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Elisa CarolloObserver |
The fair's most compelling booths told stories the mainstream art world has been too slow to tell.
Few dealers have done more to reshape how Chinese art is understood internationally than Lam, who has spent more than three decades insisting on both...
Through obsessive repetition and meticulous craftsmanship, he transforms fragile remnants of the physical world into treatises on entropy, perception...
Our key takeaways from the most recent Art Basel & UBS Art Market Report.
An unlikely space is making a compelling argument for what art can look like when you keep gatekeeping to a minimum.
Art Basel Qatar did more than launch a new fair; it made visible a structural shift already underway.
Director Corey Andrew Barr explains why the upcoming edition will be the fair's boldest, most forward-looking chapter yet.
As one of the few fairs where museum-grade antiquities, Old Masters and decorative arts across geographies are presented in concert, it serves as a...
From ancient Greek sculpture to Renaissance painting and modern design, this fair highlights the extraordinary continuity of artistic creativity...
While secondary prices often sit below retail, they tend to track upward over time as primary prices rise, limiting downside volatility rather than...
The Kochi-Muziris Biennale showcases how major international exhibitions can transcend traditional displays of art, transforming ordinary spaces into...
Over 15 years, the dealer built a gallery around artists whose importance was hiding in plain sight. Now it's moving to Soho.
"Art does not cure anxiety or make us perfect but becomes a way to visualize those intangible, interior dimensions—to give form to what is otherwise...
After a seven-year absence, the country will return to the Venice Biennale under the direction of curator Amin Jaffer at a moment of rapid...
Her newly launched contemporary design gallery is propelling the region's designers and master artisans onto the international stage.
Christie’s has secured a group of masterpieces once owned by media mogul S. I. Newhouse, while Sotheby’s will bring works from dealer Robert...
In her latest exhibition at Charles Moffett, paintings reclaim their ancient function as manifestations of presence, perception and mythic...
Across the Biennial, artists trace the afterlives of empire, technological distortion and ecological collapse—theirs is a world struggling to...
Auction houses have become remarkably adept at preserving market confidence through meticulously calibrated scripts and prearranged deals, even as the...
The auction house's solid, carefully staged £131 million performance suggests that renewed market confidence is holding despite the turbulence...
In a market where galleries are expected to scale without structural support, the veteran dealer and Swivel Gallery founder are combining legacy...
In the future, microexpression analysis could reshape how museums design marketing campaigns and craft exhibition narratives.
The art industry still has meaningful ground to cover in responding to behavioral shifts among HNW individuals that adjacent industries are already...
Blue-chip works by Moore, Bacon, Monet, Richter, Picasso and Magritte will test the resilience of the global art market after November’s...
"The human layer builds trust. In this market, trust is everything. Technology alone doesn’t solve that,” he told Observer.
In a new show coinciding with Frieze L.A., the artist layers homelessness, displacement and fantasy in paintings that oscillate between vulnerability...
With the $16.5 million sale of a Pikachu Illustrator card confirming the strength of the nostalgia economy, the auction house is placing manga and...
While the selection leans visibly toward institutional, socially engaged and research-based practices, many of the included artists are represented by...
At Frieze L.A., the artist is debuting new paintings incorporating compositional elements that create flickering fields of containment and rupture.
From Julia Stoschek’s cinematic takeover of the Variety Arts Theater to the high-voltage visions of Murakami, Quarles and Kahraman, these shows...
For more than seven decades, the institution has navigated political upheaval and economic instability while sustaining a steadfast commitment to...
Logan Paul's latest multi-million-dollar sale underscores how Pokémon cards have evolved from childhood keepsake to serious asset, fueled as much by...
Since its founding in 2018, Galería RGR has nurtured a program focused on intergenerational dialogue, pairing historical masters with contemporary...
The artist's latest work emerges from a sustained engagement with instability, tracing the fragile threshold where growth and dissolution coexist.
"For me, Arte Povera was about understanding everything as part of a broader whole, trying to merge with it, to understand it, to follow it in some...
"What really excites me is the opportunity to collaborate with artists outside of fashion and to continue learning from creatives working in entirely...
Fee increases reflect intensifying competition among auction houses seeking to maximize revenue across tiers.
With more than 900 works spanning video, film and immersive installation, her collection reflects decades of commitment to preserving and advancing...
“My work comes out of an anxious need to control time and space on a limited human scale, which is the scale of a painting, a sheet of paper,...
The auction house's second sale in Saudi Arabia achieved $19.6 million, driven in part by strong demand for MENA artists.
The artist's works in her second solo exhibition with the gallery reflect the regenerative strength she finds in unity.
"I work for the artists,” she tells Observer. "If the artist is happy and the work is strong, everything else follows.”
Rahaal is a transitory desert museum grounded in Qatari traditions of spontaneous hospitality, nomadic movement, shared spaces and collective...
The sale of works by Rothko, Twombly and Joseph Cornell posthumously continues her legacy of charitable giving.
Two pivotal Lucian Freud works, a landmark painting by Leon Kossoff and a 1972 self-portrait by Francis Bacon, painted in the emotional aftermath of...
Her latest works, now on view at James Cohan in New York, examine the relationship between micro and macro systems, tracing how structural patterns...
As Caribbean artists gain global visibility, Heliconia Projects bridges the gap at home by connecting local artists to international networks and...
The institution is rethinking what a museum can be by prioritizing experimentation, artistic production and public engagement over collection...
"I don’t see limits when I’m trying to do something, and I don’t think anyone should. If I had gone through the so-called proper channels, I...
The auction house has transformed New York City's historic Steinway Hall into four stories of state-of-the-art auction rooms, enhanced galleries and...