Frieze Abu Dhabi opens 19–22 November with 89 exhibitors. From regional modernists and Frieze Masters to Dala Nasser’s commission, our collector’s preview.

Carlos Amorales, the São Paulo Biennial at Tamayo, Julian Charrière and three sharper smaller-scale projects make Mexico City one of November’s richest research destinations.

From Wendell Castle and Ron Arad to Joris Laarman and contemporary material innovators, a collector’s guide to authenticity, editions, provenance and living with sculptural furniture.

Michael Chow commissioned portraits from Basquiat, Warhol, Haring, Hockney, Ruscha and others. Inside the collection behind Gagosian’s Friends and Legends.

Christine Sun Kim and Theaster Gates lead a Seoul route that also tests Pam Evelyn’s momentum and highlights Yuichi Hirako, Jenny Holzer and Heejoon Lee.

Amsterdam’s major Kusama retrospective, planned during the artist’s lifetime, has become a poignant opportunity to look beyond the mirrored rooms to seven decades of experimentation.