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Why James Brett Wants to Retire the Term “Outsider Art”

The founder of London’s Gallery of Everything argues that self-taught, visionary and spiritual makers belong in the art historical canon rather than...

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Elisa Carollo

The Haas Brothers On Finding Magic in Math at Marianne Boesky

Twin brothers Niki and Simon Haas made their name creating characters onto which collectors project personalities and affection. "Mathemagical" in New...

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Elisa Carollo

Public Gallery Built Its Reputation by Letting Artists Take the Lead

Founded in 2020 in a Brutalist estate on the edge of London, the space run by Alex Harrison, Harry Dougall and Nicole Estilo Kaiser has become a...

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Elisa Carollo

The Must-See London Exhibitions Beyond Frieze

Major surveys of Cecilia Vicuña and Salman Toor share the spotlight with Issy Wood’s self-portraits at the National Portrait Gallery and Sam...

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Elisa Carollo

Gökhun Baltacı Paints the Psychic Weight of Memory

In “A Moonless Plateau” at kaufmann repetto, the artist's materially dense, psychologically charged paintings slow perception down, and images...

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Elisa Carollo

Ragnar Kjartansson Makes the Familiar Strange at Buffalo AKG Art Museum

"Politics of the Obvious," part of the AKG Art Museum's initiative devoted to art from the Nordic region, centers on works that stretch familiar...

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Elisa Carollo

With Ostillo Art Foundation, Collector René Campos Wants to Challenge How Texas Sees Art

His new nonprofit art space, led by Sacha Zerbib, debuted with works by Glenn Ligon, Marlene Dumas, Kader Attia and Thomas Struth in an inaugural...

08.10.2026 10

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Elisa Carollo

The Art Basel and UBS Collecting Survey Shows Gen Z Setting the Pace, and the Megafair Is Remaking Itself to Keep Up

Gen Z collectors are spending at the highest levels across art, digital media and luxury categories, as women gain market influence and traditional...

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Elisa Carollo

Dindga McCannon Has Been Stitching Black History into the American Art Canon for 60 Years

Fridman Gallery's survey of the Harlem-born artist brings together quilts, paintings and prints from the 1970s to today, grouped by affinity rather...

07.10.2026 8

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Elisa Carollo

At David Zwirner New York, Scott Kahn’s Landscapes Open Windows Onto Other Worlds

An Instagram endorsement from Matthew Wong set off a market ascent that took the painter's prices from $5,000 to more than $1 million. His latest show...

06.10.2026 7

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Elisa Carollo

The Toronto Biennial Sets Ancient Wisdom Against Modern Collapse

This edition proposes that, against the uncertainties produced by the relentless Promethean anxiety of a technology-led future, artists can reorient...

06.10.2026 10

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Elisa Carollo

Untitled Art Finds Its Footing in Houston With Its Second Edition

Strong opening-day sales across the fair's 99 booths, from emerging talent priced in the low thousands to established names approaching $100,000,...

03.10.2026 10

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Elisa Carollo

Corporate Cultural Investments Are Finding Their Place in ESG Reporting

Corporate art collections and cultural programs are widespread, but their impact remains inconsistently measured and reported. A new Deloitte...

02.10.2026 10

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Elisa Carollo

Bernardo Paz Is Extending Instituto Inhotim’s Legacy With a New Museum for Art and Nature

Museu Bernardo Paz, currently under construction on 311 acres adjoining Instituto Inhotim, will unveil its first pavilions in September 2027. Chief...

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Elisa Carollo

Antonio Romero’s Paintings Are Reflections of the Shadows of Power

The Salvadoran painter's work can be found in the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía in Madrid, MOLAA, the Colección Mario Cader-Frech and...

01.10.2026 10

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Elisa Carollo

Toronto’s Lassonde Art Trail Reimagines Public Art as Part of a Healthier Urban Ecosystem

The trail expands on the $1.4 billion tri-government investment reshaping Toronto's waterfront through flood protection, environmental restoration and...

30.09.2026 10

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Elisa Carollo

Freeman’s New CEO Muys Snijders Is Betting on Regional Roots and a Wider Reach

The auction house’s newly appointed chief executive plans to leverage Freeman's strong local networks and estate expertise, along with new...

