art collecting on a budget guide

The article reports that the ultra-contemporary art market has cooled, with high-end sales plummeting while works priced at $5,000 or less have grown. Art economist Clare McAndrew, author of the Art Basel & UBS Art Market Report 2025, notes that collectors are now buying art they genuinely like rather than for investment. The piece offers a practical guide for collecting on a $10,000 budget, featuring advice from gallerists, advisors, and collectors on finding affordable works.

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Brandon John Harrington, a collector and Google executive, is featured in Cultured magazine for his role in the art world and his advocacy for queer visibility. The article highlights his collection and his work at Google, where he intersects technology with art patronage.

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CULTURED and Italian luxury brand Eleventy hosted an intimate luncheon at collectors Christine and Richard Mack's Bridgehampton home, blending Hamptons art-world socializing with Milanese craftsmanship. Guests viewed artworks by Thomas Houseago, Peter Farago, and Chloe West alongside Eleventy's fall collection, and included writer Candace Bushnell, artists Megan Gabrielle Harris and Arcmanoro Niles, and various advisors and collectors. A portion of proceeds from Eleventy purchases benefited the Mack Art Foundation, which runs a residency program bringing artists to New York for three months.

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Photographer Martin Parr, 73, visited 24-year-old Moscow-born artist Maya Golyshkina at her London home for a collaborative shoot and interview published by Cultured. The two, who both began photography before age 16, discussed playfulness in their work, non-traditional materials like cardboard and household objects, and the role of social media in their careers. Golyshkina showed Parr her wearable cardboard creations, and the conversation ranged from Parr’s decades-long career documenting human banality to Golyshkina’s viral crying videos and her rise from posting self-portraits on Instagram to collaborating with luxury fashion houses.

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Artist Zoya Cherkassky, born in Kyiv and a longtime resident of Israel, has relocated to Shelter Island after fleeing to Berlin following the October 7, 2023 attacks. She discovered the island during a stay with her gallerists from Fort Gansevoort and now has a permanent studio there. Cherkassky, known for politically charged works, recently created a series of colored pencil drawings responding to the Hamas attacks, which were exhibited at the Jewish Museum in New York as "October 7th, 2023." Her latest Shelter Island paintings mark a dramatic shift toward tranquil landscapes and sunsets.

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Cultured magazine's article "Weekend Tournament" reviews a group exhibition at Raisonné Gallery in New York, organized by Raquel Cayre and Ariel Ashe, that explores the intersection of sport, art, and design. The show features 63 works by 27 artists including Paul Pfeiffer, Adam McEwen, Le Corbusier, Cory Arcangel, and Rachel Harrison, with pieces ranging from a graphite replica of a school water fountain to an active ping-pong table and a mini-golf course. The author, Zito Madu, draws parallels between his own background as a professional soccer player turned writer and the exhibition's invitation to engage physically and playfully with art.

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Photographers Maryam Eisler and Alexei Riboud, former high school classmates in Paris nearly 40 years ago, reunited in 2023 through a WhatsApp group and embarked on a creative challenge: photographing the same American Southwest landscapes side by side without sharing their images until the trip ended. The result is "West West," a book and exhibition at Pierre Yovanovitch's Manhattan gallery (June 12–July 11), curated by historian Carrie Scott and gallerist Howard Greenberg, featuring their work alongside iconic photographers like Diane Arbus, Joel Meyerowitz, and Ansel Adams.

Where to go on Potsdamer Straße?

Wohin auf der Potsdamer Straße?

The article previews the Gallery Weekend Berlin, focusing on the Potsdamer Straße art scene. It highlights several exhibitions, including Adam Gordon's "Months Turn to Years" at Galerie Isabella Bortolozzi, which transforms the space into a secluded enclave with quiet paintings. Other featured shows include luminous color experiments, soap foam as an art form, and works exploring identity.

Editor’s Letter: Still, Listening

The 61st Venice Biennale, titled "In Minor Keys" and curated by the late Koyo Kouoh, opens in May 2026, shifting focus from Eurocentric narratives to quieter, relational, and improvisational voices from the Global South. ArtAsiaPacific's May/June issue honors Kouoh's vision with features on artists including Gala Porras-Kim (a 2025 MacArthur Fellow), Khaled Sabsabi (representing Australia), and others like Liang Yuanwei, Yuko Mohri, Mona Hatoum, Tadanori Yokoo, Gayane Umerova, Li Yi-Fan, Hyeree Ro, and Ei Arakawa-Nash, with contributions from a curatorial team that carried Kouoh's work forward after her death in 2025.

