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The article is a first-person diary by artist Elle Pérez, chronicling their experience at Paris Photo 2024. Pérez describes the fair as the art world's best-kept secret, noting its uniquely fun and intergenerational atmosphere where artists and curators genuinely enjoy gathering. The diary covers a week of events including book meetings with Aperture, dinners with photographers, and the main fair at the Grand Palais, highlighting the camaraderie and joy of being together despite the anxieties facing photographers today.

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Blank Forms held its eighth annual gala at the Angel Orensanz Foundation on the Lower East Side, honoring artist Cosima von Bonin and vocalist Asha Puthli. The event transformed the historic former synagogue into a stage for experimental music and Cambodian cuisine, featuring performances by guitarists Brandon Ross and Melvin Gibbs, as well as Puthli herself, introduced by Pulitzer Prize-winning jazz saxophonist Henry Threadgill. Guests included curators Ruba Katrib and Jay Sanders, Brooklyn Rail Co-Founder Phong Bui, Amant’s Tobi Maier, gallerists from Matthew Marks and Gladstone, musicians Lizzi Bougatsos and Miho Hatori, writer Lucy Sante, and artists Amalia Ulman, Sylvie Fleury, and Rachel Rose.

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Artnet News profiles five ultra-contemporary artists working in China today, highlighting their practices amid shifting cultural narratives, economic pressures, and technological change. Featured artists include Xia Yu, known for tempera paintings of everyday life, and Ye Linghan, who creates monumental "data portraits" from smartphone screenshots. The article details their backgrounds, notable exhibitions, market prices, and upcoming projects, emphasizing their growing appeal to collectors and curators.

The 61st Venice Biennale: 'artists who confront difficult realities in unusual ways' at Palazzo Grassi and the Punta della Dogana

Curators Emma Lavigne and Jean-Marie Gallais have organized exhibitions for the Pinault Collection at Palazzo Grassi and Punta della Dogana during the 61st Venice Biennale, featuring artists Lorna Simpson, Paulo Nazareth, Michael Armitage, and Amar Kanwar. The shows respond to global tensions, with Nazareth using salt to trace a ghost ship referencing the slave trade, and Simpson creating nocturnal paintings and collages from Ebony and Jet magazines that explore identity and history. The exhibitions are part of the Biennale's broader global outlook, engaging with Venice's mercantile past and contemporary migration routes.

Dallas Museum of Art acquires six works at 2026 Dallas Art Fair

The Dallas Museum of Art acquired six works from the 2026 Dallas Art Fair, held April 16–19 at the Fashion Industry Gallery in the Dallas Arts District. The acquisitions, made possible by the Dallas Art Fair Foundation + Dallas Museum of Art Acquisition Fund, include pieces by Nicole Eisenman, Gloria Klein, Caroline Monnet, Hasani Sahlehe, and Raymond Saunders. Selections were made by DMA curators including Dr. Vivian Li, Ade Omotosho, Dr. Emily Friedman, Dr. Nicole R. Myers, and director Brian Ferriso. This marks the tenth year of the fund, which has added 78 works to the museum's permanent collection since 2016 through over $1 million in donations.

Brazilian women bring Latin American art to the New York collector circuit.

Two Brazilian women, Fernanda Mazzuco and Luciana Solano, run Art in Brackets, a consultancy and art advisory firm based in New York. For the first time, they have opened a public exhibition space on Walker Street in Tribeca, featuring a collective show centered on the African diaspora and transatlantic connections. The exhibition includes works by artists such as Santídio Pereira and Madalena dos Santos Reinbolt, with prices ranging from $3,800 to $140,000. The company, founded in 2022, connects collectors with Brazilian and Latin American artists, operating as 'wall curators' in partnership with various galleries.

Inside the Vancouver Art Gallery’s Juicy New Show

The Vancouver Art Gallery has unveiled 'Highlights from the Collection,' a major long-term exhibition featuring 200 works selected from its permanent holdings of over 13,000 items. Curated by a team led by Eva Respini, the show marks a strategic shift for the institution by committing to a semi-permanent display that will remain on view until 2030. The exhibition includes iconic pieces ranging from Gathie Falk’s ceramics to Andy Warhol’s Marilyn Monroe prints and Claes Oldenburg’s sculptures.

