🔊 Listen to this article Share this article HOW CHRISTIE’S STAGED BRANCUSI LIKE A HOLLYWOOD FILM When Constantin Brancusi’s Danaide crossed the $107 million at Christie’s in May 2026, the sale became more than a market evet. It revelated how the contemporary auction house now operates through cinematic storytelling, celebrity aura, and mythology. Nicole Kidman’s presence in …
🔊 Listen to this article Share this article: A STRANGE BALANCE OF THE 2025 ART MARKET; MORE ART LESS MONEY! The latest Art Basel& UBS Global Art Market Report 2026, written by economist Clare McAndrew, describes a year in which art market did something unusual; it shrank in value but expanded in activity. This paradox was the …
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🔊 Listen to this article Share this article: In the past months, Louvre Museum has not been in the headlines for an exhibition, but for a chain of unsetting events. A spectacular heist in the Galerie d’Apollon -involving jewels once associated with Empress Eugenie shock the public. Then came revelations of long-running ticket fraud. Shortly …
🔊 Listen to this article Share this article Time and image have always shared a secret affinity. At the beginning of 2026, Geneva became the capital of haute horlogerie and an increasingly significant art hub. These threads came together in a way that feels less like marketing and more like cultural symbiosis, through Piaget’s ongoing …
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Post-pandemic shifts, local powerhouses, and the rise of the local art fairs as a global art-fair beacon. Nazli Kok Akbas, Art Editor, Geneva-Switzerland 🔊 Listen to this article Share this article: The art fair has survived the pandemic, but it was not emerged unchanged. Once dominated by a relentless calendar of mega-fairs, the post-pandemic art …
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🔊 Listen to this article Share this article: WHERE THE EARTH BECAMES IMAGE Nazli Kok Akbas, Art Editor, Geneva-Switzerland Julien Peltier’s artistic journey begins long before the studio, in a landscape shaped by family, memory, and a quiet attention to the natural world. Born and raised in France, he grew up in very close connection …
🔊 Listen to this article Share this article: Nazli Kok Akbas, Art Editor, GENEVA- SWITZERLAND Between intellectual precision and quiet intuition, Karin Handlbauer has shaped a singular voice within the Geneva’s contemporary art scene. Originally trained as an art historian in Austria, she founded Mezzanin Gallery in Vienna before relocating to Geneva, where she continues to …
MAURIZIO CATTELAN’S “AMERICA” THE GOLDEN TOILET THAT FLASHED THE ART WORLD Nazli Kok Akbas, Art Editor, Geneva, Switzerland In 2016, Italian conceptual artist Maurizio Cattelan revealed one of his most audacious creations: America, a fully functional 18-karat gold toilet weighing roughly 101 kilograms. The work quickly became a viral phenomenon, sparking discussions, a high-profile heist, and …
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THE NEW ERA FOR THE ART MARKET THE STORY BEHIND KLIMT’S “PORTRAIT OF ELISABETH LEDERER” Its value is beyond numbers THE BREATHTAKING JOURNEY FROM VIENNA TO A RECORD-BREAKING NIGHT IN NEWYORK Nazli Kok Akbas, Art Editor, Geneva, Switzerland Gustav Klimt’s Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer marks a new pinnacle in the modern art market. Surpassing expectations, it confirmed …
ART MARKET OH LA LA! THE LALANNES Why are the collectors willing to pay any price? Nazli Kok Akbas ART EDITOR, Geneva-Switzerland Francois-Xaivier and Claude Lalanne,Photo Bruno Barbey, Credit Magnum photos.Courtesy of Sotheby’s Ostriches are among the most distinctive and unusual birds on the planet. They are striking examples of the diversity and strangeness of …
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