ART
Julie Brener Davich
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November 16, 2025
I Knew It Was You, Wifredo
Wifredo Lam was born to a Chinese father and an Afro-Cuban mother, came of age with Picasso in late 1930s Europe, and preferred painting on paper to canvas. Now, with a new MoMA retrospective, as well as nearly 20 works up for auction next week, the hard-to-categorize painter is finding global recognition.
Marion Maneker
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November 14, 2025
Philly Dreamworld
Three new surrealism shows in Philadelphia—an unsung art center—arrive at a moment when the genre has become a dominant theme in the art world.
Condition Report: Jeff Koons on Jeff Koons
The 70-year-old iconoclast is back with his longtime gallery and still elevating objects to thrilling, shiny new heights. Here, he expounds on the power of porcelain, the philosophy of reflection, and (almost) compares himself to Leonardo.
Marion Maneker
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November 11, 2025
November Rain
On the eve of the November sales, a new optimism has returned to the art market: Overall volume is up, estimates are set to be beaten, and great works are being offered at good prices. Next week’s New York sales results could confirm the new momentum. Or not.
Julie Brener Davich
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November 9, 2025
Okada’s $50 Million Debt Servicing Plan
Japan’s so-called “Pachinko king,” staring down tens of millions of dollars in legal obligations, is bringing one of the greatest collections of Asian art to auction.
Marion Maneker
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November 7, 2025
An Art Flâneur’s Guide to New York
A meandering preview of Manhattan’s most pressing gallery shows, from the Studio Museum in Harlem’s Tom Lloyd retrospective to Gagosian’s arresting Richard Prince exhibition, in anticipation of the New York sales season.
Don’t Call It a Comeback…
The numbers from October’s European auctions are in, and they are defying the tired narrative of a moribund art market. In fact, according to the data, the market is strong and getting stronger.
Marion Maneker
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November 4, 2025
The Art Reality Distortion Field
The gulf between how the art world operates and how the art press says it operates has never been wider. While journalists cry wolf and fixate on the treatment of artworks as mere financial assets, they are likely missing the point, and the opportunity. As it turns out, it may be a great time to buy.
Julie Brener Davich
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November 2, 2025
The Magna Cartier
The Cartier Collection, formed over the past five decades in part via headline-grabbing purchases at auction, is about marketing as much as heritage—as was the blockbuster V&A exhibition of some of its best-pedigreed jewels.
Marion Maneker
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October 31, 2025
Night at the Museum
With its striking new David Adjaye–designed museum, Princeton is signaling that art and the humanities still matter—not just as a subject of study, but as a core part of campus life, community, and institutional identity. Plus, it should help in the escalating battle to attract new students and cultivate alumni gifts…
Party Down
At Puck’s Art of Influence event in September, collector Glenn Fuhrman interviewed Swiss artist Nicolas Party about the challenges and opportunities of being a successful international artist—from pricing and the politics of the studio visit to the freedom of creating work that isn’t for sale.
Marion Maneker
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October 28, 2025
The House That Ruth Built
A sweeping MoMA retrospective shows the full scope and ambition of Ruth Asawa, a titanic talent who studied with luminaries like Buckminster Fuller and Josef Albers, yet wasn’t fully discovered until her death in 2013. As the art world approaches her centennial, the appreciation is still growing.
Julie Brener Davich
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October 26, 2025
There’s Something About Marie
A new V&A exhibit is likely to fuel the high demand for Marie Antoinette–associated artworks and objects. “I can’t think of a more important and valuable provenance,” as one person put it.
Marion Maneker
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October 24, 2025
The Art Basel Paris Vibe Shift
The global fair’s Paris edition is now Europe’s undisputed apex art event. But is Paris more of an attraction to buyers, or a distraction from the real deal heat? Depends whom you ask.
Martin Wilson’s Third Way
The newish C.E.O. of Phillips opens up about his innovative new fee structure, competing for the biggest estates, and how his house is distinguishing itself as the smallest of the Big Three.
Marion Maneker
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October 21, 2025
School of Richter
The Louvre smash-and-grab is the talk of Paris, but let’s focus on the museums that didn’t get robbed—including a major retrospective of Gerhard Richter, and shows that should help Philip Guston and George Condo cement their places in art history.
Julie Brener Davich
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October 19, 2025
London by Design
At the Pavilion of Art and Design fair in London, the thrum of activity surrounding art deco, as well as contemporary artist-designers working in natural materials, evidenced the health of a market fueled by global collectors—and their decorators—who were eager to buy.