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In Seoul, Pavilion’s Debut, Design Miami’s Return and Frieze’s “Beyond the Canon” Approach

On the eve of Seoul Art Week, dealers are looking for signs that Korea’s recovering economy can revive collector confidence.

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Elisa Carollo

How Collectors Bob and Jane Clark Turned Collecting into Community Building

Early acquisitions of works by Theaster Gates, Derrick Adams and Rashid Johnson came before those artists' markets fully developed, reflecting the...

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At 50, Pittsburgh’s Mattress Factory Still Says Yes to Artists

Founded “for artists by artists,” the space is one of the city’s most distinctive contemporary art institutions—a place where artists are...

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Cj Henry, Price Laddering and a New Collecting Model for the Kidulting Economy

"When I go to a museum or a gallery, I want to feel that the space is generous. I want people to come away with something. It doesn't need to be...

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Yayoi Kusama, the Avant-Garde Japanese Artist Who Became a Global Cultural Icon, Dies at 97

She turned an intensely personal visual language into one of contemporary art’s most recognizable motifs.

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Portland’s Homegrown Triennial Returns With Outside Curation and Hyper-Local Soul

Converge 45’s 2026 triennial, “Here, To You, Now,” embraces the city’s decentralized creative ecosystem with the aim of creating connections...

26.08.2026 8

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Elisa Carollo

Reid Walker On the Infrastructure Gap Holding Back Native American Art

The collector says recognition alone cannot compensate for the infrastructure, representation, knowledge and professional networks still lacking.

26.08.2026 6

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How Aspen Became the Art World’s Most Exclusive Summer Camp

Industrialist Walter Paepcke's cultural vision built an art scene that punches well above its weight class.

25.08.2026 10

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For 10 Years, Desert X Has Let the Rift Valley Landscape Do the Curating

As the organization prepares for its expanded anniversary edition in 2027, executive director Jenny Gil reflects on what the organization has learned...

24.08.2026 10

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Elisa Carollo

Collector Amanda Precourt Skipped the Vanity Museum to Give Denver a Community Art Space

She founded Cookie Factory, her 5,000-square-foot art space, as a privately funded nonprofit to avoid competing with local institutions like the...

24.08.2026 10

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Elisa Carollo

How Venice and New Media Art Are Making the White Cube Increasingly Obsolete

A recent run of ambitious site-specific projects demonstrates aptly why exhibitions must be conceived in dialogue with architecture, history and the...

22.08.2026 10

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Elisa Carollo

FEMSA Has Spent 50 Years Building a More Complete Record of Latin American Art

From its origins in a Dr. Atl donation to its current committee-driven acquisition process, the collection's curators describe a five-decade effort to...

21.08.2026 10

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The Icy Gays Built a Collection By Cultivating Relationships—and Ignoring Market Hype

Rob and Eric Thomas-Suwall routinely back hyper-emerging artists early and have turned their Instagram connections into a real-world community.

21.08.2026 10

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Elisa Carollo

Thomas Houseago Makes Ancient Objects Speak to Our Violent Present

In "Death’s Sacred Mirror" at Lévy Gorvy Dayan London, ancient objects, modernist icons and the artist's own wounded forms speak across time.

20.08.2026 10

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Elisa Carollo

Ho Tzu Nyen Wants the Gwangju Biennale to Honor the Past, Not Relive It

"A trauma that you suffered in the past is constantly present," the artist-director reflected. "Revisiting Gwangju is important, but at the same time,...

18.08.2026 10

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Elisa Carollo

The Biggest Gifts to University Art Museums in 2026

Anne and Arthur Goldstein, Kay Culbreath Heller and J. Roderick Heller, Nancy Delman Portnoy and other philanthropic collectors recently placed major...

18.08.2026 10

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Elisa Carollo

Anne and Arthur Goldstein Reflect On the Responsibility of the Collector

The couple recently donated 70 artworks to the Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University in New Jersey, bringing the total number of works they have...

17.08.2026 20

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Elisa Carollo

A Daring Antonello da Messina Heist Raises New Questions About Museum Security

The lightning-fast theft at MuMe in Messina targeted rare works by the artist, raising new questions about museum security as art values become...

17.08.2026 10

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Elisa Carollo

In Liang Fu’s Latest Work, a Vision of Humanity Touched by Relentless Entropy

"The human condition is still the main topic of my observation. It is about our living conditions today, which is something we cannot avoid,...

14.08.2026 10

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The Runway-Ready Fashion of ‘The Devil Wears Prada 2’ Is Coming to Christie’s

With pieces including Miranda Priestly’s Dries Van Noten and Schiaparelli jackets and Andy Sachs’ stained Gabriela Hearst dress and iconic...

13.08.2026 10

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Elisa Carollo

Inside the Calvert Brothers’ Art Club for Everyone

Clayton and Parker Calvert launched the NYC Culture Club during the pandemic to give artists greater visibility, collectors new inroads and the public...

