What sold at @frieze_official Seoul 2023?⁠ Sales weren’t as frenzied as they were in the fair’s inaugural edition last year, but in a cooling art market, galleries seemed pleasantly surprised.⁠ ocula.com/advisory/persp…

Works by Rirkrit Tiravanija, Xiyadie, and Joseph Yaeger were among the standouts. ocula.com/magazine/art-n…

Zhukova now holds a 51% stake in the collection. Minority-held assets cannot be frozen under the sanctions imposed on Russian oligarchs in response to the invasion of Ukraine. ocula.com/magazine/art-n…

'L.A. is and has been distinguished by being very much an artist's city. It's uniquely able to support artists and has for many decades now been a hub for creative practice.' said Biennial curator Diana Nawi. ocula.com/magazine/art-n…

Fairgoers responded to Gagosian's booth at Frieze the way people react to an old joke: What's better than roses on your piano? Tulips on my organ. Distasteful is how some described Hirst's paintings of flowers, including tulips, which quickly sold out ocula.com/magazine/art-n…

It's been another wild year in the art world, from Louis Vuitton's creepy Yayoi Kusama robots to New Zealand's annus horribilis and the massive rift caused by Netanyahu's war on Gaza. **The 5 Art News Stories That Defined 2023** ocula.com/magazine/art-n…

I'm so grateful for the chance to review the latest show at Mona Museum in Hobart. They make a compelling case for art institutions to be radically more subjective, transparent, and joyful. Fantastic works by Simon Denny Danius Kesminas and many more ocula.com/magazine/insig…

The new exhibition at @Auckartgal, 'Aotearoa Contemporary', is being supported with funding from local Māori hapū Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei. ocula.com/magazine/art-n…

With its choose-your-own-adventure approach, Mona Museum's latest exhibition showcases some 200 objects exploring fame and infamy—from a 1977 Holden Torana to a vest made from Margaret Thatcher’s scarves. ocula.com/magazine/insig…

After curating Wu Tsang's iconic ‘Anthem’ at the Guggenheim New York, X Zhu-Nowell has returned to Shanghai to serve as artistic director of the city’s most important contemporary art institution—Rockbund Art Museum Art Museum. ocula.com/magazine/conve…

The exhibition highlights artists' responses to the fight for suffrage in Greece, Portugal, and Spain during the '60s and '70s. ocula.com/magazine/art-n…

Classism in the U.K.'s museums and galleries faces renewed scrutiny with the establishment of The Working Arts Club. ocula.com/magazine/art-n…

The artist behind 'Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas' said, 'there might be violence in some of my work, but it cannot physically hurt anyone.' ocula.com/magazine/art-n…

Modern Art Museum will present the legendary performance artist's first museum show in China from October, including images of the walk and brand new works. ocula.com/magazine/art-n…

The 16-foot-tall winged-rat will watch over New York like Batman watches over Gotham. Argote thinks the work could instil New Yorkers with feelings of 'attraction, seduction, and fear'. ocula.com/magazine/art-n…

Is this is or is this aint a monument to the Hans Niemann cheating scandal? GothamChess? ocula.com/magazine/art-n…

The M+'s major exhibitions next year will feature Pablo Picasso, Robert Rauschenberg, and environments by women artists. ocula.com/magazine/art-n…

Who does soft power better than South Korea? Their investment in the arts is providing a meaningful platform for practitioners across the region, including some of us in Aotearoa, where funding is more scarce. Thanks Asia Media Centre NZ for commissioning! asiamediacentre.org.nz/kiwis-catch-ko…