The latest Art Basel & UBS Survey of Global Collecting reveals a new balance of power in the art world — where women lead in spending, Gen Z embraces digital art, and collecting becomes as much about identity as investment.

In the past few years, the art world’s compass has been turning steadily eastward. From Seoul and Singapore to Doha and Abu Dhabi, the expansion of major art fairs signals more than just geographic curiosity—it represents a structural realignment of the global art economy. Asia is no longer a satellite orbiting Western capitals; it is fast becoming a gravitational centre in its own right.

Only 10 days left to see Transhumanism by Joanna Grochowska at Untitled Space.

This Paris autumn, the city isn’t just hosting Art Basel—it’s staging a full-blown art showdown. ARTCOLLECTORNEWS spotlights the top five exhibitions you cannot miss: Rouy’s restless bodies haunt Picasso’s studio, Richter blurs reality and abstraction, De Maria turns trucks into meditative monuments, Rauschenberg reshapes scrap into sculptural chaos, and Minimal redefines restraint.

Frieze 2025 flipped the script. Emerging voices took the spotlight, performance met sculpture, and ancestral rituals mingled with futuristic visions. Blue-chip certainty met daring risk.

Art Basel Qatar will debut in Doha, February 2026, featuring 87 galleries from 31 countries. Curated by Wael Shawky under the theme “Becoming,” the fair reimagines the traditional format, spotlighting leading voices from the Middle East, North Africa, and South Asia alongside major international galleries.