Welcome to Art Spell, a daily, comprehensive roundup of art news and reviews for the visual arts community. Today’s Editor’s Pick is Rioting does not deter big-ticket sales at Art Basel Paris by Georgina Adam for The Art Newspaper. Despite recent riots and heightened security concerns in Paris, Art Basel Paris saw strong opening-day sales.
The Art Newspaper
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EDITOR’S PICK - Georgina Adam, Rioting does not deter big-ticket sales at Art Basel Paris: A flurry of seven- and eight-figure works were snapped up on the opening days of the fair
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Gabriella Angeleti, Frank Lloyd Wright’s Taliesin West closes after visitor killed by wind-blown debris
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Douglas Markowitz, Miami dealer sentenced to almost 4 years in prison for selling fake Warhols
Gareth Harris and Anny Shaw, Art Basel Paris dispatch: what to see beyond the fair this week
Artforum
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From the Editors, Chinese Terracotta Army Built by Women and Children, Not Only Men
Artnet
Katya Kazakina, Will Paris Art Fairs Shutter for Saturday’s Protests? Watch This Space
Richard Whiddington, Robert Rauschenberg’s Epic Digital Catalogue Raisonné Is Here
Richard Whiddington, Frank Lloyd Wright’s Only Planetarium Reopens After Major Restoration
Kim Córdova, Colombia’s President Declared a Culture War. The National Museum Is the First Casualty
ARTnews
Brian Boucher, New York Public Library Gets Over 250 Kiki Smith Prints, a Gift from the Artist’s Sister Seton Smith
Alex Greenberger, Elisa Nuyten’s Vega Foundation Is Quietly Reshaping the World of Moving-Image Art
Brian Boucher, New York Public Library Gets Over 250 Kiki Smith Prints, a Gift from the Artist’s Sister Seton Smith
Maximilíano Durón, The Best Booths at Art Basel Paris, From Tar Paintings to a Falling Knife
Tessa Solomon, Florentina Holzinger Is Closing Out ‘Seaworld Venice’ With a ‘Final Dinner’ Made From Bodily Waste
Brian Boucher, Condemning Violent Protestors, Alicja Kwade to Remove Art Basel Paris Public Sculpture Early
Brian Boucher, What’s Selling at Art Basel Paris? Reported Sales Top Out at $10 M. for a Richter and a Baselitz
Tessa Solomon, V&A Workers to Strike at All Four Sites Over Pay, Conditions
Daniel Cassady, Melting Ron DeSantis Statue Makes a Point About Climate Change in Florida
Harrison Jacobs, Artists John Akomfrah, Ben Rivers, and Dozens Others Defend Sally Rooney in Open Letter
Anne Doran, National Museum of Korea Director Offers to Resign
Daniel Cassady, Chanel Becomes Lead Sponsor of Hong Kong’s M+ Museum in Expanded Three-Year Deal
Sarah Belmont, The Best Works at Art Basel Paris’s Public Program, From a Crowd of TV Screens to a Flock of Plush Animals
Maximilíano Durón, Provincetown’s Fine Arts Work Center to Launch Native Artist Residency with Walker Youngbird Foundation
Andy Battaglia, NFL COLOR FIELD Program to Debut With Jammie Holmes Artwork Before First Football Game in France
Brian Boucher, Eli in Paris: The Fondation Louis Vuitton Will Mount a Giant Show of the Broad Collection Next Year
Harrison Jacobs and Alex Greenberger, Jeff Koons Talks AI, a $100 M. Modigliani in Paris, and More: Industry Moves for October 21, 2026
Hikmat Mohammed, London’s National Gallery to Exhibit 40 Works, From Rembrandt to René Magritte
Leigh Anne Miller, Youthful Edward Hopper Oil Paintings Revealed to Be Copies of Other Artists’ Work
Tessa Solomon, Basquiat’s Long-Unseen Riff on Leonardo da Vinci to Lead Christie’s 21st Century Evening Sale with $30 M. Estimate
Alex Greenberger, Düsseldorf Galleries Sign Open Letter Against Far-Right Political Party’s Attempts to ‘Co-Opt’ Joseph Beuys
Tessa Solomon, Theaster Gates Returned a David Drake Jar to His Descendants—It’s Now on View at a Virginia HBCU
ArtReview
Gaby Cepeda, Lagartijas Tiradas al Sol: Picture a Scene
Hana Elhaddad, Salzburger Kunstverein x ArtReview Writers Residency: Hana Elhaddad
Jenny Wu, Jutta Koether: Is Painting an Abandoned Building?
From the Editors, Vasyl Cherepanyn looks east for his Berlin Biennale
Financial Times
Edwin Heathcote, Walter Hood is reshaping the American cityscape
Francesca Perry, Objects With Narratives begins a new chapter in Antwerp
Frieze
Alice Godwin, Anette Gellein Gives Queer Rebirth a Violent Edge
The Guardian
Eddy Frankel, The joy of strap-ons, Sherman’s plump pearls and a hypnotic apocalypse: five free exhibitions to see
Lyndsey Winship, Proms, parties and gender politics: amazing photos from American dancefloors – and what they tell us about a changing nation
Chris Broughton, A grieving female elephant carrying a stillborn baby: Federico Veronesi’s best photograph
Eddy Frankel, Why has a crumbling bottle plant been rebuilt in Paris? The stunning show suggesting the future is Ghana-shaped
Hyperallergic
From the Editors, French Students Take to the Monuments
Anna Lee, The French Student Protesters Subverting Monuments Like It’s May 68
Laura June Kirsch, The Rise and Fall of My Wikipedia Page
Eliza Swann, Spirits Against the Patriarchy
Rhea Nayyar, Is Germany’s Far-Right AfD Co-Opting Joseph Beuys?
Anna Lee, Man Killed by Falling Debris at Frank Lloyd Wright’s Arizona Home
Lisa Yin Zhang, Peter Nagy, Artist and Gallerist Who Shaped Two Art Scenes, Dies at
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Natalie Haddad, “Costume Art” Is a Bad Look for The Met
The New York Times
Jennifer Schuessler, Bumped From the National Mall, Smithsonian Folklife Fest Hit the Road
Suleman Anaya, Su Wu Celebrates Her Book “Mesoamerican Modern” at Mexico City’s Casa Möbius
Deborah Solomon, If You Think You Know Brancusi’s Sculptures, Step Into His Studio
Blake Gopnik, Siena and the Art of What Lies Behind
Gisela Williams, Amsterdam’s Drift Museum Is a New Place to Experiment With Light and Form
Observer
Bob Jeffrey, Why Concerned Photography Is More Important Than Ever
Sarah Moroz, What Can the ’90s Tell Us About Today? Tate Britain Isn’t Sure
Elisa Carollo, Large Opens on Île Seguin With a Focus on French Art in All Its Forms
Urgent Matter
Adam Schrader, Ex-Michaels worker says her job was cut the day after her disability accommodation ended
Adam Schrader, Court Docs: Ex-Michaels worker says her job was cut the day after disability accommodation ended
The Wall Street Journal
Eric Gibson, ‘Rediscovering Della Robbia at the Met’ Review: Generations of Florentine Genius
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