12.08.2026 10

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Elisa Carollo

Inside the Carver Brothers’ Art Club for Everyone

Clayton and Parker Carver launched the NYC Culture Club during the pandemic to give artists greater visibility, collectors new inroads and the public...

12.08.2026 8

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Fine Art Insurance Is Often Worth More for What It Prevents Than What It Pays Out

Private Client Select’s Matt Sweitzer explains how advanced planning, staff training, better data and site-specific risk assessments can help...

12.08.2026 10

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Elisa Carollo

In the Midst of the Great Wealth Transfer, a New Generation Is Redefining the Art of Collecting

Millennial and Gen Z art buyers are rejecting hype, speculation and inherited art-world conventions in favor of personal resonance, direct...

11.08.2026 10

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Elisa Carollo

The Largest Cash Gifts to U.S. Art Institutions So Far in 2026

From Mitchell Rales’ $116 million gift to D.C.'s National Gallery to major commitments from Silicon Valley, foundations and dedicated cultural...

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Elisa Carollo

How Kate Lee and Clovis Lima Jr. Are Connecting the Creative Cultures of Asia and Latin America

With the launch of 603 Arts Foundation, the collectors are expanding their support of artists beyond the mere acquisition of works.

10.08.2026 10

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Elisa Carollo

What the Art World Can Learn From Luxury’s Return to Intimacy and Cultural Depth

The empire-building model that prioritized constant expansion over human connection hasn't yielded the expected returns in either market.

07.08.2026 10

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Elisa Carollo

NowHere Bets On the Japanese Artists New York’s Gallery System Has Overlooked

Founder Kentaro Totsuka is intentionally focusing on Japanese artists who have committed to building their lives in New York to close the gap between...

06.08.2026 10

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At the First Bienal del Agua, Demetrio Paparoni Makes Water Political

Featuring works by Monica Bonvicini, William Kentridge, Alexander Brodsky and others, the biennial confronts scarcity, displacement and ecological...

04.08.2026 10

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Elisa Carollo

How Aspen Art Fair Is Turning the Mountain Escape Into a Collector Destination

The town’s concentrated wealth and expanding cultural ecosystem offer dealers a lucrative summer alternative to the conventional fair circuit.

01.08.2026 10

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These Are the Must-See Art Exhibitions in Athens Right Now

The proliferation of museums, foundations, private collections and galleries has turned the Greek capital into an annual destination for contemporary...

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Tran Luong Considers Vietnam’s Reality Through an Imagined Underwater World

As an artist rather than a politician or a dissident, he does not want to employ the languages of pop art, propaganda or violence as his own modes of...

31.07.2026 10

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Elisa Carollo

Jean-Marc Bustamante Gives Arles a New Contemporary Art Space

More than a repository for his own work, Fonds Bustamante is a place for artists to convene.

30.07.2026 10

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Elisa Carollo

How Nicola Lees Recentered the Aspen Art Museum Around Artists Instead of Objects

The artistic director and CEO reflects on AIR, ArtCrush and the cross-industry partnerships supporting ambitious, place-responsive commissions in the...

29.07.2026 20

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Elisa Carollo

A Summer Art Road Trip Through the South of France

From Matisse in dialogue with Yves Saint Laurent in Nice to LUMA Arles and the region’s expanding network of foundations, these are the exhibitions...

28.07.2026 10

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Elisa Carollo

Carmen Argote Turns Cochineal’s Extractive History Into a Study of Embodiment

In “Soft Perimeter” at Silverlens in New York, the artist uses cochineal, linen, movement and performance to explore how matter carries physical...

28.07.2026 10

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Rebecca Fine Launches Metis, a New Art Lender Powered by Winston Artory Group Data

Continuously updated valuations from Winston Artory Group, Fine tells Observer, will let Metis assess each collection's collateral value faster and...

28.07.2026 20

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How a Protected Mediterranean Island Became One of France’s Most Compelling Art Destinations

Housed in an airy subterranean space beneath a rippling ceiling of water, Fondation Carmignac is currently showing "SEA, POP & SUN." Yet to come:...

27.07.2026 20

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In Athens, Works from George Economou’s Art Collection Take Stock of the 21st Century

The billionaire art collector has amassed one of the most important and expansive private collections of contemporary art not only in Greece but...

27.07.2026 20

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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.

24.07.2026 20

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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.

23.07.2026 20

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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...

23.07.2026 20

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Elisa Carollo

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.

21.07.2026 10

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Elisa Carollo

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 20

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Elisa Carollo

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 20

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Elisa Carollo

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 20

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Elisa Carollo

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 20

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Elisa Carollo

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.

15.07.2026 20

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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.

15.07.2026 20

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Elisa Carollo