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Image of pink carpeted and wallpapered 'New Humans' exhibition at the New Museum, showing a series of anthropomorphic sculptures.

The New Museum: Back to the Future

The New York institution's director talks about the promise of tomorrow, getting past the ‘stupor’ of the masterpiece and rethinking the art museum

Jeni Fulton

A dense row of approximately forty sculptural crutches, cast in fleshy pinks, muddy browns, and charred blacks with visceral, lumpy textures, hangs against a plain white gallery wall in a rhythmic, unsettling installation.

Do Only Women Get to Suffer in Public?

Across contemporary art, depictions of cancer are strikingly gendered. Why does male suffering still struggle to be seen?

Ella Lewis-Williams

Night view of Belgrade along the river, with illuminated historic buildings and the prominent church tower of Cathedral Church of Saint Michael the Archangel rising above the skyline, its lights reflecting on the calm water below.

Is Belgrade's Art Market an Ornament for Urban Rebranding?

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

Lav Mrenović

President Donald J. Trump poses for a photo with Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House, Thursday, March 19, 2026

After a Landslide Victory, Will Sanae Takaichi’s Election Reshape Japan’s Art World?

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

Wakana Kaitani

Palermo's Palazzo Forcella De Sata, the future home of Hauser and Wirth, a grand palazzo foregrounded by trees.

Can Palermo's Art Market Fulfil its Potential?

As Palermo is once again reshaped by outside forces, can its nascent art market establish a state of self-dependence?

Izabella Anna Moren

Hong Kong, Beyond the Fair

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

Tom Seymour

The Charles Ede booth at TEFAF Maastricht 2026 features two large framed paintings of grand, light-filled architectural interiors displayed on freestanding white walls. Between them, a classical stone sculpture of a draped torso stands on a pedestal, set against a decorative patterned backdrop.

TEFAF Maastricht 2026: A ‘Closed’ Chapter for the European Antiquities Market?

Dealers at TEFAF 2026 report increasing constraints on the antiquities trade following the recent implementation of EU cultural heritage regulations.

Ella Slater

Visitors walk and gather outside the Art Basel exhibition halls in Basel, Switzerland, with sunlight flaring over a modern building facade and a large red-toned art mural covering the exterior wall.

The Global Art Market is Becoming More Local

The art market returned to modest growth in 2025, but new data suggests a massive structural shift may be underway.

Tom Seymour

Booth of SMO Contemporary at Art X Lagos 2025 featuring a large central painting of four robed figures reading illuminated books at a table, flanked by two white sculptures on pedestals—one of a figure holding a balloon and basket of fruit, the other of two figures embracing—with pastel balloons and gallery lighting against white walls.

Liquidity Is Not Permanence: Lagos and the Limits of Market Infrastructure

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 its the durability of its art market.

Sabo Kpade

EU Threatens to Withdraw Funding from Venice Biennale over Russia Pavilion Return

European commissioners and 22 culture ministers have urged organisers to reconsider allowing Russia to reopen its national pavilion at the 2026 exhibition.