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miart’s Three-Tier Experiment Reflects a Changing Milan

At its 30th edition, miart spread galleries across three floors in a move that unsettled some exhibitors while sharpening distinctions between its...

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Observer

Sarah Moroz

In Venice, Andreas Angelidakis Is Queering the Idea of a National Pavilion

Get ready for his “Byzantium goth disco” to open at the Biennale.

11.04.2026 10

Observer

Sarah Moroz

Art Paris Brings a More Intimate, Grounded Energy to the Grand Palais

In autumn, Art Basel Paris draws an international crowd; this springtime fair keeps its focus closer to home

10.04.2026 9

Observer

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Danielle Orchard’s Indescribable Yearning

Orchard's figures hold their secrets close—aloof by design, tender by effect.

19.03.2026 10

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The Louche, Romantic, Feral World of Sébastien Tellier

With "Kiss the Beast," the French provocateur invites you to embrace your savage side

18.03.2026 10

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ARCOmadrid Balances Curatorial Quality With an Easygoing Spirit

This European fair has long cultivated its reputation as a platform for encountering thoughtful work rather than a marketplace where well-heeled...

09.03.2026 10

Observer

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Rotterdam’s Reopened Photography Museum Celebrates the Medium’s Material Nature

The repurposed six-story cast-iron column structure houses one of the largest museum collections of photography in the world, as well as...

06.02.2026 9

Observer

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In L.A., Julia Stoschek’s Art Collection Activates a Cinema Landmark

Observer spoke to curator Udo Kittelmann about willfully modifying art world terminology, being firmly anti-black box and the unmistakable constancy...

06.02.2026 8

Observer

Sarah Moroz

Art Genève Courts Galleries With a Different Market Logic

This fair unfolds at a deliberately measured scale, offering galleries and collectors a setting defined by conversation and connection.

31.01.2026 10

Observer

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Thailand’s First International Contemporary Art Museum Opens, Marking a New Cultural Chapter

Drawn from a single private collection built over three decades, Dib Bangkok’s holdings reflect an intentionally balanced conversation between Asian...

02.01.2026 10

Observer

Sarah Moroz

Young Fair Art Antwerp Leans Into the City’s Centuries-Old Collecting Culture

Research has shown that as early as the 1500s, 90 percent of homeowners in Antwerp owned at least one portrait or religious painting.

15.12.2025 10

Observer

Sarah Moroz

“Dirty Looks” at the Barbican Art Gallery Is Intentionally Messy

The show examines the signification of dirty as a shorthand for transgressing polished aesthetics, for dismantling impeccable craftsmanship and for...

10.12.2025 10

Observer

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“Nigerian Modernism” Reframes the Story of Modern African Art

Curator Osei Bonsu describes the exhibition as “cultural restoration in real time.”

04.12.2025 10

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Musée Marmottan Monet’s “The Empire of Sleep” Considers Slumber as an Artistic Trope

The exhibition text reminds viewers that sleep takes up about a third of our lives; given this significant consumption of hours, it deserves to be...

02.12.2025 9

Observer

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At the Courtauld, Wayne Thiebaud’s Poignant—if Long-Vanished—America

Although the artist’s canvases are never peopled, there’s a sense that service has its beauty.

19.11.2025 9

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Artissima’s 32nd Edition Grounded Global Contemporary Art in Regional Identity

Although a distinctly Italian sensibility runs through the fair’s context, fair director Luigi Fassi pointed out that the majority of participating...

05.11.2025 10

Observer

Sarah Moroz

At Musée Jacquemart-André, Georges de La Tour’s Light Shines Brightly

Works from La Tour’s atelier and by contemporaries like Jean Le Clerc and Jacques Callot contextualize his influence while underscoring his distinct...

22.09.2025 10

Observer

Sarah Moroz

At PPOW, Erin M. Riley Weaves Her Own Story

Erin M. Riley’s work challenges her psychologically as she plumbs directly from her own past. But her work is also

17.09.2025 10

Observer

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‘Coco Chanel’s Roaring Twenties’ Examines Sporty Silhouettes and Cross-Disciplinary Collaborations

The show highlights how the designer’s vision for modern femininity reshaped the social and cultural landscape of the 1920s.

