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Acquavella Galleries, a blue-chip gallery known for secondary market sales, has taken exclusive US representation of Swiss sculptor Harumi Klossowska de Rola. The artist, daughter of painter Balthus and ceramicist Setsuko Klossowska de Rola, creates bronze and alabaster animal sculptures that blend fine art and design. Her works, priced from under $100,000 to over half a million dollars, are cast in small editions and meticulously reworked by hand. Acquavella discovered her work at the Palm Beach home of collector Peter Brant. Her first show with the gallery opened in Palm Beach, accompanied by a Rizzoli book, with new works planned for Art Basel Paris and a major solo exhibition at Acquavella's New York space in 2026.

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Artnet News highlights affordable artworks available at Art Basel 2025, countering the fair's reputation for multimillion-dollar sales. Featured works include John Tremblay's 'Gold sounds' (2025) from the New Paintings series at Ecart's booth, priced at €2,500, and Kasing Lung's limited edition Labubu doll sold at the Art Basel Shop for CHF 200, which sold out rapidly to VIPs and the public. Also noted is Solomon Garçon's 'Bobby (4)' (2025), priced around $3,500, presented by 243 Luz at the Liste fair.

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London Gallery Weekend (LGW) returned for its fifth edition from June 6 to 8, 2025, drawing art enthusiasts across 126 participating spaces despite dark clouds and drizzle. The event showcased cutting-edge performances, digital experiments, and bold textile art, but faced challenges as several trendy younger galleries—including Union Pacific, Guts Gallery, The Sunday Painter, and Xxijra Hii—chose not to participate this year. The weekend also overlapped with the debut London edition of South by Southwest (SXSW), a tech and arts conference that brought 20,505 pass-holders from 77 countries, including King Charles III, and featured visual art offerings such as LDN LAB curated by Alex Poots. While SXSW included works by Andy Warhol and Beeple, coordination between the two events was minimal, though a hastily planned SXSW VIP gallery tour occurred before LGW officially began.

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The Marfa Invitational, a small art fair in West Texas, has sparked controversy after pivoting to a new format called the "Marfa Invitational Open." The fair issued an open call to Texas-based artists, charging a $75 application fee and later requiring an additional $150 "installation fee" not disclosed in the original terms. Over 500 artists applied, but many dropped out after the hidden fee was revealed, leading to a boycott campaign. Approximately 160 artists ultimately exhibited at the Saint George Hotel last weekend. The fair had previously faced scandal in 2023 when its tax-exempt status was revoked due to cofounder Michael Phelan's failure to file required paperwork.

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During New York Art Week, two smaller art fairs—Esther II and Conductor—offer alternatives to the major events like Frieze and TEFAF. Esther II, now in its second edition, takes place at the Estonian House in Murray Hill, featuring 25 galleries from 17 cities with site-specific installations and performances. Conductor debuts at Powerhouse Arts in Gowanus, focusing on artists from the Global South and its diasporas, with a unique model that allows artists to fabricate work on-site using the venue's production facilities.

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At Frieze New York 2025, New York gallery Gordon Robichaux has dedicated its Focus section booth to the late artist, curator, and dealer Jenni Crain, who died in 2021 at age 30 from COVID-19 complications. The booth features her wood and glass sculptures, a painting, and photographs, coinciding with a two-part exhibition at the gallery's Union Square space that includes a group show of artists Crain championed, such as March Avery. The presentation also realizes Crain's final artwork, a site-responsive basswood lattice, based on her fabrication drawings. Prices for her works range from $6,500 to $36,000.

A Preview of Museum Exhibitions Opening in North Texas this Fall

A roundup of fall 2025 museum exhibitions in North Texas highlights shows at the Crow Museum of Asian Art, the Nasher Sculpture Center, the Meadows Museum, and the Dallas Museum of Art. Key exhibitions include "Groundbreakers: Post-War Japan and Korea" at the Crow Museum, featuring Mono-ha, Dansaekhwa, and Gutai movements alongside contemporary artists Do Ho Suh and Tatsuo Miyajima; a major Antony Gormley survey at the Nasher Sculpture Center, his first U.S. museum retrospective; "Roaming Mexico: Laura Wilson" and a companion show of Manuel Álvarez Bravo at the Meadows Museum; and two Dallas Museum of Art exhibitions—"Creatures and Captives: Painted Textiles of the Ancient Andes" and "Constellations: Contemporary Jewelry." The New York Academy of Art also presents its Chubb Fellows and Friends at Green Family Art Foundation.

