March 2026 – magpie

magpie Weekly issue 7.24 / 26 Mar 2026

26 March 2026

The quote: Master your instrument, master the music, and then forget all that and just play | Charlie Parker … Update Four weeks into the war, and now comes the rain and the promise of tornadoes … and postponements. Sharjah Art [… more]

magpie Weekly issue 7.23 / 19 Mar 2026

19 March 2026

The quote: “In the dark times / Will there also be singing? / Yes, there will be singing / About the dark times” | Bertolt Brecht, Motto … Art sells We have had a happy couple of days digesting the latest Art Basel and [… more]

The art market inches back to growth

16 March 2026

In 2025, global art sales hit $59.6 billion – and that’s up by 4 percent year-on-year. The modest increase follows two successive years of decline, though the 2025 total is still well short of the post-Covid 2022 peak of $70.4 billion. So says the tenth annual Art Basel [… more]

magpie Weekly issue 7.22 / 12 Mar 2026

12 March 2026

The quote: The good man wins a victory and then stops; he will not go on to acts of violence. Winning, he boasteth not; he will not triumph; he shows no arrogance. He wins because he cannot choose; after his [… more]

magpie Weekly issue 7.21 / 5 Mar 2026

5 March 2026

The quote: Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn’t mean politics won’t take an interest in you | Pericles … What’s going on We’re only five days into a war that Trump has said will last four [… more]