30.09.2026 10

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Elisa Carollo

Sotheby’s Lands the $450 Million Blaquier Collection, Led by a $180M Van Gogh

'Châtaignier en fleurs roses et blanches' leads a dozen Impressionist and Post-Impressionist masterpieces by Cézanne, Renoir, Degas and their peers...

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Alexa Kumiko Hatanaka Found a Blueprint for Survival in Ancestral Ways of Making

At the Venice Biennale and beyond, the Japanese Canadian artist turns handmade paper into sculpture that links psychological wellness, ecology and the...

29.09.2026 10

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Elisa Carollo

Raul De Lara’s Sculptures Ask What Separates Raw Material, Medium and Meaning

Working with Hermès for the second time, the Mexican artist has transformed the brand's Madison Avenue window into an imagined world of...

28.09.2026 10

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Elisa Carollo

At 100, Atlanta’s High Museum of Art Is Considering What It Means to Be a 21st Century Museum

Director Rand Suffolk describes the museum's role as involving both bonding and bridging: letting people see themselves in its collections while...

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Elisa Carollo

At Independent 20th Century, the Biggest Draw Is the Rediscoveries

The first edition of the fair at the iconic Breuer Building, now Sotheby's headquarters, feels thoughtfully and purposefully curated despite the...

25.09.2026 10

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Elisa Carollo

The Armory Show’s Strongest Argument for Relevance Comes From Its Youngest Galleries

Several veteran galleries skipped the fair this year, while the Present section, dedicated to galleries 12 years old or younger, expanded to 55...

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Artist and Dealer Jaqueline Cedar’s SPLIT LEVEL Fair Bets on a More Intimate Art Market Model

Now in its second edition, SPLIT LEVEL trades New York's crowded art-week calendar for a slower, salon-style format hosted inside Rimadesio's NoMad...

24.09.2026 10

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Elisa Carollo

Studio Lenca Has Built a Career on the Ambiguity of the Diasporic Experience

Born José Campos, the artist left El Salvador as a child and grew up undocumented in the U.S.—experiences that shape a practice spanning painting,...

24.09.2026 10

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Elisa Carollo

Inside Tom Wesselmann’s Studio, Tomokazu Matsuyama Considers Pop’s Afterlife

"Wesselmann x Matsuyama" pairs six of Matsuyama's works with six by the pivotal Pop figure, plus three new pieces made specifically for the...

23.09.2026 10

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Elisa Carollo

Contemporary Art Enters Istanbul’s Deep Past at Koza Güreli’s Zeyrek Çinili Hamam

After a 13-year restoration, the 16th-century hammam has become a rare meeting point for heritage, bathing culture and site-specific art. "Artists are...

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The Herbert Lust Collection Lands at Christie’s, Led by a $30M Giacometti

Family and friends describe the late collector as a scholar first, insisting that, for him, deep knowledge of an artist always preceded acquisition....

22.09.2026 10

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Elisa Carollo

The New York Gallery Shows Not to Miss During Armory Week

These exhibitions, spanning museum-level presentations of works by Lynda Benglis and Alfredo Jaar, ambitious gallery debuts and digital...

21.09.2026 10

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Elisa Carollo

Collector or Dealer? Lio Malca Built a Cultural Ecosystem by Refusing to Choose

After making early bets on Basquiat, Haring, Scharf and Condo, the collector-turned-dealer created a three-pronged arts ecosystem with exhibition...

21.09.2026 10

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Elisa Carollo

Mila Askarova Adds Chelsea to Gazelli Art House’s International Footprint

Just before the opening of this year's Armory Show, the London- and Baku-based gallery will take over the space formerly occupied by Marlborough...

21.09.2026 10

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Elisa Carollo

Houston’s Insiders Say the City’s Cultural Scene Remains One of the Art World’s Best-Kept Secrets

"Houston is a city of transplants, and I think that constant influx makes the cultural fabric richer," dealer Laura Burton told Observer.

18.09.2026 10

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Elisa Carollo

Toronto Biennial Curator Allison Glenn On Creating Connections and What Happens When Things Fall Apart

For the 2026 edition, 30 artists and collectives will explore the idea of rupture as a generative force, expanding the exhibition beyond Toronto via...

