March 11, 2026
Your morning brew of art world media
Welcome to Art Spell, a daily, comprehensive roundup of art news and reviews for the visual arts community. Today’s Editor’s Pick is Is most art now just too expensive for most people? by Scott Reyburn for The Art Newspaper. As the art world’s focus remains on blue-chip buyers, the potential “new generation” of collectors are getting priced out.
Art Asia Pacific
Minnie Chan, Nocturnal Worlds: Keita Morimoto’s Uncanny Cities
Minnie Chan, Indonesia Returns to Venice Biennale for 2026 Edition
The Art Newspaper
Sophia Kishkovsky, EU threatens to pull funding from Venice Biennale after return of Russian pavilion
James Imam, Caravaggio portrait of influential patron—and future Pope Urban VIII—purchased by Italy for €30m
Luca Zuccala, Obituary | Umberto Allemandi, visionary publisher who founded ‘Il Giornale dell’Arte’, has died aged 88
EDITOR’S PICK - Scott Reyburn, Is most art now just too expensive for most people?: As billionaires chase blue-chip trophies, a widening wealth gap leaves most would-be collectors priced out. Perhaps it is time artists focused on selling affordable prints again
Carlie Porterfield, The rise of the destination art fair
Hadani Ditmars, Missile strike hits boundary of archaeological site in Tyre, Lebanon as minister calls for Unesco intervention
Gabriella Angeleti, São Paulo pop-up exhibition spotlights spherical home by architect Eduardo Longo
Artforum
Hanlu Zhang, Roman Khimei & Yarema Malashchuk, Roman Khimei and Yarema Malashchuk on image-making in wartime
Nolan Kelly, CARNAL KNOWLEDGE
From the Editors, Laura Phipps Named Director of Gochman Family Collection
From the Editors, “Jeffrey Epstein Walk of Shame” Appears in Washington, DC Public Park
From the Editors, Curators Announced for 16th Baltic Triennial
From the Editors, Emerson Bowyer Appointed Chief Curator of Kimbell Art Museum
Artnet
Richard Whiddington, Long-Hidden Caravaggio Portrait Acquired by Italy for $35 Million
Harry Tafoya, The Art World’s Oscar Picks, Whitney Biennial Star Pat Oleszko Tells All—and More Juicy Art World Gossip
Jo Lawson-Tancred, Alma Allen Joins Perrotin After Split With Previous Galleries
Kate Brown, Beeple’s Robot Dog Pack Heads to the Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin
Vittoria Benzine, Robert Frank and June Leaf’s New York Studio Hits the Market
Sarah Cascone, Gerhard Richter Backs Admission Fee at TikTok-Famous Cathedral
Vittoria Benzine, The Studio Behind ‘Wallace and Gromit’ Gets Its Own Immersive Experience
Jo Lawson-Tancred, This Basquiat Last Sold for $14.5 Million. Now It Could Fetch $45 Million
Eileen Kinsella, Rare Madge Gill Textile Sets Auction Record for the Self-Taught Artist
Richard Whiddington, A Powerful Medieval Queen Returns—As an A.I. Avatar You Can Chat With
ARTnews
Maximilíano Durón, Independent Names 76 Exhibitors for Its Upcoming May Fair
George Nelson, Luxembourg’s Culture Minister Defends Country’s Venice Biennale Budget After Critics Say It’s Too High
George Nelson, Works by Auerbach, Chadwick, and Hepworth to Spearhead Christie’s Modern British and Irish Art Sale in London
Harrison Jacobs, Artists Behind Removed Trump-Epstein Statue Have Placed A New One in Washington, D.C.
Julie Brener Davich, At Making Their Mark Forum, Art Figures Debate Gender Inequities in the Market and the Museum
Anne Doran, A Newly Excavated Maya Settlement in Belize Shows Adaptation to Climate Change
Alex Greenberger, EU Says It Could Pull Funding to Venice Biennale Over Russian Pavilion
Maximilíano Durón, Retired FBI Agents Geoffrey Kelly Details His 22-Year Investigation into the Gardner Museum Heist in New Book
Brian Boucher, Chicago, Meet Your New ‘Neighbors’: Expo Gets a New Satellite Fair, In a Luxe Gold Coast Apartment
Alex Greenberger, $45 M. Basquiat Painting, ‘A Storied Masterpiece,’ Heads to Auction at Sotheby’s
Harrison Jacobs, Alma Allen, Artist Representing US at 2026 Venice Biennale, Joins Perrotin
George Nelson, UK Government Slaps Export Ban on Howard Hodgkin Work After Bonhams Sold It for Record £1.7 M.
ArtReview
Kristian Vistrup Madsen, Hunker Down With John Skoog
From the Editors, Fiona Pardington on Representing Aotearoa New Zealand at the 61st Venice Biennale
BOMB
Melissa Joseph, Siri Devi Khandavilli by Melissa Joseph
Cassie Packard, Brittany Nelson by Cassie Packard
The Brooklyn Rail
Fabio Cherstich, Fabio Cherstich
Jota Mombaça, Jota Mombaça
Luc Meier, Luc Meier
Lu Yang, Lu Yang
Maxwell Graham, Maxwell Graham
Natasha Ginwala, Natasha Ginwala
Nick Mauss, Nick Mauss
Puppies Puppies, Puppies Puppies
Cultured
Johanna Fateman, Our Critic’s Favorite Show This Month Is Hidden in a Subway Station
Sarah Faux, At the Whitney Biennial, This Artist Brings Dog Heaven to Life
Frieze
Sam Moore, Isaac Julien Leads Us Into the Looking Glass
Galerie
Celia McGee, The Wild, Winding World of Rose Wylie Is on View at the Royal Academy of Arts
Osman Can Yerebakan, Anne Imhof Installs a Massive Steel Swimming Pool in Porto
The Guardian
Ben Eastham, David Hockney review – a 90-metre vision of nature that only looks great on your phone
Olivia McEwan, The V&A’s Gilbert Galleries review – a fabulous treasure trove that must be seen to be believed
Jonathan Jones, Stubbs: Portrait of a Horse review – this magnificent nag deserves a longer canter
Hyperallergic
Lisa Yin Zhang, Please, No More Disaffected White Girls
Rhea Nayyar, US and Israel Strikes Damage 17th-Century Palace in Isfahan
Bella Bromberg, Over 6,000 Sign Letter Opposing Russia’s Venice Biennale Pavilion
Nasser Mohamed, Don’t Believe What Art Basel Qatar Is Trying to Sell You
From the Editors, 7 Art Books for Your March Reading List
Isa Farfan, Epstein and Trump Portrayed as Titanic Lovers in New Anonymous Artwork
Jennifer Samet, Beer With a Painter: Hilary Harkness
The New York Times
Arthur Lubow, Who Should Control the Legacy of This Master Photographer?
Observer
Christa Terry, How BUTTER’s Founders Are Rethinking the Economics of the Art Fair
Elisa Carollo, India Returns to Venice With a Pavilion Rooted in Memories of Home
Petala Ironcloud, Anna Tsouhlarakis and Native Visibility at the Whitney Biennial
Elisa Carollo, Raksha Sanikam’s House of Santal Brings Contemporary South Asian Design to New York
Puck
Marion Maneker, Haring Is Caring
Urgent Matter
Adam Schrader, Margot Samel Gallery in Tribeca faces eviction in rent dispute
Adam Schrader, Court Documents: Landlord Eviction Petition Against Margot Samel Gallery
Adam Schrader, Urgent Matter passes 100 website subscribers five months after launch
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