Christa Terry

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Observer's 2026 September Art Fair Calendar

By: Christa Terry

This month's calendar is, as usual, packed to the gills—there are the Armory Show-adjacent fairs in New York plus a glorious gallimaufry of domestic and international art events around the globe.

Observer’s 2026 September Art Fair Calendar - Christa Terry

By: Christa Terry

Our art fair calendars can help you put together the perfect itinerary.

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How Tom Gilleon Turned a Genre of Nostalgia Into One of Invention

By: Christa Terry

He has spent decades pulling Western art away from illustration and toward form, color and light.

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This Gloucester Exhibition Looks at David Hockney Through the Eyes of a Friend

By: Christa Terry

The artist himself helped shape "Hockney Reproduction(s)" in the final years of his life, guiding longtime confidant Bing McGilvray, who curated the show.

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Observer's 2026 October Art Fair Calendar (Updated)

By: Christa Terry

After a busy September in New York, art enthusiasts are packing their bags and heading to London before making the short hop to Paris for Art Basel and its constellation of satellite fairs.

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The Nobel Prize Diploma's Century Long Artistic History

By: Christa Terry

Early Nobel Prize art was largely inseparable from the diploma's calligraphy, with a small number of artists illuminating the text.

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Kristof Santy Would Rather Trust Objective Reality than Reach for Eve's Apple

By: Christa Terry

The self-taught artist, whose paintings have hung alongside Picassos and Warhols, describes a practice rooted in sustained attention rather than storytelling.

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Subtitled NYC Is Carving Out a Third Path for New York's Artists

By: Christa Terry

Between slow-moving museums and a cautious market, Jaejoon Jang's Brooklyn space champions installation and experimental work by talents not yet on the commercial radar.

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72 Hours of Art in Cincinnati

By: Christa Terry

BLINK and the FotoFocus Biennial transform the city every other October, but its museums, murals and theaters reward a visit in any season. Here's where to stay, what to eat and the sights not to miss.

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Between Blue-Chip Sculpture and Homespun Art, Grand Rapids Is Finding Its Voice

By: Christa Terry

Each fall, ArtPrize brings a thousand artists, hundreds of thousands of visitors and tens of millions of dollars to a city with no commercial galleries and few art collectors.