As Japanese art continues capturing the hearts of art connoisseurs from all corners of the globe, art fairs held at the heart of the Japanese culture naturally become the global attraction points for the international art community. Art Collaboration Kyoto 2024 (ACK), a boutique art fair with an immense international presence, was held at the Kyoto International Conference Center on October 31-November 3.

With Abstract Expressionism still topping art connoisseur demand worldwide, works by established artists from this art movement are hitting record sales in 2024. One of the forthcoming audacious deals is the auction sale of two famous works by the American artist Joan Mitchell. Christie’s auction scheduled for November 19 features Mitchell’s City Landscape (1955) and Untitled (1955), which currently belong to the Rockefeller University.

Vincent van Gogh remains on the list of top-demand artists whose works are highly valued in the art market. Deals with van Gogh paintings continue to raise the bar every time, with a recent purchase of the artist’s 1885 painting titled Head of a Woman (Gordina de Groot in Dutch) sold for €8.6 million, which exceeds the $9.3 million mark. Here are the details of the deal.

This fall, Vian Borchert received an honorable opportunity to display her paintings at the International Paris Art Fair 2024, held at a remarkable location – the Carrousel Du Louvre at the Louvre Museum in Paris, France. The event was organized under the auspices of Capital Culture House and Guto Ajayu Culture. During the art fair, visitors could embrace Vian Borchert’s paintings with a long record of coverage in international publications and exhibitions.

Nel, a Cape Town-based art hub that celebrates local talent and features many exhibitions of talented African creatives, is opening an exhibition of Willie Bester who has acquired wide international fame as a protest artist dealing with the injustices of apartheid. Throughout his long artistic career, Bester has created many paintings and mixed-media art objects to attract public attention to the inequality and poverty of people of color in South Africa.

Art Basel Paris opened its doors for the general public on October 18, with VIP previews available for selected guests on October 16-17. This year, many things are different for this internationally significant art event: its name has changed from Paris+, and the old location at Grand Palais Éphémère has changed to the Grand Palais. The upcoming art fair features a densely packed program of free-access exhibitions, thought-provoking contemporary installations, and conferences that will be attended by the brightest representatives of the global art industry.

Oleg Kushnirskiy, an established collector of Russian iconographic art, has announced his collaboration with the Museum of Russian Art (TMORA), which will hold an exhibition of 60 rare pieces from his Russian icon collection. The exhibition, titled “Masterpieces of Sacred Art from the Oleg Kushnirskiy Collection,” is organized with sponsorship and support of the art logistics company Fine Art Shippers.

Vol. 4: “Geometry of Creation: Analysis of Anti-Rhythmic Structures,” the largest-scale digital art exhibition ever held in Iran, opened its doors to all creatives and digital art appreciators on September 27 at E1 Art Gallery in Tehran, Iran. The project was organized and carefully curated by Ramin Saeidian and Mohammad Ali Famori, both talented artists and researchers in the contemporary art field.