How Sweden Built One of Europe’s Most Stable Art Markets

The article examines Stockholm's art scene and its role in building one of Europe's most stable art markets. It highlights Market Art Fair, the city's main contemporary fair founded in 2006 by Nordic galleries, which has become the leading commercial art fair in the region and the anchor of Stockholm Art Week. The piece profiles several galleries, including Steinsland Berliner and ISSUES Gallery, and artists such as Linnéa Sjöberg and Arvida Björström, whose work explores identity, digital culture, and emotional labor. The scene is described as small but lively, with galleries collaborating closely and collectors showing patience.

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.

Los Angeles Art Scene Overview

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The Los Angeles art scene is experiencing a significant transformation as major blue-chip galleries like Gagosian and PaceWildenstein expand their presence in the city. This shift is driven by the influx of entertainment industry wealth and a growing interest from Hollywood figures, despite a historically smaller collector base compared to New York. Key institutional developments include Eli Broad's financial interventions to stabilize MOCA and fund new building schemes at LACMA.

8 Must-See Solo Gallery Shows in April

Galerie has curated a selection of eight essential solo gallery exhibitions across the United States for April, highlighting diverse practices from New York to Los Angeles. Key features include David Smalling’s debut at Templon, where he employs Old Master techniques to critique gender expectations and social hierarchies, and Zhang Huan’s first New York solo show in over a decade at 125 Newbury, which pairs his legendary 1990s performance documentation with his signature incense ash paintings.

Van Gogh shows in 2026: America, Japan and the Netherlands

A wave of Van Gogh exhibitions is scheduled for 2026 across the United States, Japan, and the Netherlands. Highlights include "Van Gogh’s Sunflowers: A Symphony in Blue and Yellow" at the Philadelphia Museum of Art (June–October 2026), featuring a rare loan of London's National Gallery version alongside Philadelphia's own. Amsterdam's Van Gogh Museum will present "Yellow: Beyond Van Gogh’s Colour" (February–May 2026), while the Kröller-Müller Museum in Otterlo will display all 88 Van Gogh paintings for the first time since 1984 in "Van Gogh, All Our Paintings" (September 2026–January 2027). In Japan, the Kröller-Müller's "The Grand Van Gogh Exhibition" tours Kobe, Fukushima, and Tokyo, and the Van Gogh Museum's "Van Gogh’s Home" is at Nagoya's Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art. Smaller shows take place at the Van Gogh House in Zundert, the Maison du Dr Gachet in Auvers-sur-Oise, and the Foundation Vincent van Gogh Arles.

Art Collaboration Kyoto holds its most global edition yet

Art Collaboration Kyoto (ACK) opened its fifth edition at the Kyoto International Conference Center, running until 16 November. The fair, launched in 2021 to connect Japanese and international galleries, has grown to a record 72 exhibitors, half from overseas. Special exhibitions are staged at historic temples across Kyoto, including shows by Isabella Ducrot at Kousei-in, Carrie Yamaoka at Manshu-in, and Shio Kusaka with Jonas Wood at Ryosoku-in. Sales were strong on opening day, with galleries like KAYOKOYUKI, Kurimanzutto, Mendes Wood DM, and TARO NASU reporting brisk transactions.

‘I’m not trying to impress anyone with what I buy’: how Catherine Walsh went from cosmetics queen to art collector

Catherine Walsh, a former cosmetics executive at Estée Lauder and Revlon who pioneered celebrity fragrances at Coty, recounts her journey from buying her first Harry Callahan photograph at age 22 to building a minimalist art collection. She commissioned architect John Pawson to design a house in Telluride, Colorado, after a lecture, and has since acquired works by Gerhard Richter, Donald Judd, Jenny Holzer, Josef Albers, and a 17th-century Dutch portrait, among others. Walsh now lives in a London apartment near the Victoria & Albert Museum, where she displays her carefully curated collection with minimal furniture.

Your Go-To Guide to All the Art Fairs in Paris This Week

Paris is hosting a busy week of art fairs, headlined by Art Basel Paris returning to the Grand Palais from October 24–26, 2025, under outgoing director Clément Delépine. The fair features 206 galleries across three sections, public programs at nine iconic venues including an inflatable Kermit the Frog by Alex Da Corte and a participatory installation by Harry Nuriev, and a talks series hosted by Edward Enninful. Satellite fairs include Design Miami Paris at L’Hôtel de Maisons, the dealer-run 7 Rue Froissart co-founded by Brigitte Mulholland and Sara Maria Salamone, and others like Paris Internationale and Asia Now.

