Elaborate floral decorations, flutes of white wine, and freshly shucked oysters made for a typical scene at The European Fine Art Foundation (TEFAF)’s Maastricht fair, which got the first of its two VIP preview days underway yesterday, March 13th. Now in its 38th edition, TEFAF Maastricht 2025 sits among the senior citizens of the art fair world and has a formidable reputation in the industry. The fair’s claim to represent “7,000 years of art history” is not just a tagline, but a serious declaration of intent that it achieves with remarkable consistency: Everything from Old Masters through to ..read more

The Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art in Helsinki has selected Sweden-based sculptor Klara Kristalova, Finnish sculptor Benjamin Orlow, and Norwegian artist Tori Wrånes to represent the Nordic countries at the Venice Biennale 2026. The selection was made in collaboration with Moderna Museet in Stockholm and the Office for Contemporary Art in Oslo. Designed by Norwegian architect Sverre Fehn and completed in 1962, the Nordic pavilion has functioned since then as a collaborative art exhibition space for Finland, Sweden, and Norway, with each country rotating as the principal commissioner. For t ..read more

In the middle of the desert in the Emirate of Sharjah, a few dozen wooden desk chairs have appeared, with the limbs of trees growing out of their arms and backs. Under the U.A.E.’s glaring sun, the mutant furniture sits in a “ghost village” where buildings have been flooded by steep mounds of sand. This work, a sculptural installation by the artist Hugh Hayden, is intended as a statement on American school education, and, in particular, its neglect of uncomfortable historical truths. However, here in Sharjah’s empty-seeming desert, its suggestion of growth in overlooked environments also evok ..read more

Jean-Michel Basquiat’s Sabado por la Noche (Saturday Night) (1984) will headline Christie’s upcoming 20th/21st century evening sale in Hong Kong. Scheduled for March 28th, the sale will coincide with Art Basel Hong Kong for the first time. The frenetic painting, filled with hot pinks and blood reds, is estimated at HK$95 million–HK$125 million (US$13 million–US$16 million). This period of Basquiat’s career was defined by his collaboration with Andy Warhol, during which he produced more than 150 paintings. Sabado por la Noche (Saturday Night) was created the same year as Basquiat’s first solo ..read more

In the early 1940s, striking murals began to appear on the walls of modest fisherman homes along the beach in Fortaleza, Brazil. These images of mythical creatures, rendered in charcoal and chalk, spawned from the imagination of then-unknown Brazilian Indigenous artist Chico da Silva. These pictures, portraying sharp-beaked birds and colossal fish, were how Chico taught himself to draw. In 1943, Swiss art critic Jean-Pierre Chabloz first stumbled upon Chico’s work, and was so struck by its originality that he became Chico’s patron and champion. This support catapulted Chico to international f ..read more

Fashion designer Rejina Pyo will launch a fashion collection inspired by Edvard Munch in partnership with the Munch Museum in Oslo. The collection will debut in London to coincide with the opening of the “Edvard Munch Portraits” exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery on March 13th. Featuring a collection of silk shawls, bespoke jewelry, and a hand-crafted, patinated steel mirror, the collection will be available at the National Portrait Gallery, Pyo’s Soho store, and the Munch Museum. Pyo found inspiration after studying the artist’s archive at the Munch Museum and the artist’s studio in ..read more

HANDS, FIGURES AND MIRACLE ACT I, 2025 Joël Andrianomearisoa Almine Rech “I have two studios, and the two geographies are very important,” said Joël Andrianomearisoa. One is located in Antananarivo, Madagascar—where the artist grew up—and the other is in Paris. Andrianomearisoa is a big believer in artistic versatility, having made his mark everywhere from international exhibitions with fashion brand Dior, to collaborations with high-end scent brand Diptyque, to showing his work at Madagascar’s first-ever national pavilion at the Venice Biennale in 2019. Now, in a new forthcoming show—his fir ..read more

Girlish longing and luxurious surfaces are integral to Sofia Coppola’s films. Their plots are secondary to their atmospheres, which are often decadent and swathed in nostalgia. Marie Antoinette (2006) is best remembered for its ornate, confectionary costuming and scenes of Kirsten Dunst, as the titular queen, bathing and eating cakes. Even The Virigin Suicides (1999), a story of suburban malaise in Michigan, presents its heroines, the five adolescent Lisbon sisters, with an otherworldly, golden glow. Coppola’s characters don’t usually fare well. Schoolboys worship the Lisbons, to tragic effec ..read more

Meow Wolf, the art and entertainment company known for its psychedelic immersive installations, will open its seventh permanent exhibition space at Pier 17 in New York’s historic Seaport. The venture was revealed at the South by Southwest conference in Austin, where Meow Wolf’s mascot, Plotzo the rat king, interrupted the “Dada for Dada: The Power of Absurdity” panel to deliver the news. “The energy of New York City is unlike anywhere else, and it’s the perfect place for Meow Wolf, ” said Jose Tolosa, CEO of Meow Wolf. “This city has given the world so much groundbreaking art and culture, and ..read more

The Corita Art Center (CAC), dedicated to artist and educator Corita Kent, officially opened its doors on March 8th in downtown Los Angeles. This new cultural space will house the artist’s archive while also functioning as an education facility and community space. Often referred to as the “Pop art nun,” Kent—also known as Sister Mary Corita—taught herself to make prints during her time as a nun in the Immaculate Heart of Mary religious order in Los Angeles. These prints initially focused on religious subjects and took inspiration from medieval prints. By the 1960s, as Pop art gained populari ..read more