Category: Art

The Case: Bidders spent more than CHF33 million on rare watches at a record-breaking Christie’s auction in Geneva. The Commentary: One of the highlights was a 1990 Cartier Crash London, which tripled its low estimate and sold for CHF1.585 million, setting a new record for the model. The sale’s top…

The Case: After a two-year wait, the Langmatt Museum in Baden, which used to be the home of art collectors Jenny and Sidney Brown reopens this weekend. The Commentary: The Collection, which was put together in the years 1900 – 1933, includes around fifty major French Impressionist works by artists…

The Case: Marisol (Marisol Escobar, 1930–2016) is considered one of the most distinctive voices of Pop Art. The Commentary: Through her sculptural figures, she fused popular culture, satire, and self-staging into a highly recognizable visual language. Widely celebrated in the 1960s, her work is now being rediscovered as a strikingly…

The Case: The Museum Haus Konstruktiv opens its 2026 programme with a major exhibition dedicated to the painter Richard Paul Lohse. The Commentary: Featuring over 50 works (1942 to 1987) the exhibition offers a comprehensive insight into Lohse’s artistic development. It traces his evolution from early compositions of freely floating…

The Case: “The artist’s task is to express the infinite element of nature, beauty and to extract the essential from it” (Ferdinand Hodler) The Commentary: The exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, presents a selection of masterpieces from the Christoph Blocher’s Collection, spanning artistic movements from Realism to…

The Case: “Every minute was a minute to create” (Henri Matisse) The Commentary: The exhibition at the Grand Palais in Paris includes more than 300 works from the last 13 years of the Henri Matisse’s life.

The Case: The exhibition dispalys Pierre-Auguste Renoir’s fundamental contribution to Impressionism and to 19th-century art history via the complex and universal theme of love, the central driving force of his work. The Commentary: The exhibition offers a fresh perspective on paintings so familiar that their radical nature has often been…

The Case: The global art market returned to growth in 2025 after three consecutive years of decline. The Commentary: According to an annual report by UBS and Art Basel, total sales rose 4 % to an estimated USD 59.6 billion, although the market remains below its 2022 peak.

The Case: The moment the snow melts – an exhibition of installations by the Japanese artist Chiharu Shiota. The Commentary: The Japanese artist Chiharu Shiota (* 1972) weaves the world into a delicate web of threads of fate. Her internationally acclaimed works are instantly recognizable for their immersive aesthetic. Shiota…

The Case: The Nidwaldner Museum Winkelriedhaus is hosting an exhibition of reverse glass paintings that is well worth the trip to Stans. The Commentary: The venue combines historical artwork from the 17th century with the works of modern painters dedicating their skills to this artform.

The Case: The World’s most famous vulva: Gustave Courbet’s scandalous painting on display in Vienna. The Commentary: The Origin of the World has a long history of concealment. Now, the small yet provocative masterpiece is being shown in Vienna at the Leopold Museum, taking center stage in a major retrospective…

The Case: Palazzo Strozzi presents Mark Rothko by means of an exceptional selection of works, including monumental paintings never before shown in Italy. The Commentary: The art pieces are on loan from major private collections as well as leading museums such as the Museum of Modern Art, the Metropolitan Museum…