For this year’s Miami Art Week, the New Art Dealers Alliance (NADA) delivered a dazzling spectrum of creativity, presenting works from artists who explored diverse mediums and subjects. From copper woven on canvases to quilted textiles, LED installations, and sediment-textured oil paint, the exhibition offered an eclectic and thought-provoking experience. Among the standout showcases was...
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A Conversation with Gilles Dyan at Art Miami
Art Miami is more than just an art fair; it’s a convergence of creativity, commerce, and cultural exchange. Among the luminaries present during this year’s event, Gilles Dyan, founder and chairman of Opera Gallery, stood out as a figure of enduring influence in the contemporary art world. Hosting an exhibition, Unveiling Masters in the City,...
France Returns Prehistoric Artifacts to Ethiopia in Diplomatic ‘Handover’
A French government official recently said the return of three artifacts to Ethiopia was a diplomatic handover rather than a restitution. On November 30, France‘s foreign minister Jean-Noel Barrot handed over two prehistoric stone axes, bifaces, and a stone cutter to Ethiopia’s tourism minister Selamawit Kassa during a symbolic ceremony at the National Museum of Ethiopia in the...
Koyo Kouoh Named Curator of 2026 Venice Biennale
Koyo Kouoh, one of Africa’s most high-profile curators, has been picked to organize the 2026 edition of the Venice Biennale’s, the world’s biggest recurring art exhibition. She will now become the second African-born curator ever to organize the Biennale, and the first to do so since Okwui Enwezor, who made history when he curated the...
After a Major Restoration, Notre Dame Cathedral is Reopening. Here’s What to Expect.
Five years after Paris watched Notre Dame Cathedral burn, the 861-year-old structure has been restored. It is slated to reopen its doors to the public on Sunday, December 8, with two Catholic masses will commemorating the event. Following the April 2019 blaze, €846 million ($891 million) was raised in donations from 340,000 donors across 150 countries, with...
Editors’ Picks: Seven Unmissable Projects at Art Basel Miami Beach
Members of the Art Basel editorial team share their personal highlights Michael Rosenfeld Gallery (New York) Kabinett and Galleries (C2) What is American art? When walking the aisles of Art Basel Miami Beach, despite the plethora of extraordinary works on view, you’ll be hard-pressed to find a conclusive answer. And yet, at Michael Rosenfeld’s booth, it might...
The Los Angeles Native Bringing a Distinctive Look to Art Basel’s New Uniforms
In collaboration with GOAT, Diana Yesenia Alvarado brings symbols of resilience and curiosity to her design, capturing the spirit of East LA Diana Yesenia Alvarado, a Los Angeles-based artist making a name for herself with rough-hewn, large-scale ceramic sculptures, brings the textures and colors of East LA into her work. She draws from hand-painted murals,...
Basel Says: Your Essential Guide to Art Basel Miami Beach 2024
Exclusive tours, bespoke products, how to get around: the show at your fingertips Art Basel Miami Beach 2024 is around the corner. Brimming with exceptional art and events, the show opens to the public on Friday, December 6 – unless you would like to attend the exclusive vernissage on the afternoon of Thursday, December 5 (get...
The Opera and The Magic Flute
The Florida Grand Opera’s staging of The Magic Flute is a truly astonishing update on the classic Mozart opera. The FGO and director Jeffery Marc Buchman have gone beyond the usual expectations for this lavish fantasy of an opera, and have rooted it in reality by framing with dream sequences of an actual, contemporary child....