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John Yau describes the lives and works of three overlooked figures of modernism: Leo Amino, Minoru Niizuma, and John Pai.

'Salaryman collector' Daisuke Miyatsu elaborates on his collecting practice with Rose Lejeune in a discussion stemming from the collector's Delfina Foundation residency in 2017.

We want to emphasise that this is a place that matters, now and here—not only Hawai'i but all of the islands that fill the Pacific Ocean. It is a deeply charged place and a centre for discourse about identity, migration, trade, streams of culture, climate, environment, and so on.

We want to allow artists the space to take risks and explore. That's my job as a curator: to be mindful of that, to remove the anxieties around exploring something new, and to create a supportive environment around an artist that allows them to take those leaps.

Miami Art Basel week galvanised the art world again—from the unveiling of new works at Rubell Museum, to the 2021 edition of Art Basel Miami Beach. Take a look at Ocula's highlights from the ground.

In a juggernaut art market, individual records were also smashed for Yayoi Kusama, Huang Yuxing, Avery Singer, and others.

Footage of the storm shows the much-loved sculpture battered by the surf.

Part of a series focusing on the world's best art sites, this Photolog features images from Benesse Art Site on the small islands of Naoshima, Teshima and Inujima in Japan. It brings together contemporary art and architecture in resonance with the pristine nature of the Seto Inland Sea region. Throughout the islands, artworks are exhibited inside...

Information (Today) at Kunsthalle Basel re-envisions a legendary MoMA exhibition from 1970 to interrogate contemporary digital politics.

Ocula Magazine previews a selection of highlights showing with galleries at Art Basel Hong Kong, running between 19 and 23 May 2021.

The online exhibition sheds light on ambitious collectors' myriad motives and methods for collecting and displaying contemporary art.

Gisela Colón's monoliths and rectanguloids portend a quick end to the pandemic (and humanity).

Part of a series focusing on the world's best art sites, this photolog features images from Instituto Inhotim in Brazil. Set within acres of botanical gardens, Inhotim is an outdoor contemporary art museum located in Brumadinho, near Belo Horizonte, Brazil.

The wunderkind dealer was denied bail in a New York court this week.

In Berlin, where the pandemic permits, digital viewing rooms are being remade offline. Elsewhere, galleries are mounting ever richer online presentations.

Several galleries have chosen to show works they either couldn't have realised in a booth or look just as enticing on a device.

Taken as a whole, the Harbour Arts Sculpture Park offers a narrative that reflects Hong Kong's reality, from its architectural and financial infrastructures to the city's ever-changing political present...

For the last five years, Brazil has boasted increased attention in the international media. Be it being a BRIC power [notably the November 2009 cover of The Economist, "Brazil Takes Off", with Christ the Redeemer rising like a rocket] or concern over the economy and social dissatisfaction [the Economist's follow-up issue in September...

Two private collection shows in Japan this summer revealed radically different ways to present and interpret the role of the contemporary art collector.

No art fair is complete without an inflatable, in this case a bright pink, flying pig (well actually this one doesn’t fly, but not every one can do a Pink Floyd). This larger-than-life work, Love Me (2013) by Jeong-Hwa Choi at the Vannessa Qwang Gallery, inflates then deflates slightly at a gentle pace, bringing one gallerist to remark...