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Inflorescência, 2026 Thalita Hamaoui Simões de Assis “Artists on Our Radar” is a monthly series focused on five artists who have our attention. Utilizing our art expertise and Artsy data, we’ve determined which artists made an impact this past month through new gallery representation, exhibitions, auctions, art fairs, or fresh works on A

Autumn is a fine time to be an art lover in Turin. With golden foliage lining the city’s grand boulevards and Piedmontese white truffle season in full swing, the city was looking its best as visitors arrived under clear blue skies for the VIP preview of Artissima 2026 on October 29th. Artissima takes place right in the thick of Europe’s bustling fall art calendar, arriving hot on the heels of Frieze London and Art Basel Paris. But the Turin fair is no newcomer. Founded in 1994, it predates both

Centre Pompidou, MoMA, and M+ have formed a new cultural alliance, the three institutions announced Friday. The museums have agreed to share their collections with one another's audiences, co-organize exhibitions and programs, and deepen their joint curatorial research and conservation work. The museum directors—Christophe Cherix of MoMA, Laurent Le Bon of Centre Pompidou, and Suhanya Raffel of M+—signed a framework agreement at an event at M+ in Hong Kong. Each museum will retain its independen

Clouds whirl across the night sky, only a sliver of moon visible. In these woods, three witches are gathered around a cauldron. An orange cat and a ram cavort beside them, and a ghoulish face emerges from the darkness. But the witches themselves are anything but frightening. No crones with warts and knobby fingers, these ladies are the epitome of elegance, wearing diaphanous gowns and stupendous hats that cascade with long veils. Youthful, with porcelain skin and rosy cheeks, they strike refined

Artist Prince Gyasi and singer Davido have collaborated on a limited-edition Martell cognac bottle. Maison Martell unveiled its Martell Afrobeats collection this week in New York, marking the global launch of the new Martell VS and XO limited-edition bottle designs. The release builds on Martell’s five-year relationship with Davido and introduces Gyasi’s new role as the Maison's creative partner. For the Martell VS label, Gyasi reworked Davido’s portrait in his signature saturated, block-color s

Untitled, 2000 Teruko Yokoi Hollis Taggart Luminous fields of color and loose brushstrokes fill the abstract compositions of Teruko Yokoi. In Untitled (2000), green clouds sit against an ethereal purple background, like trees hovering above a field caught in the light of a sunset. For Yokoi, a landscape could capture memories and fleetin

The Photographers’ Gallery in London and the Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation have named four artists shortlisted for the 2027 Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize: Hoda Afshar, Lotus L. Kang, Sasha Kurmaz, and Salvatore Vitale. Now marking its 30th anniversary, the prize recognizes an exhibition or book that has made a significant contribution to photography in Europe over the past year. It is widely considered one of the most important international awards for contemporary photogra

“Simplicity is complexity resolved,” Romanian artist Constantin Brâncuși once remarked. The sculptor, painter, and photographer brought that ethos of refinement to his art. He is regarded as one of the most influential sculptors of the 20th century and a pioneer of modernism, known for sleek works in plaster, limestone, marble, polished bronze, and carved wood that emphasized elegant purity of form over detail.His Paris studio was on the famed Impasse Ronsin, a dead-end street home to a buzzing

Ursula von Rydingsvard, the artist known for her towering sculptures built from hundreds of hand-distressed cedar beams, died Tuesday, October 27th, at her home in Manhattan. She was 84. Courtney Childress, her studio manager, confirmed the death and said the cause was Alzheimer's disease.Working chiefly with standard four-by-four cedar beams, von Rydingsvard and a team of assistants marked, cut, and distressed the wood with circular saws before stacking it like bricks into enormous structures t

Art Basel Qatar will return to Msheireb Downtown Doha for its second edition, running January 28–30, 2027. Invitation-only preview days will take place on January 26th and 27th. The fair has announced 82 participating galleries from 37 countries and territories, each presenting a solo artist presentation under the curatorial theme “between / بين,” conceived by Iraqi curator Wassan Al-Khudhairi in collaboration with Vincenzo de Bellis, Art Basel's chief artistic officer and global director of fai

