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ARTICLES

October 22, 2026
Exhibitions
Exhibitions
Restitution, Memory and £31.56 Million: Why Kandinsky’s Das bunte Leben Was Frieze Week’s Most Important Auction Story

Kandinsky’s 1907 masterpiece sold for £31.56 million after its 2023 restitution to the Lewenstein heirs. The result is a market story, but also a lesson in provenance, agency and collecting responsibility.

October 20, 2026
Exhibitions
Exhibitions
Paris Internationale 2026: Where Collectors Should Look Before Consensus Forms

Paris Internationale returns with 56 galleries, a new Canal Saint-Martin venue and a model built around discovery. Here is how collectors should use it.

October 19, 2026
Exhibitions
Exhibitions
Paris Beyond Art Basel: 8 Exhibitions Collectors Should Leave the Grand Palais to See

Ibrahim Mahama, Lee Krasner, Oscar Murillo, Tracey Emin and more: the exhibitions that turn Art Basel Paris week into something larger than a fair.

October 18, 2026
Exhibitions
Exhibitions
Frieze Masters 2026 Review: Brueghel, Alice Neel, a Triceratops and a Fair That Made History Feel Alive

From a £5 million Brueghel and three major Alice Neel sales to George Rickey, global modernism and a £675,000 Triceratops skull, Frieze Masters rewarded collectors who looked beyond categories.

October 18, 2026
Exhibitions
Exhibitions
Frieze London 2026 Review: The Market Found Its Nerve — but Discovery Won the Week

Frieze London closed with sold-out emerging booths, meaningful institutional acquisitions and selective blue-chip buying. The real story was not a boom, but a market rewarding specificity.

October 17, 2026
Exhibitions
Exhibitions
RM’s Collection at SFMOMA: What a Global Collector Gets Right About Korean Modernism

Nearly 150 works from RM’s collection meet SFMOMA in a major exhibition of Korean modern and contemporary art. Its real lesson is how a private collection develops a coherent eye.