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As we move through February, the spring art season gets ever-closer. This year, the centralizing event of the city's spring art season, EXPO CHICAGO, will take place a little later in April than usual, April 24-27, 2025.

The Armory Show was founded 30 years ago by a handful of art dealers who treated the art fair format as a playful, ironic, even experimental affair.

Among its 235 exhibitors from 30 countries, our critic finds these standout booths 鈥� and hails three local curators who have brought some sections exciting new life.

For its 10th edition, due to launch in mid-April, the Expo Chicago art fair has lined up more than 170 exhibitors from 36 countries to present work at the Navy Pier.

This year, ahead of the larger-ever presentation of Art Basel Miami Beach (ABMB), we made a point of pin-pointing the strongest voices from blue-chip to emerging artists.

It鈥檚 been 7 years of creating and evolving West Africa鈥檚 leading international art fair, and our refreshed brand identity reflects our re-energised commitment to celebrating and amplifying the breadth of Africa鈥檚 creative expression.

ART X Lagos, the leading international art fair in West Africa, returns for its seventh edition celebrating artistic excellence from Africa and its global Diaspora.

John Madu (b. 1983) plays with time. The Nigerian multi-disciplinary artist is best known for his bright figurative paintings: symbolic portraits which look to the past, present and future.

鈥楢 Loop In Time鈥� is an exhibition of paintings exploring figures of power through identity, emotion and time, reinterpreting narratives in history to fit into a contemporary discourse concerning social and political debates.

Electric colours. Lush backgrounds. Suits emblazoned with pinstripe, harlequin and grid patterns.

The world鈥檚 largest painting, created by a little-known British artist Sacha Jafri, has been sold at auction in Dubai for 拢45m to French crypto businessman Andre Abdoune.

The 14th edition of Art Dubai will feature 50 galleries from 31 countries with a focus on artists from the Middle East and the Global South

Untitled, Art, a satellite fair to Art Basel Miami Beach, has named the 126 exhibitors, who will take part in its eighth edition this December.

Nature has been an inspiration for art since the dawn of expression.

Last week, Zidoun-Bossuyt Gallery in Luxembourg opened its door to their third solo show from Tomokazu Matsuyama (interviewed) featuring a new series of paintings and sculpture. Entitled No Place Like Home, the exhibition continues the Brooklyn-based artist鈥檚 exploration of...