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In “Heirloom,” the artist transforms mallow weeds, lace, quartz, Corten steel and cast glass into fragile but forceful meditations on memory,...
She reflects on collectors, craft, functionality and why the sofa should no longer be an afterthought.
The exhibition builds a visual and sonic bridge between two cities shaped by water and strong maritime histories.
From priority bidding to record watch sales and a 40 percent new-buyer rate, the auction house's spring season tells a story about where the auction...
From Djokovic’s record-smashing Australian Open racquet to Federer’s pristine Wimbledon whites, Grand Slam history now routinely sells in the...
In moving to the Bowery, the institution joins an expanding local ecosystem of cultural institutions anchored by the recently reopened New Museum, as...
The question now is whether the city can port cultural funding into a strategy for urban development, artistic resilience and civic capability.
In moving to the Bowery, the institution joins an expanding local ecosystem of cultural institutions anchored by the recently reopened New Museum, as...
She describes the women in her paintings as anonymous but deeply personal, in that they condense her matrilineage—images of her mother, grandmother...
Beyond exceptional trophy objects, the Classics market proved selective and unforgiving: several Old Master works needed the premium to reach low...
"There is a particular excitement and celebration of these items right now," according to Heritage Auctions specialist Caroline Tamposi.
Timed to the nation’s 250th anniversary, a new Breuer exhibition traces American identity through art, literature, sports, history and a...
Across two floors, Báez invites us to contemplate the slippage from order to collapse, as entropy drives us ever closer to the state of chaos that...
"NOAA: A Fall Towards Home" explores the depth of despair and the possibility of hope inherent in exile and disconnection.
Once grounded in furniture, folk art, silver, ceramics, stoneware and samplers, this expansive collecting category's highest prices suggest that...
"Robert Wilson created a place unlike any other, where theater, visual art, architecture, performance and experimentation coexist; that spirit feels...
Christie’s Zabludowicz sale met expectations, while Phillips’ more globally diverse offerings demonstrated that priority bidding can still secure...
"Imagination is such a source of intense power, and we can use it as a starting point to create a new world. I really fiercely believe that," the...
The £296 million result made it the most valuable single-owner sale in London's auction history.
The San Francisco-based artist approaches artmaking as an act of observation rather than authorship.
Whereas most of the artist's recent interventions have kept the illusion on the surface, this remarkable immersive installation invites viewers to...
These are the lots worth watching.
Fair director Nicolas Bellavance-Lecompte has consistently sought out destinations where culture is not merely an accessory but part of the DNA of a...
From FOROF to Fondazione D'ARC, Rome’s contemporary art scene can be found in palazzi, breweries, slaughterhouses, foundations and ruins.
The sector framed new media and computer art not as a market novelty but as part of a long history of artists engaging with new tools, systems and...
In an increasingly commodified art world, this is one fair at which creativity doesn't feel dependent on returns and maximization.
In her latest work, she channels grief, Greek antiquity and Jungian duality into a fresh language of feminine force, androgynous physicality and open...
"Art Basel remains the most important fair of the year… It starts strong, and it stays strong."
From French postwar design and American studio craft to ceramics, Tiffany lamps and contemporary collectible design, buyers at Sotheby's and Phillips...
While the usual sense of urgency was lacking, dealers reported that collector response on opening day was solid.
What began as a fundraiser has become a nonprofit ecosystem connecting artists, institutions, galleries and community organizations.
In “Buried Shadow” at GRIMM, she transforms memory, matter and perception into tableau vivants in which light, color and form shift under the eye.
This year’s strongest Art Basel-adjacent shows are asking big questions about our future, with artists using digital worlds, living systems,...
Avant Arte’s “A Changing of the Guard” report and Georgina Adam’s new book make the case that younger audiences are not consuming culture only...
This year’s London Gallery Weekend reaffirmed the centrality of London's art scene, even as it exposed a persistent lack of coordination between the...
Recent closures and market contractions couldn't dull a weekend that stretched from Cork Street to the East End
Titled "Liberation Space," Goen Choi and Hyeree Ro's shared Venice Biennale presentation considers nationhood as a continuous act of deconstruction,...
Driven by Hermès devotees, archival Chanel aficionados and a renewed appetite for early-2000s fashion, the handbag market has become one of the...
In the remains of the Basilica Ulpia near Trajan’s Column, the city's imperial past meets its cultural present.
The founder and director of La Finca Collection Strategies believes that the next great art-market opportunity lies in knowing how, when and where to...
The artist's magmatic laquer works slow the viewer down by inviting them to investigate, appreciate and understand the temporal process each work...
Frozen in the moment of becoming, the artist's new bronzes and newspaper works ask what it means to hold an entire civilization in a single object.
The artist has transformed the gallery into an immersive, stage-like realm where quilts, classical art's fragments, African masks, sequins and...
The gallery will balance its Old Master and modern legacy with a contemporary program shaped by Michele.
What began as a collective response to the pandemic has become one of the art calendar's most purpose-driven events.
Art has become one of luxury's strongest competitive tools.
Taylor’s collecting practice is highly instinctive but not reckless, shaped by both immediate resonance and careful looking.
Its programming and public engagement initiatives extend beyond the galleries onto a 134-acre campus featuring over five miles of art-filled trails...
"This is really the sense of what a gallerist is, rather than an art dealer: you put together shows, you put together catalogs, you actually...
"Absurdity allows us to see things differently. If we look at the same chair every day, eventually we stop seeing it. But if we shift perspective and...