The Ithra Art Prize is one of the most substantial available anywhere in the world, with the winner getting $100,000 to realise a proposal that will join the permanent collection at Ithra, the King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture and [ … ]
No one is saying how much profit it makes, or how much it costs to put on, but by any other economic measure Art Dubai is a massive success for the host city. The 2023 fair generated AED 143 million [ … ]
Sothebys has expanded its uncomfortably-named Metaverse digital artwork and collectibles platform to include a full peer-to-peer marketplace for secondary sales of fine art NFTs. It’s not exactly open – it will feature a rotating selection of web3 artists “curated by [ … ]
For ten years now the blue chip insurance group Hiscox has been publishing a report on the online art trade, tracking it from modest beginnings to an estimated $10.8 billion in sales last year. That was a rise of six [ … ]
NYU Abu Dhabi has announced the winners of the eleventh edition of The Christo and Jeanne-Claude Award. The winning submission, titled Shaheeq, pays tribute to the UAE’s mangroves and encourages an appreciation for the natural solutions they offer in the [ … ]
Dates and an initial slate of participants have been announced for the second Sharjah Architecture Triennial (SAT); it will run from 11 November to 10 March 2024. Curator Tosin Oshinowo has previously unveiled its title and theme – The Beauty [ … ]
Louvre Abu Dhabi will be opening five new exhibitions for its upcoming 2023-2024 cultural season, starting this summer with an edutainment for kids about space in art. That’s followed by an interesting-looking exploration of the Holy Books of the three [ … ]
The annual Art Industry Trends Report from Artsy covers key issues for commercial art galleries today. For the recently published 2023 report Artsy ran an online survey that garnered responses from 886 gallery professionals and dealers in 85 countries (though [ … ]
How much are jobs in the art business worth? Sophie MacPerson Ltd should be able to tell us. As a top name among specialist recruiters in the international art business – offices in London, New York and Los Angeles, 20 [ … ]
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