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Taipei Dangdai Director Robin Peckham Talks Art, Ambition and Taiwan’s Global Rise

The fair is set to return to the Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center next week.

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Elisa Carollo

10 Must-See Gallery Shows to Catch in New York This May

The city that never sleeps is gearing up for a frenzied month packed with art fairs of all sizes, along with a heady list of major auctions, and...

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Elisa Carollo

It’s Official: Ari Emanuel Buys Frieze in a $200 Million Deal

Under his leadership, Endeavor first acquired a 70 percent stake in Frieze in 2016 and completed its full acquisition in 2023.

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Trump’s First 100 Days: The Remaking of America’s Cultural, Artistic and Academic Landscape

The president's earliest executive orders are reshaping U.S. cultural policy, cutting funding, gutting institutions and redefining national historical...

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The Latest BOA Art Market Report Points to Cautious Optimism Ahead of Spring Auction Test

With major consignments at Christie’s and Sotheby’s, New York’s spring auctions could define the art market’s path through 2025.

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Two Decades On, UCCA Is Navigating China’s Art Boom Without Losing Its Soul

UCCA Center for Contemporary Art in Beijing. OMA Architects Since its founding in 2007, Beijing’s UCCA Center for Contemporary Art has played a...

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Kennedy Yanko Is Redefining Abstraction Through Chaos and Form in New York

Her visceral sculptural practice, now on view at Salon 94 and James Cohan, continues to push abstraction into new territory.

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Selections From Barbara Gladstone’s Art Collection Are Coming to Sotheby’s This May

Led by exceptional works by Richard Prince, Elizabeth Peyton, On Kawara, Thomas Schütte and Mike Kelley, the sale is expected to generate more than...

28.04.2025 3

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Antonia Ruder On the Role of Gallery Weekend Berlin in a Changing Art Market

Gallery Weekend Berlin returns on May 2 for its 21st edition, showcasing the quality and diversity of the city’s art scene. Courtesy Galeria Plan B...

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At AIPAD’s Photography Show, Vintage Icons Shine—but the Future of the Medium Remains a Question

AIPAD The Photography Show 2025. Andy Romer Photography 2025 Opening on Wednesday night, May 23, at the Park Avenue Armory, The Photography Show...

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Nine Abstract Masterworks from the Bass House Collection Headline Christie’s May Sale

This latest consignment joins other headline lots at Christie’s, including Monet’s Peupliers au bord de l’Epte, crépuscule, which will be also...

22.04.2025 2

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The 36th Bienal de São Paulo Will Confront What It Means to Be Human

“The theme is broad—it’s about questioning the very notion of humanity,” curator Thiago de Paula Souza told Observer.

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How Future Fair’s Founders Are Reimagining the Art Fair Model from the Ground Up

Rachel Mijares Fick and Rebeca Laliberte built Future Fair to support emerging galleries via initiatives that promote collaboration and shared growth.

18.04.2025 3

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How the Green Family Art Foundation Is Shaping Dallas’ Rise in Contemporary Art

"What is special about the Dallas art scene, versus some other cities, is that this is a very collaborative, very tight community."

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MASP’s Expansion Opens the Floor to Curatorial Experimentation

Until recently, the Museu de Arte de São Paulo’s programming has been tightly packed and spatially constrained.

17.04.2025 3

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As the Contemporary Market Resets, Established Names Dominate the 2025 Hiscox Artist Top 100

Sky-high valuations and speculative wet paintings are fading from the spotlight; what’s left is a market defined by serious collectors instead of...

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Daniella Luxembourg’s $30 Million Collection Leads Sotheby’s May Auctions

From Fontana’s gold “Fine di Dio” to Burri’s black “Cretto,” Sotheby’s will open its May marquee auctions with works from the dealer's rarified trove.

16.04.2025 3

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In Detroit, MOCAD Is Putting Community at the Core of Contemporary Art

"What’s exciting is how expansive and layered the ecosystem has become—there are more voices in the mix, more stories being told and a real sense...

15.04.2025 6

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A Legacy of Resistance: Niomar Moniz Sodré Bittencourt’s Collection Nets €11.3M at Sotheby’s

Amid the economic unease triggered by tariff uncertainties, Paris’ spring sales offered a glimmer of confidence ahead of New York’s marquee May...

14.04.2025 6

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Elisa Carollo

Laurent Asscher’s AMA VENEZIA Is Venice’s Newest Contemporary Art Hub

Named for his children and the Italian word for love, the 10,000-square-foot exposed-brick space in Cannaregio will host rotating exhibitions...

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At Marian Goodman Gallery, Tavares Strachan Investigates the Stories that Shape Our Existence

"The work is about questioning how we locate ourselves in time, in history and in the cosmos—an invitation to reimagine our place within these...

12.04.2025 3

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Dallas’ Art Fairs Open With Slow-Burn Sales and Museum Acquisitions That Signal Regional Potential

With packed preview crowds and nearly $100,000 in museum-backed acquisitions, the Dallas Art Fair is making a confident case for the city’s growing...

12.04.2025 4

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Elisa Carollo

In L.A., Emilia Yin Is Prioritizing Artist Evolution Over Market Moments

"I don’t chase trends—I build legacies. Too many galleries scramble to align with market forces instead of defining them."

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Observer’s Guide to What Not to Miss During Dallas Art Week

Dallas Art Week brings with it shows of work by Otobong Nkanga, Marisol Escobar, Francesca Mollett and many others.

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EXPO CHICAGO’s Frieze-Era Shift: Tony Karman Discusses the Fair’s Expanding Local and Global Influence

EXPO Chicago is back at Navy Pier from April 24–27 for its 12th edition—the second under Frieze—with more than 170 galleries from 36 countries...