In the frame: photography comes to the fore at Frieze London and beyond

Photography takes center stage at Frieze London and across the city, with major exhibitions of Lee Miller at Tate Britain, Wolfgang Tillmans at Maureen Paley, Arthur Jafa at Sadie Coles, and Marina Abramović stills at Saatchi Yates. At Frieze Masters, Pace Gallery dedicated its booth to Peter Hujar, selling six prints on opening day at prices from $25,000 to $45,000. Commercial galleries like Gagosian and David Zwirner are investing heavily in photography, with Zwirner bringing Diane Arbus to London for the first time in a UK commercial context.

Adam Dressner’s Portraits Are for the People

Adam Dressner, a self-taught former corporate lawyer, opened his debut solo gallery exhibition "Hello Stranger 2" at 1969 Gallery in Tribeca. The show features large-scale oil paintings and a salon wall of 60 small acrylic portraits, many painted live in public spaces like Washington Square Park and Grand Central Terminal. Subjects range from celebrities like Joyce Carol Oates and Anna Delvey to everyday New Yorkers such as a neighborhood waiter and a 90-year-old park acquaintance. Dressner painted 18 works on-site in the days before the opening, continuing his practice of wheeling an "art cart" of supplies to make expressive plein-air portraits.

Big Galleries Are Racing to Sign Emerging Artists. It’s Changing Everything

Major blue-chip galleries like Gagosian, Hauser & Wirth, Pace, and White Cube are increasingly signing emerging artists earlier in their careers, bypassing the traditional trajectory where young artists would first develop with smaller galleries over many years. Examples include George Rouy joining Hauser & Wirth at age 30, Pam Evelyn joining Pace at 27, and Sasha Gordon joining David Zwirner in 2024. This shift comes amid a contracting art market where aggregate dealer sales fell 6% between 2023 and 2024, while smaller galleries with turnover under $250,000 saw sales grow 17%. Ultra-contemporary auction sales dropped 37.9% in the same period, signaling a cooling of speculative buying.

Art in Wisconsin—The Art Geography of Wisconsin

This article maps the art geography of Wisconsin, focusing on the southeastern region near Milwaukee, Chicago, and the state capital Madison. It highlights cultural venues in Kenosha and Racine, including Lemon Street Gallery, Anderson Arts Center, Carthage College, UW Parkside's Rita Tallent Picken Regional Center, the Pritzker Military Museum & Library, and the Racine Art Museum (RAM), which is nationally recognized for its Contemporary Craft collection. The piece also notes a partnership between RAM and ArtRoot to install a permanent art collection at Hotel Verdant in downtown Racine, featuring works by local artists, many of whom are past RAM Artist Fellowship recipients or faculty at area schools.

The Royal Academy’s Kiefer-Van Gogh show offers a soaring spectacle

The Royal Academy of Arts in London is hosting "Kiefer/Van Gogh" (28 June–26 October), a focused exhibition pairing Anselm Kiefer's monumental multimedia works with Vincent van Gogh's paintings and drawings. The show, curated by Julien Domercq, features seven huge Kiefer pieces including the 8.4m-wide "The Starry Night" (2019) and a single sculpture, alongside 11 Van Gogh works—five on loan from the Van Gogh Museum. It previously ran at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, where it drew 340,000 visitors. The London iteration is smaller but includes different works, with a central room dedicated to Van Gogh's pieces spanning his career.

What’s on now at San Francisco museums, June 2025

This article from Mission Local provides a roundup of current and upcoming exhibitions at San Francisco museums and galleries in June 2025. Highlights include the reopening of 500 Capp Street with "Mildred Howard Collaborating with the Muses Part 2" and a forthcoming show celebrating the 50th anniversary of Ant Farm's "Media Burn." At the de Young Museum, Henri Matisse's "Jazz Unbound" closes July 6, Isaac Julien's first U.S. retrospective runs until July 13, and Paul McCartney's photography exhibition has been extended to October. SFMOMA's "Around Group f.64" closes July 13, and the Asian Art Museum features "Yuan Goang-Ming: Everyday War" through August 4. The piece also notes Ashley Voss's local gallery guide and a Q&A with Isaac Julien.

In Galerie Sardine, a New Idea of What the Art Gallery Can Be

Artist Joe Bradley and his wife Valentina Akerman, neither of whom had run an art gallery before, opened Galerie Sardine in a 1701 farmhouse on Main Street in Amagansett, Long Island. The gallery, named after a small fish to convey modesty and portability, attracted crowds of local and visiting art lovers, including prominent dealer Larry Gagosian. The article profiles the couple's backgrounds—Akerman, an architect and former art director from Colombia, and Bradley, a painter who rose to prominence with a solo show at MoMA PS1 in 2006 and now shows with David Zwirner.

