Art and Society
Whimsy meets luxury: Louis Vuitton x Takashi Murakami Artycapucines VII bags debut
The Japanese artist transforms 11 Capucines bags into playful, sculptural works unveiled at Art Basel Paris 2025
ChariTrees aims to raise S$1 million for its beneficiaries, which include BT BAF
More than 70 Christmas trees are on display along the Marina Bay waterfront until Dec 26
BT Budding Artists Fund celebrates 20th anniversary with ‘Here I Am’
Performance brings together past and present beneficiaries of the fund
Banana taped to a wall sells for US$6.2 million in New York
“I will personally eat the banana as part of this unique artistic experience, honouring its place in both art history and popular culture,” says the buyer
Paris is rising as an art market hub, with some way left to go
Sotheby’s opened a new salesroom and international collectors are arriving for the inaugural Art Basel Paris fair. But visiting is one thing; buying is another
London's Frieze art fair goes potty for ceramics
Some 60,000 gallery owners, collectors, influencers and visitors are expected in the British capital until Sunday for the annual event
New London sculpture pays tribute to trans community
It comprises plaster casts of the faces of 726 trans, non-binary, and gender non-conforming people
The absurd helps us ‘see more’, says Austrian artist Wurm
Retrospective of his work is a reflection on social norms, consumerist society and the diktats of appearance and identity
A Finnish artist and the apartment and paintings she left behind
When Iria Leino, a Finnish-born painter, died at 89, the rent on her 4,000-square-foot loft in a former knitting factory in South of Houston Street (SoHo) was US$650 a month.
Can art save the world? Or is that too much to ask?
At the Art for Tomorrow conference in Venice, participants debated topics like art’s role in a just world and the good and dangerous effects of AI
