Early Sales at Art Basel Paris See Buyers Favoring Substance Over Speculation Preliminary reports suggest that the art market is regaining traction at every level, but with a sharper focus. By Elisa Carollo
ATHR Gallery Cofounder Mohammed Hafiz On Saudi Arabia’s Art Awakening While the U.A.E.’s art ecosystem—which includes Dubai’s gallery network and institutional hubs like Sharjah—has been widely reported on, far less has been written about the expanding art scene in neighboring Saudi Arabia. By Elisa Carollo
In Sharjah, Five Curators and Two-Hundred Artists Confront Global Issues Through a Regional Lens Throughout the Sharjah Biennial, works are described using politicized language that highlights the vast social and environmental ideas tackled. By Sarah Moroz
Two Collections, Two Canons: What Andrew and Paul Mellon Built, One Generation Apart By Megan Fox Kelly