• Exhibitions

Soft Landscape: Unraveling the Poetic Terrain of Louise Bourgeois at Hauser & Wirth Hong Kong

by Raquel Cohen

In the hushed, vast expanse of Hauser & Wirth’s Central gallery, Soft Landscape unfolds as a tender yet formidable exploration of Louise Bourgeois’ inner world - a fertility of feeling and flesh, memory…

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• Art History

Jeff Koons' Balloon Dog is a Monument to Everyday Wonder

Few sculptures have captured the global imagination like Jeff Koons’ Balloon Dog. Towering, glossy, and uncannily familiar, these works reimagine a party trick as a high-art spectacle rendered not in rubber…

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• News

Inside Gwyneth Paltrow’s Art-Scandal

Social media lit up when a supposed Ruth Asawa wire sculpture appeared in Gwyneth Paltrow’s Architectural Digest home-tour, only for the artist’s estate to declare the work inauthentic. The magazine has…

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• Art History

Did Pablo Picasso Steal the Mona Lisa?

by Raquel Cohen

In 1911, the world’s most famous painting vanished from the Louvre, and somehow, Pablo Picasso, the 30-year-old rising star of modern art, found himself tangled in the mystery. How did a young Spanish…

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• Market

Old Masters, New Lessons: Sotheby's Saunders Sale Falls Short

Sotheby’s May 21 sale of 55 Old Master works from the Saunders collection brought in $64.7 million, far below the $80-$120 million estimate. With nearly half the lots unsold and all works backed by guarantees,…

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• Market

Transaction Surge Signals Resilient Art Market Amid Value Dip

The Art Basel & UBS Global Art Market Report 2025 reveals that, even after an 8% contraction in total value, the art market logged its second-highest deal count on record. New capital is flowing in at…

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