Art Mill Museum, Doha, designed by Chilean architect Alejandro Aravena and scheduled to open in 2030. Photo courtesy Qatar Museums Cranes hover above Saadiyat Island as the Guggenheim…
Read more The New Geography of the Art World in the Age of AccelerationExperts’ view on the market performance for the different artist segments over the next 12 months. Source: ArtTactic Art Market Expert Survey – January 2026 As Observer predicted…
Read more The Art Market Enters 2026 With Renewed Confidence and a Sharper K-Shape DivideThe obvious upside of fractionalized art ownership is that it allows investors to gain exposure to high-value artworks that would otherwise be financially out of reach. Observer Labs…
Read more The Benefits and Drawbacks of Fractionalized Art OwnershipThe architect behind landmark cultural projects at the British Museum and the AlUla Contemporary Arts Museum discusses reimagining museums as evolving, participatory spaces. Kimberly Lloyd, Courtesy of LG—A…
Read more Lina Ghotmeh Is Reimagining Cultural Architecture for a Connected WorldDavid Hockney, The Poet, from The Blue Guitar, 1976-77. Courtesy of Adam Baumgold Gallery Auction results are usually the only public data available for reading the art market,…
Read more Four Trends in Art Buying That Dominated 2025The founder of Arts Economics discusses how globalization, new wealth demographics and online sales are reshaping the balance of power in the art world. Paul McCarthy, Courtesy of…
Read more Clare McAndrew On Why the Art Market’s Future Lies Beyond the $10 Million SaleDynamo Phyllis Kao led Sotheby’s The Now and Contemporary Evening Auction, which scored a $178.5 million result with strong participation from Asia. Julian Cassady Photography / Ali After…
Read more Christie’s and Sotheby’s Close 2025 With a Market Rebound Fueled by Luxury and New BuyersOn November 20, Sotheby’s generated a combined total of $304.6 million between the Cindy and Jay Pritzker Collection, Exquisite Corps and Modern Evening sales. Julian Cassady Photography /…
Read more In Its Best Week Since 2021, Sotheby’s Hit $1.173B With a $54.7M Kahlo FinalePhillips’s New York Evening Sale closed at $67.3 million—a 24 percent increase from last November. Photo: Jean Bourbon The auction results of the past few years have confirmed…
Read more A Juvenile Triceratops and Francis Bacon Heat Up Phillips’s $67.3 Million Evening SaleThe collection of Robert F. Weis and Patricia G. Ross Weis has an estimate in excess of $180 million. Christie’s The November marquee sales in New York are…
Read more The Top Collections (and Their Top Lots) Headlining the $1.6 Billion November SalesSalon Art + Design’s 14th edition runs through Monday, November 10, 2025. Miguel McSongwe/BFA.com Beautifully curated and seamlessly uniting art and design, Salon Art + Design 2025 unfolded…
Read more At Salon Art + Design 2025, Innovation, Form and Function Meet Market EnthusiasmThe October evening sales brought the London auction houses their highest totals in years. Courtesy of Sotheby’s Sales aren’t just buoyant at Frieze this week—London’s auction houses also…
Read more London Sees Its Best Evening Auction Results in YearsATHR is a leading contemporary art gallery co-founded by Mohammed Hafiz and Hamza Serafi with locations in Riyadh, Jeddah and AlUla. Courtesy ATHR gallery It took Art Basel…
Read more ATHR Gallery Cofounder Mohammed Hafiz On Saudi Arabia’s Art AwakeningPokémon cards are part of a broader franchise universe that extends the brand’s economic footprint into several different categories of consumption. Photo by Behrouz MEHRI / AFP) (Photo…
Read more What the Art World Can Learn from Pokémon Cards, Labubu and the Nostalgia-Driven EconomyTrue resilience in fine art logistics depends on infrastructure, planning and people working in concert. Jeffrey Greenberg/Universal Images Group via Getty Images Hurricane season is an annual reminder…
Read more The Art of Preparedness: The Frontline of Fine Art Logistics During Hurricane SeasonThe Armory Show 2025 opened with a VIP preview on September 4 and runs through September 7. Casey Kelbaugh/CKA American collectors seem to have taken the back-to-school spirit…
Read more A Brisk Start to the Armory Show Suggests Optimism as the Market Adapts to New RhythmsPeople remove a new artwork by Banksy, depicting a howling wolf painted on a satellite dish that was placed on a shop roof in Peckham, south London. Photo:…
Read more It’s Born to be Wild, But Street Art Doesn’t Always Stay That WayAccording to Aleksandra Artamonovskaja, the digital art we make today has a long lineage dating back to the 1950s. Tezos Foundation As the world becomes increasingly digital and…
Read more Aleksandra Artamonovskaja On Technology’s Role in Art’s EvolutionLast Spring, Kasmin New York staged “Les Lalanne: Zoophites,” featuring works by the acclaimed French designers drawn entirely from the collection of their eldest daughter, Caroline Hamisky Lalanne.…
Read more Record Prices, New Buyers and Global Reach: Design’s Moment Has Arrived