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Elisa Carollo

Arts Reporter

Elisa Carollo is an art writer, art advisor and curator with a focus on contemporary and ultra-contemporary art. With +8 years in the art business at different levels between secondary and primary market, as well as engaging institutions and Biennales, she covers the latest from the Art World and Art Market for Obsever.

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Auctioneer Oliver Barker conducts Sotheby’s Modern Evening Auction in New York, with a full seated audience and a framed artwork displayed at center stage. The room is lined with modern artworks under focused lighting, and two panels of Sotheby’s phone bank staff are visible on either side of the auctioneer podium. The scene captures the formal, theatrical atmosphere of a marquee sale. Photo by Brendon Cook, BFA.

How Third-Party Guarantees Are Quietly (But Significantly) Rewriting the Rules of the Art Auction

By Elisa Carollo
A hold woman with short white hair in her studio.

Isabella Ducrot’s Practice Remains Rooted in the Quiet Power of Materials

By Elisa Carollo
A red-lit installation with two women lying in a glowing red chamber surrounded by reflective hanging ornaments, viewed through a transparent barrier.

Quynh Pham On Two Decades of Galerie Quynh and Vietnam’s Evolving Art Scene

By Elisa Carollo
A towering spider sculpture by Louise Bourgeois titled Maman stands in a vast field surrounded by rice paddies and low, forested hills in Khao Yai, Thailand, with a solitary figure gazing up at it under a clear blue sky.

The Ethos Powering Bangkok Kunsthalle and Khao Yai Art Forest

By Elisa Carollo
Painting by Theodora Allen titled "The Divide" (2025), showing a cracked icy landscape in deep blue tones with a glowing arc of light stretching across a pale sky.

At Kasmin, Theodora Allen Tests the Symbolic Resilience of Universal Images

By Elisa Carollo
A person walks past three vivid, expressionist paintings of elderly figures in colorful chairs at a bright, modern gallery.

Bonhams Opens a New Boston Space With a Cultural Focus

By Elisa Carollo
Attendees walk along a rocky coastal path in Hydra at golden hour, gathering near the DESTE Slaughterhouse under a large gold sun sculpture overlooking the Aegean Sea.

DESTE’s Summer Convergence Offers the Art World a Rare Pause Between Market Frenzies

By Elisa Carollo
Close-up of alternating blue crystals and red volcanic rocks arranged in a linear path on a white granular surface, emphasizing the material contrast and tactile quality of the installation.

Luana Vitra Elevates Minerals to Spiritual and Political Agents at SculptureCenter

By Elisa Carollo
Two men walk past artworks by Italian artists Michelangelo Pistoletto ("Stracci della Pace") and Lucio Fontana during Miart - the international modern and contemporary art fair presenting the widest offer in Italy - on April 11, 2024 in Milan, Italy.

‘An Important Achievement for the Market’: Dealers Weigh in On Italy’s 5% Art VAT

By Elisa Carollo
D’Lan Davidson stands between two abstract pink and black line paintings at his gallery, arms crossed and facing the camera.

From Boom-and-Bust to Global Rise: Understanding Aboriginal Art’s Market Revival

By Elisa Carollo
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