New documentary bringing Metro Pictures gallery to the screen

A new feature documentary, *Pictures of Pictures: The Metro Years*, is being made about the influential New York gallery Metro Pictures. Founded in 1980 by Janelle Reiring and Helene Winer, the gallery represented key artists of the Pictures Generation, including Cindy Sherman, Robert Longo, Louise Lawler, and Walter Robinson. The film, directed by Sophie Chahinian, explores the gallery's four-decade run, its founding principles of integrity and curatorial care over profit, and the personal stories of its artists and founders.

New York’s Rachel Uffner Gallery brings on new partner and rebrands

New York's Rachel Uffner Gallery, founded in 2008, has appointed director Lucy Liu as its first business partner, prompting a rebrand to Uffner & Liu. Liu, 25, joined the gallery as a sales assistant in 2023 and was promoted to director in 2024. The partnership aims to expand the gallery's international presence, particularly in Asia, and to introduce more artists from the Asian American Pacific Islander community into its programming.

Seven Southern Art Exhibitions to See This Fall

Seven art exhibitions across the Southern United States are highlighted for fall 2025, ranging from the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts' showcase of Bill Traylor's expressive drawings on discarded cardboard to the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art's "Get in the Game" exhibition exploring sports and culture. Other shows include the North Carolina Museum of Art's contemporary visions of the state, the Mississippi Museum of Art's retrospective of Joe Overstreet's abstract works, and the Morris Museum of Art's celebration of agricultural Southern landscapes. The exhibitions span diverse themes such as post-slavery narratives, athletic achievement, social justice, and regional identity.

The Colors of Mark Rothko Conquer Florence: A Major Exhibition Across Three Venues

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The city of Florence is hosting a major three-venue retrospective dedicated to Mark Rothko, centered at Palazzo Strozzi with extensions into the Museo di San Marco and the Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana. Curated by Christopher Rothko and Elena Geuna, the exhibition features 70 works spanning the artist's career, from his early Surrealist-influenced paintings of the 1930s and 40s to his iconic 'Multiform' and classic color-field abstractions. A unique highlight of the show is the installation of Rothko’s smaller works within the historic cells of the Museo di San Marco, directly alongside frescoes by Beato Angelico.

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Sandra Poulson, a 30-year-old Angolan artist, has opened her first museum exhibition at MoMA PS1 in New York, titled "Este quarto parece uma República!" ("This bedroom looks like a Republic!"). The show features sculptures that explore how everyday objects carry social and political meaning, including a work critiquing the influence of mega-churches in Angola. Poulson, who splits her time between Luanda, London, and Amsterdam, drew inspiration from her childhood, local furniture practices in Luanda, and colonial-era wood exploitation. The works were initially produced for Condo London and commissioned by Jahmek Contemporary Art.

May Things to Do: Visual Art

This article from a Seattle arts publication rounds up May visual art events, including the Seattle Art Book Fair (May 9–10) at Washington Hall featuring over 85 artists and free admission; Timothy White Eagle's exhibition "Once Wild River" (May 9–June 21) at Mini Mart City Park, culminating his EPA artist-in-residency; "Monochrome: Calder and Tara Donovan" (May 13–Jan 17, 2027) at the Seattle Art Museum, where Donovan responds to Alexander Calder's black works; "Rebels + Icons: The Photography of Janette Beckman" opening May 15 at MoPOP, the largest collection of her iconic musician portraits; and Drie Chapek's "Then Is Now" (May 21–June 27).

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This article is a sales listing for Alex Katz's 2018 silkscreen print "Three Trees - 알렉스카츠 - Alex Katz Dancing with reality… (2018)", offered by Frank Fluegel Gallery in Nuremberg, Germany. The work is a 20-color silkscreen print measuring 37 × 59 inches, part of a limited edition of 60, hand-signed by the artist and priced at $16,500. The listing includes details about the artist's background, his signature style of flat color planes influenced by advertising aesthetics and Pop art, and his exhibition history at major institutions worldwide.

Hunt Slonem | Me (2022) | For Sale

Hunt Slonem's painting "Me" (2022), a small oil-on-wood work from his signature Bunnies series, is listed for sale at $8,000 through OA Fine Art in Paris and Hong Kong. The piece measures 10 × 8 inches, is hand-signed and dated by the artist, and comes with a certificate of authenticity. Slonem, born in 1951, is known for Neo-Expressionist paintings featuring repeated birds, bunnies, and butterflies, influenced by Andy Warhol's Pop art seriality.