The art fair year, Basel, Frieze, TEFAF and the rest of the calendar
From Maastricht in March to Miami Beach in December, how art fairs work, when the big ones happen and how to enjoy them without sore feet.
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Galleries & Exhibitions
Art spaces, openings, biennials and fairs worth the journey.
Where does art meet its public? In white cube galleries and small project spaces, at vernissages, at the great biennials and in the halls of the international fairs, and in museums whose buildings have become works of art themselves. This section explains how each of these places works and how to enjoy it.
Venice Biennale and documenta, how the great survey exhibitions work
Pavilions in a Venetian garden, a hundred days in Kassel: how the art world’s great survey exhibitions began, how they are run and how to plan a visit.
How to enjoy a vernissage, even if you know nobody
A glass in one hand, a crowd in front of the paintings and not a familiar face in sight. Here is how to relax, look properly and even talk to the artist.
Galleries explained, commercial galleries, project spaces, Kunstvereine and museums
Gallery, Kunstverein, Kunsthalle, museum: the doors look alike, but what happens behind them differs. A clear guide to who does what, for visitors and buyers.
Visiting a great museum without museum fatigue
Heavy legs, glazed eyes, a hundred paintings and none remembered. Museum fatigue is real, and a few simple habits keep it at bay in the Louvre or the Met.
Museums as architecture, buildings that became works of art
A spiral in New York, a glass pyramid in Paris, titanium in Bilbao: a tour of museum buildings that people travel to see for their own sake.
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Art Timeline
Twelve great artists and the movements around them on one interactive axis.
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The other sections
- Artists & StudiosPortraits, studio visits and a look inside the places where art is made.
- Art & DesignPainting, sculpture, photography and digital art: materials, methods and how to see them.
- Collecting ArtClear orientation for a first purchase and a reliable refresher for seasoned collectors.
- Art LivingArt at home, in hotels and in architecture: hanging, lighting, framing and living with it.
- Art HistoryThe great artists, their lives and the works that changed how we see.