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Constantin Nitsche Wrestles with the Limits of Painting
Constantin Nitsche. Photo: Dorian Beck The artist Constantin Nitsche, who studied painting at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, works in a converted garage studio in Marseille’s 6th arrondissement. His latest exhibition,...
Contemporary Istanbul’s Uneven Roster Saw Foreign Galleries Making the Strongest Case for Turkish Art
Andre Rehder Arte Contemporanea at Contemporary Istanbul. Courtesy Contemporary Istanbul Istanbul’s mythology continues to hold great sway beyond its borders. Starting in November, the city will be celebrated in...
What A.I.’s Most Powerful Leaders Said at Observer’s A.I. Power Index Party
On Wednesday night, 145 A.I. founders, CEOs, investors and executives gathered at Dante Elizabeth Street for Observer’s inaugural A.I. Power Index Party. The evening celebrated the 2026 A.I. Power...
7 Watches That Take Yacht Life Seriously
The Rolex Yacht-Master 42 in RLX Titanium The Rolex Yacht-Master II is arguably the most famous purpose-built yacht watch ever made. Its programmable countdown was designed for the critical...
At Independent 20th Century, the Biggest Draw Is the Rediscoveries
Independent 20th Century runs through 27, 2026, at the iconic Breuer building at 945 Madison Avenue. Photo: Alexa Hoyer, courtesy of Independent Since this fair’s conception, founder Elizabeth Dee...
Rodrigo Sorogoyen’s ‘The Beloved’ Stages a Father-Daughter Reckoning That Doesn’t Quite Cohere
Javier Bardem and Victoria Luengo. Courtesy TIFF More interesting than alluring, Rodrigo Sorogoyen’s Cannes competition title and TIFF Special Presentation El ser querido (or The Beloved) follows a fearsome...
Director Soyoung Yoon Says Critical Theory Still Anchors the Whitney ISP, Just Not the Way It Used To
Soyoung Yoon, director of the Whitney Museum’s Independent Study Program. Photo: Bryan Derballa Earlier this summer, scholar Soyoung Yoon was named the new director of the Whitney Independent Study...
The Herbert Lust Collection Lands at Christie’s, Led by a $30M Giacometti
Herbert Lust at the Pepsico Sculpture Garden in Purchase, NY. Courtesy the Herbert Lust Estate As we approach the November marquee sales, auction houses are beginning to announce the...
The Fed Moved. The Borrowing Math Changed for Businesses.
After months of uncertainty around the Fed’s next move, business owners now have a clearer rate assumption to use when evaluating investments, financing and cash flow. Photo by Andrew...
One Fine Show: “I SPY! Walter Wick’s Hidden Wonders” at Atlanta’s High Museum of Art
Walter Wick, City Blocks, from I SPY Fantasy, 1994. Pigmented inkjet photograph; New Britain Museum of American Art, gift of Walter Wick and Linda Cheverton Wick. © 1994 Walter...