New York Galleries: Openings and Closings (03/03-03/08)

The New York City gallery scene is experiencing a significant surge of activity for the first week of March 2026, with dozens of new exhibitions scheduled to open across Manhattan. Major highlights include a survey of Edouard Vuillard’s early interiors at Skarstedt, Sigmar Polke at VeneKlasen, and a comprehensive Robert Mapplethorpe presentation at Gladstone. The week also features high-profile institutional and blue-chip gallery shows, including Carol Bove at the Guggenheim and new works by Daniel Arsham and Gelitin at Perrotin.

Art SG 2026: New offerings and $10,000 prize

Art SG 2026, the fourth edition of Singapore's annual art fair, will take place from January 22 to 25 at Marina Bay Sands, featuring over 100 galleries from more than 30 countries. Fair director Shuyin Yang has introduced several new initiatives, including the Wan Hai Hotel project by Shanghai's Rockbund Art Museum, a South Asian art platform sponsored by TVS Motor, and the integration of S.E.A. Focus into Art SG. Notable guests include the Tate patrons group, curators from Palais de Tokyo and LUMA Arles, and LACMA director Michael Govan, who will launch the museum's Southeast Asia acquisition program.

Paris art exhibitions to see this month

Paris is hosting a diverse array of art exhibitions this month, ranging from Jeffery Gibson's first solo show in France at Hauser & Wirth to a retrospective on photographer Denise Bellon. Other highlights include 'Radical Making' at Carpenters Workshop Gallery, featuring designs by Charlotte Perriand and Jean Prouvé alongside contemporary artists; Gareth Mason's ceramic-focused exhibition at the same gallery; Inez & Vinoodh's 'Think Love' series at India Mahdavi's Project Room #21; and a major Art Deco centenary exhibition at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs. The guide also notes ongoing photography shows following Paris Photo 2025.

A brush with... Cliff Lauson

Cliff Lauson, a curator, participates in 'A brush with...' and shares his personal connection to art, citing Rodney Graham's self-portrait 'My Late Early Styles (Part I, The Middle Period)' as the single work he would live with. He reflects on formative cultural experiences, including working with Northwest Coast First Nations communities at the UBC Museum of Anthropology and seeing the ballet 'Tree of Codes' by Wayne McGregor with Olafur Eliasson and Jamie xx, which inspired his later collaboration on the exhibition 'Infinite Bodies'. Lauson also discusses his recurring engagement with Brian O'Doherty's book 'Inside the White Cube' and his unusual background as a curator who worked on a Star Wars film during his Clore Fellowship at Industrial Light and Magic.

9 Standout Solo Gallery Shows to See in Paris

The article highlights nine standout solo gallery shows currently on view in Paris, coinciding with Art Basel and other art fairs taking place in the city. Featured exhibitions include Elmgreen & Dragset's lifelike office worker installation at MASSIMODECARLO's Piece Unique window, Jessie Makinson's new surreal figurative paintings at Brigitte Mulholland, a tribute to Robert Rauschenberg's 100th birthday at Thaddaeus Ropac, Jeffrey Gibson's first Paris solo show at Hauser & Wirth, and Mickalene Thomas's new portrait series at Galerie Nathalie Obadia, among others.

An exhibition on the potato in art? Only Van Gogh could pull it off

The Noordbrabants Museum in 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands, opens a focused exhibition titled "Van Gogh and the Potato" on 11 October, running until 1 February 2026. The show features five Van Gogh paintings, two drawings, and a print centered on the potato motif, including "Still life with Potatoes" (autumn 1886), which has been newly identified as depicting "rat's back" potatoes. A key highlight is the study "Head of a Woman (Gordina de Groot)" (March-April 1885), acquired by the museum last year for €8.6 million. The exhibition also includes a lithograph of "The Potato Eaters" and explores Van Gogh's shift from peasant subjects to flower still lifes after moving to Paris.

25 of 2025: 5 Sculptors to Watch

Artnet News has published the latest installment of its '25 of 2025' series, spotlighting five sculptors to watch. The article profiles Lotus L. Kang, a Canadian artist who had a solo show at 52 Walker in New York, was recently picked up by Esther Schipper, and has appeared in group exhibitions at MoMA, Jeffrey Deitch, and the Hessel Museum. It also features Raven Halfmoon, a Caddo Nation artist whose totemic ceramic works draw on Indigenous traditions and folklore, and who had her major institutional debut at the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum in 2023. The series aims to highlight emerging talents shaping contemporary art.

