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At Art Basel, dealers reap rewards by sidestepping politics and war

The fair featured a preponderance of safe, apolitical works – which played to the mood of buyers

"Pivoines et Blueuts" (Peonies and Cornflowers) by Vietnamese painter Le Pho. Asian collectors are growing in prominence and driving a robust demand for the region's art.
Lifestyle
LIFE & CULTURE

A pivotal gateway to Asia’s thriving art market

Singapore’s art landscape is poised for continued growth, with heightened visibility of Asian collectors and demographic changes in bidders

Visitors viewing “Listening All Night to the Rain” in the British Pavilion during preview week of the Venice Biennale in April.
Lifestyle
LIFE & CULTURE

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

In Venice, given the city’s more than 150 canals, it is hard to take two steps without a view of water.
Lifestyle
LIFE & CULTURE

Venice and the memory of water

The essential ingredient of life is also a conduit for human connection

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