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2 days ago |
news.artnet.com | Sonia Manalili
Have you ever asked yourself: What do artists have to learn from the octopus? Maybe not—but the question is at the heart of the work of Miriam Simun, who currently has an exhibition about her Institute for Transhumanist Cephalopod Evolution at the art space Recess in Brooklyn. And it turns out the answer is mind-expanding. Almost literally.
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6 days ago |
news.artnet.com | Sonia Manalili
Once, landing a representation deal with a major gallery was the dream for many artists. But now, more artists are embracing flexible co-representation arrangements—or even bypassing galleries altogether to work with artist agencies or to manage their own careers. Why, and what does this portend for the art market? Plus, Artnet is set to go private after the investment group Beowolff Capital announced a voluntary takeover offer valuing the company at approximately $73.7 million.
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1 week ago |
news.artnet.com | Sonia Manalili
It’s been a minute, but we’re back with our monthly Round-Up episode of the Art Angle, where we parse and discuss some of the biggest stories going on around the art world. It’s good to be back into this format again after a little break. A lot has been happening lately in the so-called art world—good, bad, and there’s been plenty of in-between. It remains as colorful, contradictory, and chaotic as ever.
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1 week ago |
news.artnet.com | Sonia Manalili
Art Basel is launching a new fair in Doha in February 2026—marking its fifth global edition and a strategic expansion into the Gulf region. The move is backed by Qatar Sports Investments and QC+, a commercial arm of Qatar museums, reinforcing Qatar’s cultural ambitions while placing the country in direct market competition with Dubai and a rising Saudi Arabia. Plus, Sotheby’s sells the most valuable trove of Old Master works ever sold in a single auction.
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2 weeks ago |
news.artnet.com | Sonia Manalili
I like nothing better than finding a name for a phenomenon that’s all around me, but that I don’t have a name for yet. The writer and theorist Nadia Asparouhova has a new book out that offered me exactly this. It’s called Antimemetics: Why Some Ideas Resist Spreading. We tend to think of cultural influence as being tied to popularity and visibility.
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