08.09.2025 10

Observer

Sarah Moroz

Despite Global Reach, Art-o-rama Is Keeping the Spotlight Squarely on Marseille

DS Galerie rep Ulysse Feuvrier told Observer that Marseille is “an ecosystem that’s growing more and more,” yet the size of the fair was manageable.

06.09.2025 10

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In Arles, the Rencontres de la Photographie Showcases the Vernacular, the Archive and the Contemporary

Each year, the festival brings together diverse exhibitions across unexpected venues, transforming the small city into a summer hub for photography.

19.08.2025 10

Observer

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Riga Contemporary Charts a New Course for Baltic Art

The Latvian art fair made its debut this year in a converted warehouse, attracting 12,000 visitors with a free, registration-only model.

23.07.2025 10

Observer

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The 2025 Latin American Foto Festival Grapples with Extremes

In the present political context, in which these communities are especially vulnerable to violence, injustice and displacement, the festival feels...

19.07.2025 9

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In Menorca, Cindy Sherman’s Cinematic Take on Womanhood

Cindy Sherman, Untitled #550, 2010/2012; Chromogenic color print, 153 x 302.3 cm / 60 1/4 x 119 in. © Cindy Sherman, courtesy the artist and Hauser &...

13.07.2025 10

Observer

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Céleste Boursier-Mougenot’s Meditative ‘Clinamen’ Is a 21st-Century Urban Giverny

Tadao Ando’s architecture is a harmonious backdrop for the artist's serene sensorial soundscape.

11.07.2025 10

Observer

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In Art, This Museum Chronicles Centuries of Voluntary and Involuntary Journeys

Fenix's inaugural exhibition “All Directions” lives up to its name, presenting the ugly and the possible alike: the burdens of exile, the...

13.06.2025 10

Observer

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Legacy and Loss in the South and Self: An Interview with Rahim Fortune

"First and foremost, I'm interested in photographs of people, but I think that forgotten architecture is just as important to understanding history."

21.05.2025 10

Observer

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Curator and Art Historian Camille Morineau On Finding the Women Artists of the American West

"Women artists are out there and not so difficult to find, but once we find them, we have to accept the fact that the art historical narrative is...

05.05.2025 10

Observer

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At the Wallace Collection, Grayson Perry Topples the Affluent Class from Within

Perry has transformed the traditional opulence of the Wallace Collection into a riotously subversive exploration of identity, gender and wealth.

01.05.2025 10

Observer

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Dual Identity Becomes a Powerful Creative Engine at Mudam Luxembourg

“Nets for Night and Day” is just one of Lubaina Himid and Magda Stawarska’s many entwined projects.

21.04.2025 9

Observer

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Hassan Hajjaj Brings His Signature Vivacity to Hannah Traore Gallery

This photographer’s world is replete with cool sunglasses, Moroccan tea and primary colors.

07.03.2025 10

Observer

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In Sharjah, Five Curators and Two-Hundred Artists Confront Global Issues Through a Regional Lens

Throughout the Sharjah Biennial, works are described using overwrought, often politicized language, and the grandiloquent framing can, cumulatively,...

18.02.2025 10

Observer

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Rare Vintage Ernest Cole Prints at Magnum Gallery Bring the Artist’s Archive to Life

London hosted a sister show; Cape Town is next.

11.02.2025 10

Observer

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Hauser & Wirth in Paris Examines Francis Picabia’s Late Period

“Éternel Recommencement” will make its way to New York in the spring.

06.02.2025 8

Observer

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Building the Market for African Art in France: An Interview With Sitor Senghor, Artistic Director of AKAA

Senghor has big plans to increase the fair's prestige and visibility and stabilize the African art market in France.

02.02.2025 10

Observer

Sarah Moroz

Pride of Place for Pan-African Art: An Interview with 1-54 Founding Director Touria El Glaoui

Each edition of the 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair highlights the plurality of the continent.

31.01.2025 10

Observer

Sarah Moroz