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art marketGameli HameloPortrait of David Kalonji. Copyright Charlene Comontale. Provided by Avryat. Charlene Komuntale, exterior view of Sit with Me – A Friart, 2023. Provided by Afriart. When Art Basel Miami Beach opens this week, Afriart Gallery Uganda will host a “very special show” in the main gallery area, joining the likes of Gagosian, Pace and Hauser & Wirth. While Afriart will be exhibiting in the fair’s “Rising Stars” and “Places” sections for three consecutive years from 2021 to 2023 (respectively dedicated to galleries showing work created within the past three years and galleries showing solo exhibitions of emerging artists),…

Frieda Toranzo Jaeger, the artist whose work was featured prominently at this year’s Venice Biennale, said her pro-Palestinian views cost her an exhibition in Berlin. and lost $19,000 in stipends. The Gunther Pell Foundation awarded her the stipend earlier this month. As part of the award, Toranzo Jaeger also won an exhibition at the Leopold-Hoesch-Museum, a private museum in Düren, Germany, as well as $10,500 to produce a catalog associated with the exhibition, which is planned for Held in 2026. Shortly after she was named a grant recipient, the foundation and museum canceled the grant and associated exhibition. In a…

The University of Arkansas for the Arts offers tuition-free graduate courses in art education, art history, graphic design and studio art. Applications for the 2025-2026 academic year are now open and the deadline is January 15, 2025. Students admitted to the School of Art’s graduate programs will also receive financial support through graduate assistantships, scholarships, and research and travel grants.The School of Art, located in the Fulbright School of Arts and Sciences, welcomes everyone to register for an upcoming virtual information session on Tuesday, December 17 at 4 pm Central Time. Aspiring graduate students will learn more about the extensive…

Last week, a Swiss auction house made an unprecedented sale of a work of art authenticated solely by artificial intelligence (AI).Zurich’s Germann auction house has partnered with Swiss artificial intelligence authentication company Art Recognition to confirm the provenance of a watercolor by Russian artist Marianne von Werefkin. It sold on Nov. 23 for just under $17,000, nearly double its high estimate of $9,000.Two other works from the same auction were authenticated by art identification agencies, but their provenance was also confirmed by human experts. They were an untitled 1945 painting by Louise Bourgeois and a mixed-media work by Mimmi Paladino,…

As the year 2024 draws to a close, it’s an opportune moment to spotlight artists who have contributed the creative landscape. Among these artists is Adamo Macri, a Montreal-born multidisciplinary artist whose work defies traditional categorization. Born in 1964, Macri’s artistic reach spans photography, sculpture, video, painting, and drawing. His creations begin with tangible objects, weaving them into dynamic narratives that blur the line between reality and imagination. Macri’s foundation in the arts was laid at Dawson College, where he explored graphic design, fine arts, and art history. This diverse training shaped his multifaceted approach, enabling him to move fluidly…

Koyo Kouoh, one of Africa’s most renowned curators, has been selected to organize the 2026 Venice Biennale, the world’s largest recurring art exhibition. She will now become the second African-born curator to organize a biennale and the first after Okwui Enwezor, who History was made while curating the 2015 Biennale. Cuo, who was born in Cameroon and later became a resident of Switzerland, currently serves as executive director and chief curator of the Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art in Africa, a museum in Cape Town, South Africa that ranks among the continent’s grandest institutions by its size. There she participated…

It’s that time of year again—and somehow it seems like it came even quicker than usual. I’m talking, of course, about Art Basel Miami Beach, the art world’s last major selling event of the year. Perhaps that’s because last year there was a full week break between the Thanksgiving holiday in the US and the start of Miami Art Week, as the activations on both sides of the causeway are now called. This year’s ABMB, the 22nd edition (in person at least), comes at an inflection point of sorts for the art market. The year has been consumed by discussion…

art marketVictoria BenzeneVanessa Raw, installation view at Rubell Museum, Miami, 2024. Photography: Chi Lam. Courtesy of the Rubell Museum.Contemporary art collectors Don and Mera Rubell made Miami history when they opened their namesake museum in 1993, several years after moving to the city from New York. While living in Chelsea, they began visiting the studios of local artists such as Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat, purchasing many of the final pieces on modest payment plans. The early work that made him a superstar. Today, the Rubell family’s collection is one of the most impressive of its kind, with more than…

Creo, the London-based organizer of the ten-year-old Photofairs contemporary art event, has canceled the event due to be held in Hong Kong in March 2025 due to logistical issues. The event was first announced in July and is expected to add another commercial element to the city’s art market, despite a recent lull in activity. Focusing on photo and video art, Photofairs was launched in Shanghai in 2014 to tap into an emerging niche market accessible to Asian collectors. In a statement about canceling the Hong Kong premiere, Creo said the decision came after the British company attracted strong interest…

Organizers of the India Art Fair, held annually in New Delhi since 2008, have announced that the first Mumbai Art Fair, originally planned for 2025, has been cancelled. Dubbed the India Contemporary Art Fair, the event will be held from November 13 to 16 at the Jio World Garden in the Bandra Kurla complex in Mumbai, with around 60 Indian and international galleries participating. “India Art Fair’s mission continues to be to prioritize the needs of galleries and artists in the region,” fair director Jaya Asokan said in a statement first published by India Art Fair. The Art Newspaper. “As…