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Courtesy of Kunsthalle Basel.

Haseeb Ahmed: Pantha Rhei on the Rhine 

February 13, 2026
Event

Nida Sinnokrot, Installation view: Sharjah Biennial 16, Old Jubail Vegetable Market, Sharjah, 2025. Image courtesy of Sharjah Art Foundation. Photo: Sahar Qawasmi.

Nida Sinnokrot Highlighted Among Standout Artists at Art Basel Qatar

February 12, 2026
PressExhibition

Jessica Sarah Rinland, Collective Monologue, 2025. Film still. Courtesy of the artist.

Jessica Sarah Rinland’s Collective Monologue Receives UK Premiere

February 9, 2026
PressEvent

Otto Piene,
Light Room with Mönchengladbach Wall, 1963–2013. Courtesy of Sprüth Magers.

Otto Piene’s Light Room with Mönchengladbach Wall in Sprüth Magers’s booth at Art Basel Qatar 2026

February 6, 2026
Exhibition

Chucho Ocampo, Invisible Infrastructures, 2025. Installation view. Courtesy of the artist.

Chucho Ocampo | Invisible Infrastructures

February 4, 2026
Exhibition

Judith Barry. Film stills from Casual Shopper and Kaleidoscope. Courtesy of the artist.

Judith Barry | Recent News

February 2, 2026
Press

Azra Aksamija and the Future Heritage Lab, Eulensicht, 2026. Photo: © Stefanie vom Stein, City of Wuppertal.

ACT’s Azra Akšamija Unveils Major Public Art Project, “Eulensicht” (Owl’s Wisdom)

January 22, 2026
PressExhibition

Courtesy of Creative Capital

Jessica Sarah Rinland Receives 2026 Inaugural State of the Art Prize

January 16, 2026
Awards

Christopher Joshua Benton, The Obligation of the Circle. Exhibition view, 2025. Baró O-Contemporary, Abu Dhabi.

Christopher Joshua Benton | The Obligation of the Circle

January 13, 2026
Exhibition

Courtesy of Sakiya.

Sakiya Named One of ArtReview’s Power 100 for 2025

December 16, 2025
Awards

Renée Green. Seen, 1990. Installation detail

Echo Delay Reverb: Renée Green at Palais de Tokyo, Paris

December 12, 2025
PublicationExhibition

Vinzenz Aubry and Sophia Chefalo Published in Flusser Studies 40

December 3, 2025
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