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Elisa Carollo

Hope in a Shifting Art Market: A Breakdown of the 2025 Art Basel and UBS Report

Sales dropped 12 percent in 2024 to $57.5 billion, but total transactions rose to 40.5 million signaling growing demand at entry and mid-level tiers.

08.04.2025 3

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Frieda Toranzo Jaeger Is Challenging the Ideologies of Late-Stage Capitalism With Rage and Ritual

In New York, the artist reclaims religious iconography and industrial motifs to stage a revolutionary act of aesthetic resistance.

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As Trump’s Tariffs Spark Global Trade Panic, Art Remains an Exception—at Least for Now

Tariffs on art could disproportionately hurt American art businesses, according to Edouard Guin, founder of shipping company Convelio, as such levies...

07.04.2025 4

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Heather Hubbs On How NADA Has Changed—and All the Ways It Hasn’t

This year, the association's signature fair will set up for the first time inside the iconic Starrett-Lehigh Building in West Chelsea.

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Art Collector Athanasios Polychronopoulos Is Bringing A.I. Art to Delphi

"When you stand in this place, you feel the energy and the beauty of the view, which motivates you to do something for the planet."

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Fusing Virtual World-Building and Brushwork, Emma Webster Reimagines the Landscape Tradition

Her integration of new technologies into her practice paradoxically allows for a return to something elemental—a deeper connection with the cyclical...

04.04.2025 3

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With a Buoyant Opening, SP–Arte Showcases the Strength of a Self-Sufficient Brazilian Art Market

Widespread interest in younger and emerging artists translated into immediate results.

03.04.2025 3

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In Her Hong Kong Debut, Dominique Fung Reckons With Ancestral History

Continuing her exploration of family heritage, the artist’s latest body of work draws on both her ancestry and the fraught legacy of Empress Dowager...

02.04.2025 3

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Billy Tang On How Para Site Became the Region’s Leading Platform for Cutting-Edge Curatorial Thinking

The art center is redefining what it means for a cultural institution to be both hyperlocal and globally relevant.

02.04.2025 3

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MoMA Names Christophe Cherix as Glenn D. Lowry’s Successor

The Swiss-born curator will officially step into his new role in September with support from Lowry, who has led the museum since 1995.

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Hong Kong’s Marquee Auctions Reflect Continuing Regional Recalibration

Closing with a combined $154,418,490 across three auction houses, the Hong Kong marquee auctions confirmed an Asian market much more cautious and...

01.04.2025 2

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Hong Kong Art Week 2025: Supper Club, Current Plans and the Art Beyond Basel

The city’s art scene stole the spotlight this week, revealing the force of a creative class intent on stitching together a more cohesive—and...

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Leonor Fini’s Mythmaking, Masquerades and Resurgent Market

Despite being born in Buenos Aires, Fini was profoundly Italian in her sense of drama, her disarming persona and the sophisticated literary and...

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Art Basel Hong Kong’s Slow Start Reflects Regional Collectors’ Shifting Tastes

The fair's 2025 edition lacks the triple-A masterpieces that were the hallmark of its pre-pandemic splendor and the kind of works regional buyers seem...

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At Pace, Kylie Manning Wields Paint as an Alchemical Tool

Manning describes her practice in terms of ritual—a channeling process through which something universal, intangible and ineffable is unearthed.

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Can Hong Kong Maintain Its Status as the Asia-Pacific Region’s Leading Art Hub?

Though the city is not immune to macroeconomic pressures and geopolitical complexities, it's probably one of the most stable places to be in a...

25.03.2025 5

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PODIUM Co-Founder Cusson Cheng On Growing Locally and Thinking Globally in Hong Kong

As PODIUM celebrates its second anniversary amidst Art Basel Hong Kong, Observer caught up with Cheng to learn more about the gallery's curatorial...

25.03.2025 4

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In ‘Interspecies Love Letter,’ Artist Cai Guo-Qiang Will Light Up the Cosmos by Painting in the Sky

“Using explosives to create beauty rather than warfare and violence provides a sliver of hope for our shared human future.”

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Observer’s Must-See Exhibitions During Art Basel Hong Kong

From boundary-pushing solo shows to historic retrospectives, these are the standout exhibitions you won’t want to miss while in town for the fair...

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Shana Hoehn Explores the Uncanny Dichotomy Between Suffocation and Shelter in L.A.

In “Sleepless” at Make Room Los Angeles, the subconscious takes a form both unsettling and hauntingly familiar.

21.03.2025 3

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In ‘Spirit Level,’ at David Zwirner, Tau Lewis Blurs Boundaries Between Matter and Meaning

"I’m drawn to objects that look like they want to speak or may have an interesting story."

20.03.2025 5

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Elisa Carollo

The Lisa Schiff Question: Does 2.5 Years in Jail Balance $6.5 Million in Fraud

Prior to her downfall, Schiff was known for working with elite clientele, including real estate mogul Aby Rosen and Hollywood stars like Leonardo...

20.03.2025 3

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Elisa Carollo

Tashkent’s CCA Aims to Anchor a New Era in Uzbek Contemporary Art

Meanwhile, the launch of the inaugural Bukhara Biennial later this year will mark a pivotal moment in the country’s emergence as a cultural hub.

20.03.2025 5

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Elisa Carollo

SP–Arte Founder Fernanda Feitosa Reflects On Brazil’s Lasting Cultural and Artistic Momentum

Now in its twenty-first edition, the fair continues to serve as a vital hub of connection for Brazilian artists, dealers and collectors and a key...

19.03.2025 7

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What the Art World Needs to Know About the Next Generation of Museum Patrons

"The scale of opportunity for museums to better engage the new generation is only matched by the urgency to do so," according to patron Sarah Arison.

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