"Narrow the focus to the art world and none of those pressures disappear. In fact, perhaps more than ever, the art world seemed intertwined with all of them. The Los Angeles fires were most destructive in neighborhoods where both collectors and artists live; the Trump administration made one of its signature policy planks bringing US museums and arts institutions to heel; advancements in AI technologies swept through creative industries first;"
"All in all, an exhausting year. But-if you'll permit me-a bit of hope? For every gallery that shut down or closed a location, another seemed to open. And, as art dealers reminded me all year, when the world gets dark, artists rise to the challenge, leading the way forward. With 2026 slated for a Venice Biennale curated by Koyo Kouoh, as something like a final gift before her passing, perhaps there is a light at the end of this tunnel."
"So large most can be seen in their entirety only from the air, the mysterious geoglyphs known as the Nazca lines were created around 2,000 years ago by the Nazca people of Peru. In the century since the giant drawings became a focus of research by modern archeologists, nearly 900 figurative and geometric Nazca glyphs have been identified; most have been discovered through modern technologies such as aerial photography, satellite imagery, and, beginning in 2019, artificial intelligence."
2025 featured an unstable economy, climate disasters, the return of President Trump to the Oval Office, and a divided political climate marked by previously unthinkable violence. The art world experienced those pressures directly: Los Angeles fires struck neighborhoods where collectors and artists live, policy moves from the Trump administration aimed to bring museums and arts institutions to heel, AI technologies swept through creative industries, and tariff-driven market volatility threatened the global art market. Despite closures, galleries opened and artists rose to the challenge, with the 2026 Venice Biennale curated by Koyo Kouoh offering hope. AI-enabled methods accelerated identification of nearly 900 Nazca geoglyphs through aerial and satellite imagery.
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