Art Basel Miami Beach — December 5, 2025 to December 7, 2025
Taking place December 5–7 at the Miami Beach Convention Center, Art Basel Miami Beach 2025 brings together over 287 galleries from 44 countries, making it one of the most global editions to date. Alongside the Galleries sector, the fair introduces new platforms such as “Zero 10” for digital art and the inaugural Art Basel Awards, signaling a deeper commitment to [...]
Ettore Sottsass in 2025: The Future Still Wears Color
By Elena Chow Nearly two decades after his death, Ettore Sottsass feels more contemporary than ever. In 2025, at an exhibition series called “Trônes” in Paris, the world he imagined—bold, polymorphic, unapologetically emotional—is the one design has finally caught up with. Across design fairs from Milan to Miami, his vocabulary of saturated color, playful geometry, and ritual-like domesticity has re-emerged [...]
A Timeless Playfulness of Colors and Forms
Why is kinetic art still relevant when we find ourselves in a moment when Artificial Intelligence has progressed exponentially? Perhaps we can say that kinetic art is not about the advancement of science and technology, as it is an art that moves among subtle nuances of material object, creativity and soulfulness. It offers an everlasting, everchanging opportunity of perception and [...]
Bruno Catalano, An Artist of the Whole and Its Void
By Mario Fallon A hole, a tear, is often a mistake for a sculpture. In Bruno Catalano’s case, however, it completes the whole. When I first saw one of his “travelers” (Les voyageurs series) on the sidewalk, I had to pause and make sure my eyes were not deceiving me. The sculpture was a realistic depiction of a man walking, [...]
Shanghai Biennale (Shanghai, China — November 8, 2025 to March 31, 2026)
The 15th edition of this influential biennale takes place at the Power Station of Art and explores the theme “Does the Flower Hear the Bee?” — a poetic invocation of inter-communication, ecology and the audience-object relationship. With some 240 artists from 57 countries, the show signals Shanghai’s growing role in global contemporary art and its engagement with environmental, material and social concerns [...]
Artissima (Turin, Italy — October 31 to November 2, 2025)
Founded in 1994, Artissima remains Italy’s premier contemporary art fair. The 2025 edition features curated sections like “Present Future” and “Back to the Future”, placing a focus on cutting-edge galleries and experimental modes of presentation. Nestled within Turin’s cultural district, it draws collectors, curators and art-world insiders who seek new talent and gallery propositions in a European context outside the [...]