At Birmingham's Ikon Gallery, Angela de la Cruz's audacious, visceral art takes no prisoners

Angela de la Cruz's exhibition "Upright" at Ikon Gallery in Birmingham (until 6 September) marks her first UK institutional show since her 2010 Camden Arts Centre survey, which earned her a Turner Prize nomination. The exhibition features her signature painterly sculptures and sculptural paintings that blur boundaries between mediums, including works like "Still Life with Table" (2000), "Limp" (2000), and "Bloated 111 (Blue)" (2012), which combine Minimalist language with anthropomorphic, emotional qualities. De la Cruz, who has been based in the UK since the late 1980s, continues to create work that channels influences from art history, literature, and personal experience, even after a paralyzing stroke in 2005.

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The 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair in Marrakech saw a significant contraction in 2026, with participation dropping by over 25 percent to just 22 galleries. This decline coincides with the recent arrival of Art Basel in Doha, which is intensifying competition for galleries and collectors' attention across the MENASA region, forcing dealers to make strategic choices about which fairs to support.

Luscious Hair Sculptures Sprout Like Branches in a Symbiotic Exhibition

Artists Merryn Omotayo Alaka and Sam Frésquez have created a collaborative exhibition titled "Your Birth is My Birth" at Jane Lombard Gallery in Chicago. The show features synthetic hair sculptures made from Kanekalon, suspended from the ceiling and spread across the floor like organic growths. Five distinct "species" of sculptures—Listening Roots, Hearing Bells, Mother & Child, Stacking Pearls, and Umbra Pods—draw inspiration from epiphytes, non-parasitic plants that grow on host specimens. The works explore themes of symbiosis, interdependence, and genetic inheritance, with mirrored forms emerging within vertical tendrils.

Free Summer Exhibitions in 2026 Across Paris and Île-de-France: This Season’s Must-See Events

A curated guide lists free summer exhibitions across Paris and Île-de-France for 2026, including shows at Fluctuart, Perrotin Gallery, Petit Palais, Bourse de Commerce, Rachel Hardouin Gallery, and Domaine de Chamarande. Highlights include "Everybody's Searching for Their Cat" at Fluctuart (May 7–August 23), JR's "Les Esquisses de la Caverne" at Perrotin (June 5–July 25), the return of "We are (still) here" street-art exhibition at Petit Palais (June 20–September 20), and free late hours at Bourse de Commerce on the first Saturday of each month.

Kumu to unveil Kristi Kongi's largest solo exhibition 'Chromatic Drift'

Estonian painter Kristi Kongi's largest solo exhibition, 'Chromatic Drift,' will open at the Kumu Art Museum on May 22. The exhibition fills the museum's great hall, courtyard, and windows with new works featuring earthy tones like purple, brown, and burgundy, described by curator Ann Mirjam Vaikla as reflecting the aesthetics of the Anthropocene. The show is accompanied by a book with essays by Sara Garzón, Sirje Helme, and Vaikla, and includes works created during Kongi's residency at Cerámica Suro in Guadalajara, Mexico.

Confronting audiences with the real history

Carla Hemlock, a Kanien’keha:ka artist, has seen a surge in interest from curators and institutions, allowing her to work at her own pace. Her collaborative installation with her son, filmmaker Raohserahawi Hemlock, titled *In the Arms of the Natural World*, has been donated to the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (MMFA) and is now on view in the exhibition *Rising Suns: Art from the Confederacies of the Great Lakes and Rivers*. The piece, featuring three quilts and two films, explores the legacy of residential schools with what the artists describe as absolute delicacy and care.

THE MET GETS A NEW GREAT HALL BY PETERSON RICH OFFICE

Peterson Rich Office (PRO) has designed a new Great Hall Gallery for the Metropolitan Museum of Art, occupying 12,000 square feet across five sequential rooms in a former exterior courtyard adjacent to the landmark Great Hall. The renovation exposes and celebrates historic exterior façades from the 1880s and 1890s, creating a layered architectural experience. The space is intended to host rotating exhibitions, particularly the Costume Institute's annual spring show, and is currently under construction.

