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Contemporary Art

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An auctioneer at a Phillips sale stands at the podium taking bids while a packed audience watches and photographs a large screen displaying a triceratops-style dinosaur skeleton labeled Lot 6.

A Juvenile Triceratops and Francis Bacon Heat Up Phillips’s $67.3 Million Evening Sale

"More than ever, we’re seeing a desire for works that spark curiosity and transcend traditional categories," Miety Heiden, Phillips' chairman for private sales, said. "People are looking for objects that bring wonder and dialogue into a collection."
By Elisa Carollo
Painting by Tom Friedman depicting discarded art materials

Beautiful Trash: Sustainability as Condition, Not Cure, in Contemporary Art

Jennifer Findley, an art advisor, curator and founder of the JFiN Collective, explores how artists and institutions are rethinking sustainability as a material condition of contemporary practice. Findley examines how figures like Max Hooper Schneider and Tom Friedman are redefining what it means to create, collect and conserve in an age of excess. The art world’s path forward, she argues, lies not in restoration, but in reconfiguration.
By Jennifer Findley
A man in a dark suit and tie stands with his arms crossed, smiling while addressing a small group of people inside an art gallery.

At Muzeum Sztuki, Daniel Muzyczuk Unites Civic Mission and Avant-Garde Vision

His appointment as director marks a new chapter for one of the world’s oldest museums of modern art.
By Dan Duray
Visitors walk through a large illuminated fair installation with red neon text reading “I CONTAIN MULTITUDES” and “WE RISE BY LIFTING OTHERS,” surrounded by ornate archways and suspended sculptures, inside the Unlimited section at Art Basel.

How Value Shifts and Circulates in Today’s Fragmented Art World

By Elisa Carollo

Artificial Intelligence as Co-Creator: Rethinking Art and Authorship

By Dr. Alfredo Cramerotti and Auronda Scalera
Image of an auctioneer on the rostrum

Art Market Insights: 2024 Saw More Transactions But Fewer Record-Setting Sales

By Elisa Carollo
Painting of a nude oman with a man in her belly and talking with a bird

What to Expect from This Year’s Independent 20th Century Fair

By Elisa Carollo
Picasso cubist bright colors painting

From Modern to Old Masters: Sotheby’s Hot Summer Season in London

By Elisa Carollo
A man writes the word 'Muslim' repeatedly on a piece of glass using black marker

The Women Shaping Contemporary Art in the Gulf

By Farah Abdessamad
Man with grey beard and glasses standing in art gallery

Miami’s Art Scene Heats Up With a New Space from Collector John Marquez

By Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly

‘Fucked For Life’ Proves Fame Alone Can’t Generate Impressive Art

By Ashley Bardhan
Painting of two lovers in a grassy field

On View: Six Art Shows to See in London This Summer

By Farah Abdessamad
A white gallery room with colorful paintings.

On View Now: Four Art Shows in Chelsea to See Off-Frieze

By Farah Abdessamad

Walking Frieze New York with the New Museum’s Isolde Brielmaier

By Max McCormack
A textile scupture of an outer vulva.

On View Now: What to See at Frieze New York 2023

By Farah Abdessamad
A man stands in front of a painting of a man throwing flowers.

The World’s Largest Banksy Collection Is Headed for London—for Better or for Worse

By Christa Terry
Rough hewn figures made of sand or stone stand in a gallery space.

The Rise of the Contemporary Artist-Historian

By Farah Abdessamad
A colorful abstract painting

On View Now: Alexandre Diop, Misha Japanwala, Van Gogh and More

By Steph Eckardt
A woman in a green dress stands at a dais leading an auction with a large electronic display behind her.

Women Shattered Artist Records at Christie’s $98 Million 21st Century Evening Sale

By Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly
White middle-aged woman with curly red hair smiles

Nan Goldin to Debut With Gagosian at Frieze New York 2023

By Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly
An Asian woman wearing a bright red bob wig sits in front of a table and wall covered in colorful squares filled with equally colorful dots.

Yayoi Kusama Returns to David Zwirner with ‘I Spend Each Day Embracing Flowers’

By Farah Abdessamad
Woman with short red hair and glasses standing in gallery room.

Postmasters’ Magda Sawon On the Challenges of Running a Nomadic Art Gallery

By Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly
A painting of a wide, nude white woman seen from behind looking into a bathroom mirror between a toilet and tub

On View Now: Ellsworth Kelly, Avery Singer, Cecily Brown and More

By Steph Eckardt

Dry Days, Tropical Nights: Agostino Iacurci’s Extreme (and Temporary) Future

By Cat Woods
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