The Rembrandt House Museum in Amsterdam is hosting a working tattoo studio on its premises through November 7th. “The Poor Man's Rembrandt Project,” a collaboration with tattoo artist Henk Schiffmacher and his studio Schiffmacher & Veldhoen, returns for a second run following its debut in 2023. From October 26th through November 7th, visitors can book a tattoo based on Rembrandt van Rijn’s etchings and drawings, with prices ranging from €100 to €350 ($110 to $390) and a €50 deposit ($56) require

Art Basel Paris 2026 wrapped up its fifth edition on Friday, October 23rd, two days earlier than planned, as concerns over further protests in the French capital brought an abrupt end to an otherwise buoyant week of art and dealmaking. The fair, which welcomed 211 galleries from 41 countries to the Grand Palais, announced the early closure on Thursday amid fears that demonstrations over the weekend could jeopardize visitor safety. “We deeply regret that we will not be able to welcome visitors th

If we are lucky, we will experience several great loves in a lifetime. For Ibrahim Mahama, art has always been number one. “I always loved art,” he said. “It’s my first love. I would do anything for it.” And when he says “anything,” he means it. His work has seen him envelop entire buildings with swathes of hand-stitched sacks, and build monumental installations out of hollowed-out aircraft, colonial-era bridges, and decommissioned railway carriages. And yet, Mahama told me: “I never thought tha

Claude Monet’s Iris (1924–25) sold for €50 million ($56.2 million) at Sotheby’s Paris on October 22nd, the highest price for any artwork sold at auction in France, according to the house. The painting led “Le Temps Retrouvé: The Schlumberger Collection,” which made €74.4 million ($83.7 million), with every lot sold. According to Sotheby’s, this makes it the most valuable fine art sale it has held in Paris. All prices include fees.Iris carried an estimate of €22 million to €30 million ($24.6 mill

Basketball, 1983 Robert Peak RoGallery Basketball at its best is a form of art. A point guard slithers and swoops through the lane. A center skies for a rebound among a sea of outstretched, sinewy arms. Even the free throw has a utilitarian, stripped-down grace. Some plays even carry the character of an abstract nightmare. The game—frant

Art Basel Paris 2026 will close two days earlier than planned, on Friday, October 23rd, amid concerns over further protests in the French capital this weekend.The decision was communicated to exhibitors on Wednesday afternoon, according to Artnet News, which first reported the closure. In an email to galleries, Art Basel chief artistic officer Vincenzo de Bellis and Art Basel Paris fair director Karim Crippa said the event would close at 7 p.m. on Friday, citing potential demonstrations across P

Paris this week is a city of contrasts. Protests and unrest have given the streets a more unsettled atmosphere, even as the art world descended on the French capital for its annual flurry of fairs, gallery openings, and museum shows. With Art Basel Paris now set to close its doors on Saturday and Sunday, the week’s events have taken an unexpected turn. Still, with art popping up everywhere from the Grand Palais to tucked-away spaces in the Marais, even the most seasoned art lovers have their wor

Dulwich Picture Gallery in London has opened “Hokusai: Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji from the Iuchi Collection.” According to the museum, it is the first time the complete series by Katsushika Hokusai has gone on view in the U.K. The show runs through January 17, 2027.The prints come from the Iuchi Collection, on deposit at the National Museum of Western Art in Tokyo. The show includes all 46 designs: the original 36, plus 10 added after the series proved a hit.Hokusai made the woodblock prints

Gerhard Richter’s Rokokotisch (Rococo Table) (1965) and Georg Baselitz’s Der Hirte (The Shepherd) (1965) both led reported sales during the Art Basel Paris sales during the avant-première and VIP days. Hauser & Wirth reported both sales, with the works selling in the region of $10 million each. Galleries reported brisk activity across the Grand Palais, with historical material by Richter, Baselitz, Lucio Fontana, and Jean Dubuffet trading alongside seven-figure sales for contemporary artists inc

Carlotta Corpron lived her life in the American heartland, far from the bastions of culture in New York or Paris. But in the mid–20th century, she managed to cross paths with some of the most influential names in the avant-garde of the time, bringing the rigor and simplicity of the Bauhaus to small-town Texas. Alfred Stieglitz, whom she met in New York, offered her encouragement for her abstract prints. She worked as László Moholy-Nagy’s assistant for a time, and Hungarian photographer György Ke