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art scenes

A group of visitors stands and talks in front of abstract and geometric artworks displayed across a white gallery wall.

Houston’s Insiders Say the City’s Cultural Scene Remains One of the Art World’s Best-Kept Secrets

"Houston is a city of transplants, and I think that constant influx makes the cultural fabric richer," dealer Laura Burton told Observer.
By Elisa Carollo
A woman with shoulder-length dark hair poses in a beige suit against a pale wall.

A Decade In, London’s Somerset House Studios Is Still Refining Its Model of Artist Support

Director Marie McPartlin says the residency program was designed to give artists what many institutions won't: years to work, a built-in culture of peer mentorship and permission to fail along the way.
By Simon Coates
Performer in black underwear sings and points toward a tightly packed outdoor concert crowd as event staff stand between the stage and audience.

Toronto’s Fall Cultural Calendar Foregrounds Ruin, Rebirth and Rupture

Fall programming across the city spans not only TIFF and a biennial but also Melissa Auf der Maur's unfiltered '90s tour photography, a scaled-down survey of Impressionist masterworks and a sound installation built from 600 brass bells.
By Adam Robb
A pink car with anime characters

Sales at Tokyo Gendai Reflect an Evolving Market Surprisingly Resistant to Trend-Chasing

By Elisa Carollo
A portrait of Gayane Umerova standing with her arms crossed against warm-toned brick walls, wearing a cream blouse and beige trousers.

How Gayane Umerova Is Shepherding Uzbekistan’s Cultural Transformation

By Elisa Carollo
A Sotheby’s auctioneer in a black suit stands in front of a crowded room with Gustav Klimt’s portrait of a woman hanging beside a bidding screen showing Antonio Obá’s Alvorada—Musica Incidental Black Bird.

Why the New York Art World Runs on the European Cultural Calendar

By John Scott Lewinski
Visitors listen during a gallery talk, with a woman in a brown hat at center and artworks visible on the walls behind them.

Taiwan’s Gallerists Are Rerouting Their Ambitions Away From the Mainland

By Hok-hang Cheung
KiafFrieze Seoul 2025

As South Korea’s Creative Industries Converge, Fine Art Is Riding the Wave

By John Scott Lewinski
A dark blue gallery installation features multiple video screens and colorful “The Korean Wave” signage, with a life-size figure of a performer posed inside an illuminated display case.

The Chaebol Fortunes That Built South Korea’s Art World

By Elisa Carollo
A long, dark metal reclining figure sculpture stretches across a grassy hillside with mountain peaks and scattered clouds in the distance.

Tiny But Mighty, Aspen Has Become the Art World’s Most Exclusive Summer Retreat

By Elisa Carollo
A colorful mural in Denver

From the Old West to the Alien: Where to See the Best Art in Denver

By Nick Hilden
A dark gallery installation combines illuminated translucent panels, sculptural tables, a spiky circular wall piece and a large white suspended structure marked with small red circles.

The Long View: What Qatar Can Teach Us About Investing in Culture

By Amir Berbic
A group of people share a long outdoor meal beside a rustic stone building, seated beneath trees as warm evening sunlight filters through the garden.

What the Art World Can Learn From Luxury’s Return to Intimacy and Cultural Depth

By Elisa Carollo
A bright white gallery contains a suspended installation of two large humanoid sculptures made from brown, wood-like components, connected by looping corrugated tubes, floating spheres and concentric rings.

Fueled by Private Wealth, China’s Next Art Capital Thrives Off-Grid

By Xintian Wang
A sunlit waterfront town with tightly packed pastel buildings, terracotta roofs, a red-and-yellow church tower and a round stone fort sits beneath dramatic clouds beside blue water.

In Saint-Tropez, a Gallery Scene Has Grown Up Alongside the Glamour

By Henry Roberts
A brightly lit white gallery presents a figurative painting of a nude beside plants on the left, a grid of colorful abstract works in the center and a large dark abstract painting on the right.

Six Must-Visit Art Galleries in the Hamptons

By Mary Gregory
An installation view shows a red-lit gallery with glowing sculptural lamps displayed on pedestals and hanging from the ceiling.

The Gallery Shows Not to Miss in Zurich

By Nicolas Vamvouklis
An installation view shows translucent purple plastic sheets hanging in the foreground, framing a small colorful painting on a brick wall in the distance.

Middle Node and What It Takes to Build an Art Scene Outside New York and L.A.

By Dani Lamorte
A man stands in front of a painting of a woman's face

London Art Dealers Take the City’s Temperature

By Elisa Carollo
A visitor crouches to photograph brightly colored seated sculptures in an installation with red walls and a yellow floor.

London Gallery Weekend Charts the Evolving Coordinates of the British Art Scene

By Elisa Carollo
Small statue busts are displayed on neon yellow plinths in a gallery space with white walls and a dark floor

An Art-Lover’s Guide to Tunis’ Ground-Up Contemporary Scene

By Naima Morelli
A gallery booth presents three large-scale contemporary works, including a gold wall sculpture, a red twisting sculpture at center and an abstract painting with blurred red and black forms.

How Sweden Built One of Europe’s Most Stable Art Markets

By Naima Morelli

72 Hours of Art in Salt Lake City: Museum Hopping, Spiral Jetty and Sculpture on the Slopes

By Christa Terry
A stylized portrait shows a woman with a pale face covered in intricate tattoo-like symbols, black liquid dripping from her mouth, surrounded by floating flowers and seed pods.

In Santa Fe, a Vibrant Contemporary Scene Has Been Taking Shape for Decades

By Michael Venutolo-Mantovani
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