Manifesta

The Most Important Art Biennials of 2026

As questions of access, locality and relevance grow more urgent, major institutional biennials—from Venice to Gwangju—will have to prove they can engage not just their immediate context but the fractured, shifting world they claim to reflect.

By Elisa Carollo

What Hauser & Wirth’s Palermo Move Reveals About Cultural Branding in Art and Luxury

Brand equity is increasingly dependent on cultural production and narrative-led experiences, with storytelling rooted in shared culture, creativity and the meaning audiences help create.

By Elisa Carollo

Art Basel: Politics as Unusual

Art Basel 2016 hit notes of awareness of the dire events afoot around the globe. But at the end of the day, it's still about the money.

By Tom Christie

Whitney Names Building for Leonard Lauder, Lost Caravaggio Allegedly Found—and More

By Alanna Martinez

Art World Abstracts: Manifesta 11 Gets a Chief Curator, And More!

By Nate Freeman

Kasper König Will Curate Manifesta 10

By Andrew Russeth

Manifesta 2016 Will Take Place in Zürich

By Andrew Russeth

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