8 Artists Having a Breakout Moment This Fall

Artsy has identified eight artists poised for breakout moments during the fall 2025 art season, including Teresa Solar Abboud, who secured new representation by Lehmann Maupin and will debut a bronze sculpture at London's Hayward Gallery during Frieze Week, and Ana Cláudia Almeida, who is presenting her first major solo exhibition in New York with Stephen Friedman Gallery. The article highlights artists reaching new career milestones through gallery representation, solo debuts, and institutional exhibitions across major art capitals like Paris, London, and New York.

Despite external chaos, Frieze Seoul soldiers on

The fourth edition of Frieze Seoul (3-6 September) took place alongside the Korea International Art Fair (Kiaf) at the Coex convention centre in Gangnam, amid economic concerns and a slower art market. Despite a modest 0.8% expected growth in South Korea's economy and fewer Western exhibitors, the fair saw strong institutional attendance, including curators from M+, the Museum of Modern Art, and the San Francisco Asian Art Museum, as well as celebrity visitors like BTS members and Blackpink's Lisa. Galleries reported cautious but steady sales, with a notable presence of Asian collectors, particularly from Japan, and a Stand Prize awarded to Kohesi Initiatives for a politically charged booth by Timoteus Anggawan Kusno.

This Fall’s Must-See Gallery Shows in New York

The article highlights a curated selection of must-see gallery shows opening in New York City this fall, coinciding with The Armory Show and the overlapping Frieze Seoul fair. Featured exhibitions include Ambera Wellmann's "Darkling" at Hauser & Wirth, Caleb Hahne Quintana's "A Boy That Don't Bleed" at Anat Ebgi, and shows by Sasha Gordon, Dew Kim & Filippo Cegani, Elizabeth Glaessner, Yuan Fang, Bernardo Pacquing, Celeste Rapone, and Omara Mara Oláh, among others. The piece also notes the group exhibition "Downtown/Uptown: New York in the Eighties."

Fort Worth Museum Only U.S. Venue to Host Major Jenny Saville Retrospective

The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth has announced it will be the only U.S. venue to host the touring retrospective "Jenny Saville: The Anatomy of Painting," honoring the English artist known for revitalizing figurative art in the 1990s. Organized by the National Portrait Gallery in London, the exhibition opens October 12, 2025, and runs through January 18, 2026, featuring nearly 50 works spanning Saville's career from her student days at the Glasgow School of Art to recent abstracted portraits. The show includes monumental oil paintings, charcoal drawings, and a new series, accompanied by a publication with contributions from curators and critics.

Highlights from Art Basel 2025

Art Basel returned to Basel for its 55th edition in June 2025, featuring 289 top international galleries from 42 countries and territories. The fair attracted 88,000 visitors, including collectors, curators, and representatives from over 250 museums and foundations. Highlights included Arturo Kameya's storytelling installation at GRIMM in the Statements section and Lothar Hempel's series of painted aluminum works at Anton Kern Gallery in the Kabinett sector, alongside large-scale installations in Unlimited and public projects in Parcours.

Hot new artist: Jadé Fadojutimi, a colour genius

The article profiles painter Jadé Fadojutimi, highlighted as a "colour genius" by curator and advisor Hervé Mikaeloff in Numéro art's series on hot new artists during the 56th edition of Art Basel. Fadojutimi's large-format, near-abstract compositions feature rich fuchsias, indigos, and yellows with expressionist brushstrokes and oil pastel marks, evoking plant worlds and musical scores. Her work has been shown internationally, including at the Hayward Gallery, Kunstmuseum Bonn, the 59th Venice Biennale, and the National Art Museum in Osaka, and she is represented by Gagosian, Galerie Gisela Capitain, and Taka Ishii. Her first Gagosian solo show in New York in 2024 incorporated a soundtrack, underscoring the role of music, fashion, and animation in her practice.