16.09.2026 10

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Elisa Carollo

Collector Dick Hedreen Has Sold Artworks Before, But This Time the Proceeds Will Build a Museum

Proceeds from upcoming auctions at Sotheby's, expected to exceed $90 million, will fund a new museum at Seattle University to house his major 350-work...

15.09.2026 20

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Genesis Belanger’s Classically Inspired Public Art Is a Commentary on Modern-Day Unease

“Heads or Tails” transforms City Hall Park into a psychologically charged tableau where fractured bodies, scavenging birds and artificial trees...

14.09.2026 10

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Elisa Carollo

MoN Takanawa: The Museum of Narratives Is Experientially Compelling But Curatorially Thin

The museum struggles to present a coherent narrative of human culture, but its architecture succeeds in offering a new kind of public space in a...

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Seoul’s ParkSeoBo Museum Isn’t a Temple to Its Namesake

Director Sam Seung-ho says the institution will be a platform for younger, emerging artists rather than a static tribute to the late Dansaekhwa...

11.09.2026 10

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Elisa Carollo

Sales at Tokyo Gendai Reflect an Evolving Market Surprisingly Resistant to Trend-Chasing

A new generation of Japanese collectors, often guided by curiosity rather than long-term investment thinking, is beginning to reshape who buys and...

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How Gayane Umerova Is Shepherding Uzbekistan’s Cultural Transformation

As the country pours resources into museums, biennials, residencies and international cultural diplomacy, she is focused on ensuring that those...

10.09.2026 10

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Elisa Carollo

In New York’s Chinatown, Tom Sachs Has Recreated Chanel’s Paris Flagship Out of Plywood and Paint

Walking through the installation with Observer, the artist cited Duchamp, Sol LeWitt and On Kawara as touchstones, while insisting his attachment to...

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Intentionally Smaller and Slower, the 16th Gwangju Biennale Traces a Path of Change

Artistic director Ho Tzu Nyen argues that art's influence operates on a longer timescale than the political controversies that dominated the opening...

08.09.2026 20

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Elisa Carollo

Marian Goodman’s Multiples, Inc. Banners to Resurface at New York’s Independent 20th Century

The artist-designed, editioned wall hangings were part of Goodman's push to make contemporary art more accessible.

07.09.2026 10

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Elisa Carollo

Why Japan’s Art Market Is Growing Steadily Even as Other Markets Stall

A new generation of galleries, now roughly a fifth of the market, is drawing international attention even as domestic collectors remain the market's...

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Elisa Carollo

Can Seoul Art Week Sustain More Fairs? PAVILION and Design Miami Say Yes.

The city hardly lacks for fairs, but there is arguably still room for formats that are locally rooted and responsive to the people who engage with...

04.09.2026 10

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Elisa Carollo

Frieze Seoul, Kiaf and a Market Moving Past FOMO into Maturity

Opening day sales hinted at just how rapidly the Korean art market has consolidated, finding a new balance between nurturing its local ecosystem and...

03.09.2026 20

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Elisa Carollo

The Venice Biennale and Central Asia’s Rise in the Global Art World

The recent rise of the region in the international art world has been driven, in part, by a concentrated wave of institution-building, biennials,...

02.09.2026 10

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Elisa Carollo

Arthur de Villepin On Bridging Cultures with Villa Haw Par and a New Curatorial Project in Milan

The dealer is embracing a more fluid, artist-led model across geographies, eschewing expansion for its own sake.

01.09.2026 20

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Elisa Carollo

The Chaebol Fortunes That Built South Korea’s Art World

The country's cultural rise is often credited to ambitious government policy, but corporate dynasties have spent decades transforming private wealth...

01.09.2026 20

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Elisa Carollo

The Exhibitions Not to Miss During Seoul Art Week

With exhibitions of work by Koo Jeong A, Do Ho Suh, Sol LeWitt, KAWS and Park Seo-Bo, the city's museums and galleries have unveiled an unusually...

01.09.2026 10

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Seoul’s Paradise City Is an Unexpected Art Destination

The complex's museum-worthy 3,000-piece collection reflects Paradise Group owner Phillip Chun’s decades-long passion for acquiring art.

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