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observer.com | Elisa Carollo
Thalita Hamaoui, Nascer da terra, 2025. Courtesy of the artist and Marianne Boesky GalleryThalita Hamaoui’s paintings are at once fantastical, primordial landscapes and holistic visions of nature’s generative force, where everything belongs to the same unified whole. Within her canvases, all elements exist in continuous interrelation, participating in an unending cycle of growth, efflorescence and transformation.
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observer.com | Elisa Carollo
Agnes Denes’s Wheatfield – A Confrontation (1984), restaged in the Messeplatz at the 2024 edition of Art Basel. Art BaselArt Basel announced its fifth edition in Doha, signaling a calculated expansion into the Middle East, just ahead of the final crucible of a busy spring season: the annual pilgrimage to Europe for the fair’s most storied and serious flagship in Basel, Switzerland.
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observer.com | Elisa Carollo
Iguaçu Falls in Foz do Iguaçu is one of the most iconic natural landmarks in South America and a major driver of tourism in the region, drawing over 1.5 million visitors annually.
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Napoleon’s Iconic Bicorne Hat; est. €500,000-800,000. Courtesy Sotheby'sNapoleon Bonaparte remains one of the rare historical figures to have attained truly global celebrity status, thanks in no small part to his histrionic personality, tragic downfall and scandal-laced life. Rising swiftly through the ranks during the French Revolution, propelled by a razor-sharp strategic mind, he became a general at age 24.
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Artnet founder Hans Neuendorf and CEO Jacob Pabst. ArtnetAs the art world adapts to new technologies and shifting dynamics, its center of gravity moves—particularly as corporate entities enter the game. And while the relentless carousel of cultural events slows to a trickle in the summer heat, it’s often precisely then that the biggest market announcements land, lest art world insiders risk even a moment of boredom.
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The central pavilion, which last year hosted “Kapewe Pukeni” by MAHKU (Movimento dos Artistas Huni Kuin). Photo by AVZ. Courtesy of La Biennale di Venezia. The 61st edition of the Venice Biennale will proceed as planned, despite the sudden passing of curator Koyo Kouoh. More importantly, it will still be guided by Kouoh’s vision, Cristiana Costanzo, the Biennale’s lead press officer, announced today (May 27) at a press conference at the historic Sala delle Colonne in Ca’ Giustinian.
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observer.com | Elisa Carollo
An installation view of Guglielmo Castelli’s “Um galo sozinho não tece uma manhã” at Mendes Wood in São Paulo. Courtesy of Mendes Wood DM | Ph. Gui GomesComposing a painting often requires a degree of staging: as in theater, characters enter and exit the scene, moving through a transitional narrative state that stretches across time and space, blending the tangible world with a more interior, psychological realm.
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Gallery Climate Coalition’s leadership team. Photo by Elizabeth NorwoodWhen the pandemic forced the always-on art industry to take a breath, its leaders—particularly on the commercial side—found themselves confronting questions about not just economic sustainability but also ecological sustainability. There was plenty of speculation about the long-term feasibility of virtual modes of operation, as the pandemic forced the sector to experiment with digital models.
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observer.com | Elisa Carollo
The Frick’s Fifth Avenue façade. © Nicholas VeneziaThe Frick Collection has long been one of New York’s most cherished institutions, and the steady lines since its reopening serve as proof of its lasting relevance in the city’s ever-evolving arts landscape. On April 17, the museum welcomed visitors back after a nearly five-year, $220 million renovation that restored its Gilded Age grandeur while updating its infrastructure to meet the expectations of contemporary audiences.
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Candida Alvarez in her studio. Courtesy GRAY Chicago/New York and Monique Meloche Gallery. Photo by Bob. (Robert Chase Heishman + Robert Salazar)Hispanic-American artist Candida Alvarez is getting some long-overdue institutional attention with a major mid-career survey at El Museo del Barrio. Titled “Circle, Point, Hoop,” the exhibition maps five decades of visual inquiry—an evolving practice that has persistently resisted the rigid borders between abstraction and figuration.
