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Wide view inside a grand exhibition hall featuring an arched glass-and-steel roof, multiple rows of white exhibition booths, and large crowds of visitors moving through a central aisle and upper-level walkways at Art Basel Paris at the Grand Palais.

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What is an Art Fair?

By Ryan Steadman

Installation of white ceramic vessel forms displayed on a raised platform at a contemporary art fair, Untitled Art, with paintings and other artworks exhibited in neighboring booths.

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Choosin’ Texas

Museum visitors view red, white, and black figurative sculptures, including a rider mounted on a horse, displayed on pedestals in a gallery space.

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Women of the Red Earth

By Allison C. Meier

Nighttime outdoor opening party in a gravel courtyard, with a crowd of guests chatting in small groups beside a tall sculpture made of stacked, colorful inflatable pool floats, including a pink flamingo, a blue dolphin, a rubber duck, and striped rings. Behind them, a mural of pale, jagged starburst shapes covers a dark purple wall.

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Creative Counsel

By Ryan Steadman

Aisle between bookshelves in an art reference library, leading to a reading desk beside large windows overlooking trees and nearby buildings.

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For Future Reference

By Jeremy Martin

Painting of a rural landscape with rolling hills, harvested fields dotted with haystacks, autumn-colored trees, a farmhouse in the distance, and a plow in the foreground.

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Freedom to Move

By Kelley Barnes

Interior of a contemporary art gallery with a colorful abstract painting mounted on a wall, sculptures displayed on pedestals, exposed concrete columns, and dark wood ceiling beams.

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Collecting with Curiosity

By Ann Magner

Large abstract painting featuring swirling and angular brushstrokes in green, pink, orange, black, white, and blue, creating a complex composition of layered shapes across the canvas.

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The Guest List

By Kelly Rogers

Artist Anthony James standing between large geometric light sculptures composed of illuminated blue and white lines forming intricate lattice patterns in a dark gallery space.

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Shaping Up

Shannon Mello, Weight of the Sky, 2025.

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Going Up

By Jeremy Martin

BJM Morning Glory

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A Place in the Sun

By Parker Yamasaki

Mount concept

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Energy and Intention

By Paris Burris