ART, AN EMOTIONAL ASSET

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...

Art Basel Qatar: From Speculation to Structure

There is no shortage of cultural ambition in the Gulf. Auction houses are expanding their regional...

The Economy of Aesthetics: Museums, Brands, and the New Grammar of Desire

Imagine an exhibition that looks exactly like a luxury brand flagship store. The walls immaculate white,...