Dirk Staschke's exhibition

Duane Reed Gallery in St. Louis is hosting a new exhibition of trompe l’oeil stoneware sculptures and tiles by artist Dirk Staschke. Staschke, a sculptor and ceramicist, draws inspiration from Dutch Vanitas still-life painting, blending traditional techniques with contemporary textures and forced perspective. His works merge painting and sculpture, featuring adapted still lives on ceramic vessels and three-dimensional framed tableaus. Staschke holds an MFA from Alfred University and a BFA from the University of Montevallo, and his work has been exhibited at the Smithsonian Museum, Icheon Museum, Crocker Museum, and Portland Art Museum.

April Arts Calendar 2026

The Seattle region is hosting a diverse array of visual arts exhibitions throughout April and May 2026, with a strong emphasis on cultural identity and heritage. Highlights include Akash Pamarthy’s solo photography show "Sikh Ohio" at the M. Rosetta Hunter Art Gallery, Miya Sukune’s historical installation "TADAIMA: I’m Home" at MOHAI, and a permanent mural installation by Erin Shigaki at Bellevue College. These shows span various media, from traditional Korean moon jar-inspired ceramics by Kelly Haejung Paik to experimental works made of rice and lentils by Yaminee Patel.

Art Gallery Shows in Bangkok to Check Out in February

A guide highlights several art exhibitions currently on view in Bangkok for February 2026. Key shows include 'Minsterwood' by Belgian artist Director Jacq (Wayn Traub) at River City Bangkok, featuring hand-embroidered textile works; 'Roots & Rituals', the inaugural exhibition at the newly relaunched AGNI gallery, featuring artists Swatchrokorn Wannasorn and Dishon Yuldash; and 'Undo Planet: Part 2', a large-scale group exhibition addressing climate change at the Bangkok Art and Culture Centre (BACC).

Masters, women, and young voices: Egypt visual art scene in 2025 - Visual Art - Arts & Culture

Egypt's visual arts scene in 2025 saw significant growth, marked by the opening of new galleries and a surge in diversity of artistic approaches, aesthetics, and techniques, according to Ehab Ellaban, director of the Arts Complex in Zamalek, and artist Samir Abdelghany. The year featured major exhibitions honoring both established masters and emerging talents, including Mohamed Abla's participation in the 4th–7th Generation exhibition at Al Masar Gallery and his solo show In the Glow of the City, Ahmed Shiha's Egyptian Spirit at Picasso East Gallery, Salah Bisar's Glee at Ubuntu Art Gallery, and retrospectives for Esmat Dawestashy, Salah Abdel Kerim, Chafik Charobim, and Inji Efflatoun. Katherine Bakhoum's Between Sea and Sky at Safarkhan Gallery also highlighted the enduring relevance of Egyptian-French artists.

Indonesia's 'scarred' art scene regroups following nationwide protests

Art Jakarta's 2024 edition (October 3-5) took place just weeks after nationwide anticorruption protests swept Indonesia and spread to other countries. The fair's director Tom Tandio noted that the demonstrations left a "scar" on the local art community, which had been vocal in organizing donations, attending protests, and sharing digital posters on social media. Despite low expectations due to economic uncertainty, the fair proceeded with new galleries like Ara Contemporary, which sold about 70% of its stand on opening day, featuring politically charged works such as Agung Harahap's manipulated photographs and Irfan Hendrian's paper installations referencing the 1998 anti-Chinese riots. The fair also overlapped with ruangrupa's 25th anniversary exhibition, which included interactive projects and talks promoting sociopolitical engagement.

Art Toronto gets sales boost from baseball World Series

Art Toronto, Canada's largest art fair, took place from October 23-26 at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre, coinciding with the first two games of the MLB World Series between the Toronto Blue Jays and the Los Angeles Dodgers at the adjacent Rogers Centre. Despite concerns that the baseball championship might divert attention and sales, the fair saw increased attendance and a boost in purchases in the C$50,000 to C$100,000 range, according to director Mia Nielsen. Gallerists reported a positive mood, with the National Gallery of Canada even acquiring a work from Central Art Garage. The synergy between the events energized the city, though it worsened Toronto's notorious traffic.

Art Toronto gives Latin American artists pride of place with new curated section

Art Toronto, Canada’s largest art fair, returns for its 26th edition (23–26 October) at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre with over 100 galleries. It debuts Arte Sur, a new curated section focused on Latin American art, organized by Mexico City-based curator and gallerist Karen Huber. The section features 11 galleries from across the Americas, including first-time participants from New York, Mexico City, Argentina, and Chile, showcasing more than 30 artists primarily from Mexico, Costa Rica, Argentina, Chile, and Peru.

