March 6, 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 TEFAF Maastricht, Known for Old Art, Faces the Future by Scott Reyburn for The New York Times. TEFAF Maastricht remains relevant as collectors and museums turn back to old masters art in a cooling market.
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Aruna D’Souza, The Earth, the Fire, the Water, and the Winds
Apollo Magazine
From the Editors, Four things to see: Animal spirits
From the Editors, IN THE STUDIO WITH… Gelitin
Art in America
Andy Battaglia, Alex Greenberger, and Leigh Anne Miller, Datebook: The Art World’s Spring 2026 Happenings to Add to Your Calendar
Eliza Goodpasture, A Tracey Emin Retrospective Asks If We Expect Too Much from Women Artists
The Art Newspaper
Carlie Porterfield, Henry Moore and Dorothea Tanning set records at Christie’s triple-header sale in London
Sophia Kishkovsky, Leading Russian archaeologist arrested in Poland over Crimean excavations
Mercedes Ezquiaga, ‘No one was really interested in finding those works’: major Brazilian art theft still unsolved as statute of limitations expires
Constanza Ontiveros Valdés, 19th-century shipwreck discovered in Lake Michigan after 60-year search
Artforum
Andrew Berardini, Glitter and Doom
Elinore Weil, No Right Angles: The Polemical Architecture of Claude Parent
Artnet
Sarah Cascone, The Whitney Biennial’s Hottest New Artist Is Also Its Oldest
Eileen Kinsella, Phillips Pulls in $17.3 Million at Slim Modern and Contemporary Sale in London
Margaret Carrigan, Tracey Emin on Art-Making, Honesty, and Survival: ‘Abuse Is Everywhere’
Katie White, Unveiling Hiba Schahbaz’s Painted Paradise, Where Women Meet Mythical Beasts
Margaret Carrigan, Sotheby’s Kicks Off London Marquee Auctions With $175 Million White-Glove Sale
Min Chen, Michelangelo Mania? Two Works Newly Linked to the Master
ARTnews
Alex Greenberger, Carol Bove’s Gripping Guggenheim Retrospective Transcends Time and Space
Andy Battaglia, The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston Solves a Big Mystery (But Not That One)
Tessa Solomon, Sprüth Magers Removes AI-Assisted David Salle Painting Amid Copyright Controversy
Daniel Cassady, Trump’s White House Ballroom Proposal Faces Preservation Concerns Ahead of Federal Vote
Brian Boucher, Where Did the IMLS’s Funding for Museums and Libraries Go? Into Trump’s ‘Freedom Truck’ Road Show, It Seems
Leigh Anne Miller, $7.6 M. Grant from William Penn Foundation Will Support Low-Income and Disabled Museum-Goers in Philadelphia
Alex Greenberger, Art Institute of Chicago’s Beloved Stock Exchange Room May Be Impacted by Expansion Plans
Maximilíano Durón, Getty’s Next PST ART to Focus on Exchange Between Los Angeles and Pacific Rim
ArtReview
Jenny Wu, Notes from New York: Independent Study
Eddy Frankel, Jim Carrey’s Face and the Collapse of the Real
From the Editors, Zanele Muholi wins 2026 Hasselblad Award
Frieze
Sonja Teszler, Disobedience Archive Rewrites the Record
The Guardian
Morwena Ferrier, Artist, impresario, couturier: V&A to stage Schiaparelli retrospective
Jonathan Jones, Hockney scrolls through Bayeux, Brideshead gets revisited and Stubbs leads the field – the week in art
Hyperallergic
Seph Rodney, An Overfilled Guggenheim Retrospective Dulls Carol Bove’s Brilliance
Lisa Yin Zhang, Art Movements: Anicka Yi Picks Up the Pace
Lakshmi Rivera Amin, Required Reading
Aruna D’Souza, The Polycrisis Sublime of the Whitney Biennial
Rhea Nayyar, Guggenheim Union Rallies at Carol Bove Reception
Lakshmi Rivera Amin, A View From the Easel
The New York Times
Holland Cotter, The Show the Art World Loves to Hate Gets a Soul
Jane Margolies, Reclaimed Trees Get Creative Reuse With New York Heartwoods
Tariro Mzezewa, With the World in Transition, Paris Again Emerges as a Mecca for the Arts
Nina Siegal, This Small Statue in Brussels Has a Large Bladder and Lots of Outfits
Vivian Morelli, How the Florists Behind TEFAF Maastricht Work Their Magic
Elaine Sciolino, Welcome to Maastricht, Where All Things French Flourish
Alex Scott, A Danish Designer Explores Color for the Soul and the Senses
EDITOR’S PICK - Scott Reyburn, TEFAF Maastricht, Known for Old Art, Faces the Future: The Dutch art fair, renowned for art and antiquities, works to prove its relevance as the wider world changes around it.
Dale Berning Sawa, At TEFAF Maastricht, a Paris Gallery Honors a Revolutionary French Painter
Farah Nayeri, What Else Is Happening During TEFAF Maastricht
Jillian Rayfield, Photography Displays Add a Contemporary Flair to TEFAF
Ray Mark Rinaldi, A Contemporary Gallery Putting Mexican Design on the World Stage
Observer
John Scott Lewinski, Karen Gunderson and the Subtle Complexity of Black
Mary Gregory, “Abstract Expressionists: The Women” Adds an Essential Chapter to the Movement’s History
Elisa Carollo, Sotheby’s Opens the London Spring Marquee Sales With a £131M White-Glove Night
Puck
Marion Maneker, Inside Contemporary Art’s $60M Week
T Magazine
Rose Corteau, An Artist’s Six-Decade-Long Love Affair With Clay
Urgent Matter
Adam Schrader, Walker Art Center to establish its first endowed exhibition fund after $7.5 million gift
Adam Schrader, Texts show UNT leaders feared ‘barking from Austin’ over anti-ICE artworks
Adam Schrader, Documents: University of North Texas records on canceled Victor Quiñonez exhibition
Adam Schrader, Art Restitution Tracker: A global ledger of looted art returns and disputes
The Washington Post
From the Editors, Museum and gallery exhibits in the D.C. area this week
Whitehot
Esme Graham, Fredrik Værslev: The Joy of Painting
Yezi Lou, Transcending Borders: A Conversation With Yiwa Lau
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