1+ week, 1+ day ago   (273+ words) Each of these diagnoses identifies an important symptom. Yet they remain at the level of symptoms rather than underlying causes. The problem, I would argue, is structural: the world has radically changed, but the infrastructures of the art fair have…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (833+ words) There’s been a lot of dark talk about the primary market lately, but taking over a gallery is a long-term bet. Why are you optimistic? My bias is that art brings meaning, it opens minds and hearts, and it enriches…...

1+ mon, 1+ day ago   (567+ words) observer.com 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 patrons, these donations are shaping access to art…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (310+ words) The most visible result is an extraordinary increase in capital expenditure on building this new technological infrastructure. The largest cloud companies, which until recently spent roughly $100 billion a year, are now guiding toward several times that amount. Evans estimated that…...

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3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (23+ words) Early bidding incentives, big names and a market hungry for ultra-contemporary art propelled the house to its best May result in years....

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (77+ words) observer.com Sotheby’s evening sale also confirmed the sustained appetite for women Surrealists, or more broadly, for spiritually and mystically attuned feminine visions. Early in the sale, a gouache by Sophie Taeuber-Arp, Personnages, doubled its low estimate to sell for…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (151+ words) observer.com The 16-trophy Masterpieces: The Private Collection of S.I. Newhouse sale achieved $631 million against a presale estimate of $462 million. The results bring the cumulative value of the collection to just over $1 billion with previous sales in 2018, 2019 and 2023 totaling $415.7 million—a…...

3+ mon, 4+ week ago   (1637+ words) observer.com Coinciding with several art fair openings, Sotheby's kicked off a May auction round in New York expected to exceed $1 billion with The Now & Contemporary Evening Auction and a dedicated sale of works from the collection of legendary dealer…...

3+ mon, 4+ week ago   (1614+ words) observer.com With Frieze New York opening just a few blocks away, Future Fair close by and the 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair in the same building, NADA opened in good company. At 10 a.m. on May 13, it welcomed VIP guests, still fresh…...