Why contemporary art is having a fit of nostalgiaArt fairs and gallerists are looking back to the idealism of the 1960s as a remedy for today’s excessesAnselm Kiefer’s mythological marvel lands in New YorkThe gigantic sculpture at Rockefeller Center is loaded with historical, literary and philosophical meaningsOnline sales and art fairs: Tefaf New York gets digitalArtsy is helping art fairs — and galleries — to reach younger buyersKapwani Kiwanga: shades of Mondrian at FriezeThe Artist Award-winner’s installation is a simple screen that is also rich in metaphorFrieze Art Fair goes large in the Big AppleAnd with its plethora of fairs, New York’s art week has something for buyers at every levelSylvio Perlstein Collection at Hauser & Wirth — an extravaganza of weirdnessAt a time when many art collectors chase the same big names, Perlstein’s idiosyncrasies look visionaryMore from this Series1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair: the female gazeA special exhibition brings together six African artists foregrounding women’s perspectives in diverse waysWhat’s next for US art fairs?As Frieze makes plans to expand to LA, we survey the ‘fragmented’ landscape of fairs from coast to coastFrieze New York pays tribute to art dealer HudsonA new section highlights the artists he spotted early and championed passionatelyBlack art: ‘Do-it-yourself, do-it-right-now’Artists are coming together to counter racial stereotypingSofa so good: the $150m Modigliani up for auctionPlus: collector sues Jeff Koons and the Gagosian; Diebenkorn collection comes to Christie’s; galleries share nicely in CologneBrooklyn Museum director on collecting art by womenThe museum has acquired 96 works by contemporary female artists — a living legacy of women’s practice
Why contemporary art is having a fit of nostalgiaArt fairs and gallerists are looking back to the idealism of the 1960s as a remedy for today’s excessesAnselm Kiefer’s mythological marvel lands in New YorkThe gigantic sculpture at Rockefeller Center is loaded with historical, literary and philosophical meaningsOnline sales and art fairs: Tefaf New York gets digitalArtsy is helping art fairs — and galleries — to reach younger buyersKapwani Kiwanga: shades of Mondrian at FriezeThe Artist Award-winner’s installation is a simple screen that is also rich in metaphorFrieze Art Fair goes large in the Big AppleAnd with its plethora of fairs, New York’s art week has something for buyers at every levelSylvio Perlstein Collection at Hauser & Wirth — an extravaganza of weirdnessAt a time when many art collectors chase the same big names, Perlstein’s idiosyncrasies look visionaryMore from this Series1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair: the female gazeA special exhibition brings together six African artists foregrounding women’s perspectives in diverse waysWhat’s next for US art fairs?As Frieze makes plans to expand to LA, we survey the ‘fragmented’ landscape of fairs from coast to coastFrieze New York pays tribute to art dealer HudsonA new section highlights the artists he spotted early and championed passionatelyBlack art: ‘Do-it-yourself, do-it-right-now’Artists are coming together to counter racial stereotypingSofa so good: the $150m Modigliani up for auctionPlus: collector sues Jeff Koons and the Gagosian; Diebenkorn collection comes to Christie’s; galleries share nicely in CologneBrooklyn Museum director on collecting art by womenThe museum has acquired 96 works by contemporary female artists — a living legacy of women’s practice