Arts & Entertainment

What Collectors Really Want from Galleries, According to Artsy’s Casey Lesser

Late last month, Artsy released its Art Market Trends 2025, a report analyzing the art market that offers another view of the business alongside the UBS/Art Basel report, still widely regarded as the authority. Since then, Artsy’s majority shareholder has acquired rival art data firm Artnet in a deal that “signals a decisive shift in […]

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Where Art World Avant-Garde and Establishment Meet: Inside The Kitchen’s Spring Gala

Last week at City Winery, The Kitchen hosted its annual Spring Gala—a vibrant convergence of artists, patrons and cultural luminaries that honored the legendary choreographer Lucinda Childs, visionary filmmaker, artist and MacArthur “Genius” Fellow Wu Tsang and patron Jamie Singer Soros, joined by her husband Robert Soros. For those not in the know, The Kitchen

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Bluesky CEO Jay Graber Explains How the Social Platform Thrives Without Ads

Bluesky, the social networking platform gaining traction as a popular alternative to X, is positioning itself as a hub for personalized—and often niche—online communities. According to CEO Jay Graber, that same focus on customization is what allows Bluesky users to escape the echo chambers that dominate traditional social media. “You can really just silo in

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SpaceX’s 9th Starship Flight Ends in Failure But Shows Big Progress

Elon Musk’s SpaceX yesterday (May 27) launched its ninth integrated flight test (IFT-9) of the Mars-colonizing Starship rocket system from Starbase, Texas. While the mission ultimately ended in failure, it marked meaningful progress in reusability and data collection—two pillars of SpaceX’s development strategy. The test featured the first reuse of SpaceX’s Super Heavy booster, the

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Sotheby’s Paris to Auction an Intimate Inventory of Napoleon’s Reign

Napoleon Bonaparte remains one of the rare historical figures to have attained truly global celebrity status, thanks in no small part to his histrionic personality, tragic downfall and scandal-laced life. Rising swiftly through the ranks during the French Revolution, propelled by a razor-sharp strategic mind, he became a general at age 24. Despite his youth,

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Artnet Exits the Public Market After $65M Buyout by Beowolff Capital

As the art world adapts to new technologies and shifting dynamics, its center of gravity moves—particularly as corporate entities enter the game. And while the relentless carousel of cultural events slows to a trickle in the summer heat, it’s often precisely then that the biggest market announcements land, lest art world insiders risk even a

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Ayodele Casel On Dance, Community and Her New Show ‘The Remix’

“It’s been a mission of mine to transform the way audiences view and experience tap dance,” critically-acclaimed dancer and choreographer Ayodele Casel told Observer. “Every show I do is an opportunity for that to happen.” We were discussing the world premiere of The Remix, which opens at The Joyce Theater tomorrow (May 28) and runs

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Screening at Cannes: Lynne Ramsay’s ‘Die, My Love’

Although it eventually loses staying power, Lynne Ramsay’s ferocious relationship drama Die, My Love quickly seeps beneath your skin, practically holding you hostage in its initial half. Ramsay’s first feature in eight years—after the Cannes crime drama You Were Never Really Here—casts Jennifer Lawrence and Robert Pattinson in its leading roles, as Grace and Jackson,

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