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A cluster of new galleries has emerged in the Serbian capital, despite deep-seated structural problems and concerns of an 'urban and political facelift'

The unlikely mandate of a new Prime Minister raises pressing questions about the future of Japan's art ecosystem, both domestically and internationally.

Palermo experienced a surge in tourism in the 2010s on the back of the Sicilian capital’s rehabilitation as a cultural capital. Now, as the city is once again reshaped by outside forces, can its nascent art market establish a state of self-dependence?

Angelle Siyang-Li outlines a route through Hong Kong away from Art Basel, from the best local restaurants to the galleries, neighbourhoods and escapes that shape the city's cultural life
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Despite a growing local commercial scene and a major retrospective of Nigerian Modernism at Tate in London, Nigeria's largest city has yet to prove the durability of its art market.
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Structural factors including tax design, regulatory stability and wealth concentration are reshaping Singapore’s role as a regional art-market hub