The new Dasha Shenkman Focus Fund has placed three Okiki Akinfe works into Abbot Hall. Its real significance is a model of private patronage that creates public institutional value early.

At Palazzo Venier dei Leoni in Venice, Peggy Guggenheim made modern art part of daily life—and left a model for the home as a living collection.

In an extensive interview, Spanish sculptor Verónica Mar discusses UNIVERSO in Madrid, her evolution from sculptural furniture to monumental portals, and the relationship between form, space and the invisible.

From Yoshitomo Nara and Doris Salcedo to Arturo Kameya and a crucial Robert Colescott chapter, New York’s November calendar rewards a route beyond the obvious fair-week headlines.

A David Zwirner debut, three monumental Hirshhorn sculptures and a Sotheby’s evening lot put Yoshitomo Nara’s gallery, institutional and market narratives in the same frame.

A $60–80 million Kandinsky, a reported $180 million Van Gogh and a formidable contemporary line-up put provenance, bidding depth and rarity under scrutiny this November.