Art Basel 2020 took only place online. This year’s edition was postponed from June to September. Finally, on the first days only for VIP’s, Art Basel 2021 opened its doors on...

Yesterday, Art Basel and the Swiss bank UBS published Dr. Clare McAndrew’s Resilience in the Dealer Sector: A Mid-Year...

I’ve only heard the conductor Kirill Petrenko live once. It was August 24, 2019. He was conducting the Berliner...

In 1911, the expressionists Franz Marc and Wassily Kandinsky wrote in their programmatic publiciation aka the almanac The Blue...

Without the United States, NATO is a paper tiger. Therefore, decisions made by U.S. presidents are crucial for the entire...

In a speech which ended a few minutes ago, Joe Biden’s defended the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. He said he had no...

In 2021, India is home to 38 UNESCO World Heritage Sites. A new, lavishly illustrated book with 250 color illustrations, co-published by Mapin Publishers and Hirmer Publishers (Amazon.com,...

The book by Eva Maria Fahrner-Tutsek and Petra Giloy-Hirtz, ABOUT US. Young photography in China, is a revelation. As the title...

When I was about to finish university (a long time ago), I offered myself a Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso, the iconic Art Deco watch...

After twelve long straight years in power (and fifteen in total), with especially economic highs, a great vaccine rollout and...

At first there was another stalemate in Israel after the fourth election in two years. No political camp managed to win a Knesset...

The Alberto Giacometti-Stiftung in Zurich—the fruit of a private initiative by a group of far-sighted and enterprising art lovers and launched while Alberto Giacometti (1901-66) was still...

Below you find the remarks (full text) by U.S. President Biden in his first address to a Joint Session of Congress on April 28,...

The bond between Frankfurt’s world-famous Städel Museum and the artist Max Beckmann (Leipzig, February 12, 1884 – New York City, December 27, 1950) is a very special one. For many...

After decades as a banker, Ivo Correia decided to open Sé Boutique Hotel (SBH) in Funchal on the island of Madeira. In 2017, the former bank director turned hotel owner and general manager...

Written by renowned cultural economist Dr. Clare McAndrew, founder of Arts Economics, and published by Art Basel and UBS, The...

Castanheiro Boutique Hotel originally opened its doors in 1991 and then again, totally renovated and refurbished, in November 2015. The family hotel with 81 rooms is situated in the...

There is this former KGB agent, stationed in Germany, who later led the Russian secret service FSB before rising to the top as...

Trump protesters occupied Capitol Hill, some breaking glass and entering the parliament building, while the two chambers of...

It’s the right time to have a look at some of the great art books published in 2021. A fabulous one is the catalogue...