INFANT: BANNED SKILLS

Sidony O’Neal and Bogosi Sekhukhuni, two interdisciplinary artists with backgrounds in conceptual art, design, and technology, are co-founders of the design firm INFANT. O’Neal’s work draws on mathematics, architectural systems, and object histories, with exhibitions at venues such as Sculpture Center, ICA at Maine College of Art and Design, and MASS MoCA residencies. Sekhukhuni explores cultures and histories of technology through sculpture, video, and performance, with exhibitions at Fondazione Prada, New Museum, and Sharjah Art Foundation, and is a founding member of the artist group NTU.

Minor Keys and Major Silences: Yoshiko Shimada and the Art of Outrage

Yoshiko Shimada, a Japanese feminist and antiwar artist, is featured in a conversation with ArtAsiaPacific ahead of her inclusion in the 2026 Venice Biennale, curated by Koyo Kouoh under the theme "In Minor Keys." The article explores Shimada's decades-long practice of excavating the gendered scars of Japanese imperialism, focusing on her collaborative work with BuBu de la Madeleine, which uses drag and irony to critique imperial frameworks and the erasure of wartime atrocities. It also highlights her revival of the Chū-pi-ren movement, a 1970s feminist group that fought for abortion rights and access to birth control, arguing that their legacy remains urgent in 2026 given Japan's slow progress on women's bodily autonomy.

Lorna Simpson Comes Full Circle in Venice with ‘Third Person’

American artist Lorna Simpson has opened a major solo exhibition titled 'Third Person' at Punta della Dogana in Venice, featuring over 50 works across painting, collage, sculpture, installation, and film. The show surveys her practice from the last decade, including new works created in response to the venue, and runs through November 22. Curated by Emma Lavigne of the Pinault Collection, the exhibition also includes pieces from her 2015 Venice Biennale participation and series such as 'Ice,' 'Special Characters,' and 'Earth and Sky.'

Japan’s Art Museums and Creative Spaces Offer Travelers a Unique Cultural Journey Across Modern and Traditional Design

Travel And Tour World published an article highlighting Japan's art museums and creative spaces as a unique cultural journey for travelers, blending modern and traditional design. The piece showcases various institutions across Japan, emphasizing their architectural significance and the immersive experiences they offer, from contemporary art galleries to historic venues that reflect the country's rich aesthetic heritage.

Step into artist Francis Picabia’s experimental world in London

A new exhibition titled 'Francis Picabia. Expanding Horizons' has opened at Hauser & Wirth London, showcasing five decades of the artist's experimental work. The show includes dense, layered postwar paintings from his return to Paris with his wife Olga, as well as earlier pieces spanning Impressionism, Dada, and his Transparencies series. Organized with the Comité Picabia, the exhibition features works such as 'Composition abstraite' (1947) and 'Le Zèbre' (c. 1909-1933), highlighting Picabia's habit of revisiting and painting over canvases across decades.

Virginia Museum of Fine Arts receives major gift of photography

The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA) announced a major gift of 1,986 photographs from Joy of Giving Something, Inc. (JGS), a nonprofit founded by financier Howard Stein. The donation includes works by over 450 artists, spanning the 19th century to the present, with highlights such as rare daguerreotypes by Joseph-Philibert Girault de Prangey, prints by Gustave Le Gray and Eugène Atget, and significant holdings in American documentary photography from figures like Dorothea Lange and Walker Evans. The gift follows an earlier 2023 donation of portfolios and series, and positions VMFA to open five new photography galleries in 2027 as part of its expansion.

Christie’s New York surpasses $1 billion

Christie’s New York kicked off its 20th and 21st Century Art sales week on 18 May 2026 with a record-shattering evening, generating over $1.12 billion across two sales: Masterpieces: The Private Collection of S.I. Newhouse and the 20th Century Evening Sale. The top lot was Jackson Pollock’s *Number 7A, 1948*, which sold for $181.2 million, setting a new auction record for the artist. Other artist records were set for Constantin Brancusi, Joan Miró, Alice Neel, and Mark Rothko. The S.I. Newhouse collection alone achieved $631 million, selling 100% of lots, and its cumulative total across four Christie’s sales reached $1.05 billion, making it the second-highest collection ever sold at auction after Paul Allen’s.