To help preserve her works, Cindy Sherman is offering to destroy and reprint old photographs

Photographer Cindy Sherman has launched the Cindy Sherman Legacy Project (CSLP), a formal initiative to preserve her photographic works by offering to destroy and replace damaged prints with new, artist-approved reprints. The project, announced on June 16, includes condition assessments, a controlled replacement process, and an online catalogue raisonné. Collectors can submit works for evaluation at a New York facility; eligible prints are destroyed and replaced with mint-condition reprints signed by Sherman, with a $10,000 administrative fee plus production costs. The fee is waived for non-profit institutions.

Korean artists are taking the world by storm—but why does their work resonate so widely?

Korean artists are gaining unprecedented global recognition, with figures like Haegue Yang, Do Ho Suh, Lee Bul, and Mire Lee leading a shift from traditional Dansaekhwa abstraction to more conceptual and contemporary practices. The article highlights how K-pop and Korean soap operas have boosted cultural awareness, drawing new audiences to events like Frieze Seoul and prompting major international galleries such as White Cube, Perrotin, and Pace to open in Seoul. Curators and scholars note that Korean art now engages deeply with globalization, historical trauma, and sociopolitical change, facilitated by biennials in Gwangju, Busan, and Seoul, as well as a surge in art institutions.

Observer’s 2025 May Art Fair Calendar (Updated)

Observer has published its updated 2025 May Art Fair Calendar, highlighting a packed schedule of art fairs in New York and around the world. Key fairs include CONDUCTOR 2026 (April 29–May 3), a Brooklyn-based fair focused on artists of the global majority; the Aotearoa Art Fair 2026 (April 30–May 3) in New Zealand; the Clio Art Fair 2026 (May 7–10 and 14–17), known as an "anti-fair" for unrepresented artists; and PHOTOFAIRS Shanghai 2026 (May 7–10), a leading platform for contemporary photography in China. The article notes that May is one of the busiest months in the spring art calendar, with many fairs concentrated in New York City during "Frieze Week."

How to Stage a Performance in Venice

Frieze's critic's guide highlights seven must-see exhibitions during Art Brussels, including Richard Tuttle's restless assemblages at Galerie Greta Meert and an expansive show of Lutz Bacher at WIELS. The article, written by Emile Rubino, provides a curated selection of shows across Brussels galleries and institutions during the art fair period.

Sammy Baloji Binds Past and Present in Uneasy Union

The article highlights seven must-see exhibitions during Art Brussels, curated by critic Emile Rubino. Featured shows include Richard Tuttle's restless assemblages at Galerie Greta Meert and an expansive presentation of Lutz Bacher's work at WIELS, alongside other notable presentations across the city.

Ivy League Style Is Back – But Why Now?

The article, published by Frieze, is a critic's guide highlighting seven must-see exhibitions during the Art Brussels fair. It specifically mentions shows by Richard Tuttle at Galerie Greta Meert and an expansive exhibition of Lutz Bacher at WIELS, curated by Emile Rubino.

What Not to Miss in Venice’s Arsenale and Giardini

Frieze has published a critic's guide titled "What Not to Miss in Venice’s Arsenale and Giardini," though the provided text appears to be a truncated excerpt that actually promotes a different article: "7 Must-See Shows During Art Brussels," featuring Richard Tuttle at Galerie Greta Meert and Lutz Bacher at WIELS, written by Emile Rubino on April 21, 2026. The guide likely highlights key exhibitions and artworks within the historic Arsenale and Giardini venues during a major art event in Venice.

Bugarin + Castle Lead a Parade of Shame

Emile Rubino highlights seven must-see exhibitions during Art Brussels, including Richard Tuttle's restless assemblages at Galerie Greta Meert and an expansive show of Lutz Bacher at WIELS. The guide offers a curated selection of standout shows across the city during the art fair period.

Work in Progress: Kite

Emile Rubino highlights seven must-see exhibitions during Art Brussels, including Richard Tuttle's restless assemblages at Galerie Greta Meert and an expansive show of Lutz Bacher at WIELS. The guide offers a curated selection of notable shows across the city during the art fair period.

5 noteworthy art gallery exhibitions to check out during Expo Chicago

Expo Chicago returns to Navy Pier from April 9-12, featuring over 130 international galleries and anchoring a city-wide week of major art programming. Local institutions and commercial galleries are strategically timing their most significant exhibitions to coincide with the fair, including a major presentation of Chicago Imagist Roger Brown at Gray gallery and architectural collages by Marshall Brown at Western Exhibitions.