ART, AN EMOTIONAL ASSET

The ear is the eye of the soul

We can close our eyes to the world. Our ears remain open. Summer brought the rest we had hoped for,...

This Is Not an art fair. On Churches, Art, and the Search for Community

Prologue Some summers are made for lounging by the sea. Others are for developing an intimate...

Could heaven ever be like this? A field report from Zurich to Basel

The Swiss art calendar has long served as the final bastion before the summer season begins: a sequence...

Vol. 284 | Art Basel 2026: Highlights, Standout Artists & Market Signals

Marie-Kathrin Krimphoff & Carolyn Stocker-Seiler

Live from Art Basel 2026, Marie-Kathrin Krimphoff and Carolyn Stocker-Seiler debrief from the fair floor,...

The season in full

Within the span of a few weeks, the art world moved from Berlin to Venice before arriving in New York,...

O tempora, o mores!

The 61st Venice Biennale did not begin with art, but with weather. Lightning and thunder over the...

Vol. 283 Venice Biennale 2026: O Tempora, O Mores!

Marie-Kathrin Krimphoff & Carolyn Stocker-Seiler

This week, Marie Krimphoff and Carolyn Stocker-Seiler (Bergos Art Consult) report from the Venice Biennale...

From Panorama to Resonance: Notes on the 61st Biennale

In Minor Keys does not arrive with a thesis or a statement: it tunes in. A frequency, or more...

From Confidence to Consequence

There are moments when the art world's various registers — institutional, commercial, curatorial,...

From Surface to Structure: The Return of Material Thinking

Last month, we examined how geopolitical positioning shapes market infrastructure through the lens of...