent on returns and maximization.

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Konstantina Krikzoni’s Warriors Find Their Power in Balance

In her latest work, she channels grief, Greek antiquity and Jungian duality into a fresh language of feminine force, androgynous physicality and open...

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Elisa Carollo

In Basel, a Cautious But Committed Market Rediscovers Its Nerve

"Art Basel remains the most important fair of the year… It starts strong, and it stays strong."

17.06.2026 10

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Elisa Carollo

New York’s Design Sales Offered a Clearer Picture of What Serious Collectors Want

From French postwar design and American studio craft to ceramics, Tiffany lamps and contemporary collectible design, buyers at Sotheby's and Phillips...

16.06.2026 10

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At Liste Basel, Market Trends Give Way to Explorations of Contemporary Anxieties

While the usual sense of urgency was lacking, dealers reported that collector response on opening day was solid.

16.06.2026 10

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Ho Jae Kim’s Civil Art Returns to Christie’s With a Million-Dollar Milestone in Sight

What began as a fundraiser has become a nonprofit ecosystem connecting artists, institutions, galleries and community organizations.

15.06.2026 10

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Elisa Carollo

Francesca Mollett’s Architecture of Abstraction

In “Buried Shadow” at GRIMM, she transforms memory, matter and perception into tableau vivants in which light, color and form shift under the eye.

15.06.2026 10

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Elisa Carollo

The Future-Facing Institutional Exhibitions Not to Miss in Basel

This year’s strongest Art Basel-adjacent shows are asking big questions about our future, with artists using digital worlds, living systems,...

12.06.2026 10

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Elisa Carollo