An installation view of Yinka Shonibare’s “Safiotra.” Photo: Fabio Thierry Andriamiarintsoa © Fondation H This past April, scores of art world insiders from institutions, organizations and galleries—MoMA, Serpentine Gallery, V&A East and Goodman Gallery, to name a few—trekked to Madagascar for an exhibition billed as Yinka Shonibare CBE RA’s first major show in Africa. Organized […]
Maike Cruse On Why Art Basel’s Flagship Still Sets the Bar
Agnes Denes’s Wheatfield – A Confrontation (1984), restaged in the Messeplatz at the 2024 edition of Art Basel. Art Basel Art Basel announced its fifth edition in Doha, signaling a calculated expansion into the Middle East, just ahead of the final crucible of a busy spring season: the annual pilgrimage to Europe for the fair’s […]