The auction giants closed the first half of 2026 with multibillion-dollar totals, but that rebound depended heavily on major estates at the very top end of the market and a broader, cross-category buyer base.
Georg Bak and Roger Haas believe that the wealth passing to a generation of digital natives, paired with new wealth built in the tech industry, will give digital art a stronger foundation, fundamentally transforming the market.
Observer sat down with the artist and designer, recently named CBE by King Charles III, to discuss how he unites form, function and artistic innovation by tapping into a wit and humor that “never follows instructions.”
Three years into the generative A.I. boom, most enterprise deployments still aren't producing measurable business value. As A.I. becomes commoditized, the companies that win will be those that capture institutional knowledge, codify judgment and deliberately shape what their
Drawing on Eastern philosophy, textile design and choreography, the French-Chinese artist proposes a vision of human-machine relations built not on conflict but on curiosity and cohabitation.
Artist Alai Ganuza, who founded one of the fastest-growing online communities dedicated to contemporary realism and is known for blending traditional and digital techniques, contends that the rapid rise of A.I. will make human-made art more valuable than ever.
As companies pursue orbital data centers to power the next generation of A.I., the conversation has centered on costs and technical feasibility. But the more consequential question is whether the ground infrastructure connecting those systems to Earth is prepared to protect the
ARTERNAL is betting that agentic A.I. can help galleries reclaim bandwidth, protect margins and let humans focus on the relationships that drive the art market.
The Sandbox and ArtVerse co-founder has created a physical space in Paris for the artists redrawing the boundaries between digital art, gaming, blockchain and contemporary culture.
The City by the Bay took its hits during the pandemic, but its latest wave of glamorous boutiques, historic revivals and polished new stays makes a strong case for checking back in.
With the A.I.-powered beta re-release of Magnus, the art market economist is pushing his “Shazam for art” app to the next level, providing instant access to pricing and market context for millions of artworks.
