“Always the same thing. How boring! Pedants definitely!” said Oblomov, yawning. Basel is still the best art fair in the world. You knew that already. It runs as smoothly as Swiss Rail. No air-conditioning problems here! Yet there is a growing sense Art Basel is getting predictable. At first, I thought it was just me, […] >> Read more
The International Awards for Art Criticism Ltd. (IAAC) launches the fifth edition of their Awards this month (IAAC 5) and will announce their new competition rules, awards system and members of its international jury at a press conference to be held at Shanghai Minsheng Art Museum on May 21, 2018. >> Read more
The founding of the Rüdiger Schöttle Gallery in Munich in 1968 marked the beginning of a forum of contemporary art that over the years has presented a great many artists in their first solo exhibitions in Germany, or indeed in their first solo exhibitions at all. The list includes, for example, such artists as Jenny […] >> Read more
There is an added frisson from thinking it's all there for the taking—you just have to want it badly enough and with a confident smile, whip out your Amex Centurian card. >> Read more
It is a mistake to compare LA with New York, Beijing or London, because Los Angeles is what they are not. It is their idiosyncratic counterpoint. >> Read more
Ran Dian Art Basel Hong Kong preview of galleries from Europe—Athens, Berlin, Brussels, London, Milan, Paris, San Gimignano, Salzburg, Torino, Vienna, Zurich >> Read more