Courtesy at Art Basel At a moment when the boundaries between physical and virtual experience continue to dissolve, Art Basel’s Zero 10 emerged as one of the most closely watched developments within the contemporary art world. Introduced as Art Basel’s new global platform dedicated to art of the digital era, the initiative signaled far more than the arrival of a new sector within the fair ecosystem—it reflected a broader shift in how contemporary art is being created, exhibit

Zhang Yanzi, Beneath the Sky 《苍穹之下》, wheel, motor, gauze, cotton, 60 x 60cm Few exhibitions capture the breadth and vitality of contemporary Asian art as compellingly as The Sovereign Asian Art Prize Finalists Exhibition 2026. Returning for its 22nd edition, the renowned prize once again gathered outstanding artists from across the Asia-Pacific region, offering a vivid reflection of Asia’s evolving cultural landscape through works that were deeply personal, visually arresting

“When we stop making things with our hands, I feel our existence becomes insubstantial.” —Hanae Mori Gallery view, “HANAE MORI Vital Type: The 100th Anniversary of Birth,” The National Art Center, Tokyo, Photo © Alma Reyes The history of Japanese fashion would not be complete without the inclusion of the highly celebrated designer, Hanae Mori (1926-2022). First gaining recognition in film costume design in the 1950s, Mori sowed the seeds of opportunity and success for wom

“Art evokes the mystery without which the world would not exist.” ― René Magritte Left: René Magritte, “The Museum of the King,” 1966, Yokohama Museum of Art / Right: “The Ready-made Bouquet,” 1957, Nakanoshima Museum of Art, Osaka Surrealism emerged in 1924 from André Breton’s publication, “Manifesto of Surrealism,” as a creative act to reunite the conscious and unconscious realms, professed as well by Freudian psychoanalysis. Dreams and fantasies could be integrated wholl