Nnena Kalu’s Transformative Sculptures Win Turner Prize 2025

The Turner Prize 2025 has been awarded to Nnena Kalu. The winner of the £25,000 prize was announced this evening at a ceremony at Bradford Grammar School presented by magician Steven Frayne, formerly known as Dynamo, in Bradford, this year’s UK City of Culture, and broadcast live on BBC News.

Maria Balshaw to Step Down as Director of Tate in 2026

Tate has announced that Maria Balshaw will step down as Director in spring 2026, bringing to a close a nine-year tenure that has reshaped the institution’s public-facing mission, programming, and long-term strategy. Appointed in 2017, Balshaw leaves Tate at a moment of institutional stability, with major capital projects underway and a strengthened financial framework in place.

 Inside the IYP Collection: A Conversation with Irene Y. Panagopoulos

At a time when the art world chases spectacle, some pursue a more discreet—and far more meaningful—collecting mission. ARTCOLLECTORNEWS spoke with Irene Y. Panagopoulos, the vision behind the IYP Collection, as she opens her new public space.

Animism in the Age of Extraction: A Reading of Sara’s Turbine Hall Commission

Máret Ánne Sara’s Goavve-Geabbil transforms Tate Modern into a living landscape of hides, bone, sound, and spirit. Rooted in Sámi cosmology, the installation marks a powerful return of shamanic presence in contemporary art—an immersive call to reconnect with land, ancestors, and the unseen.

Beyond the Beach: Miami’s Art Basel Has Arrived

Miami Beach is about to trade in its sunscreen for art, ambition, and audacity, as Art Basel 2025 takes over the city in a whirlwind of color, ideas, and unapologetic creativity. From Havana to São Paulo, New York to Kyiv, 283 galleries are landing in the Sunshine State, bringing a global parade of Modern masters, postwar icons, and daring emerging voices. This year, the fair is shining a spotlight on Latinx, Indigenous, and diasporic artists—because if Miami is the crossroads of the Americas, Art Basel is the crossroads of ideas. Get ready for a week where the beach vibes meet bold statements, and the cocktail of culture is curated with intellectual rigor.

Findings from the UBS report. The New Art Class: How Women, Gen Z, and Digital Platforms Are Redefining Collecting in 2025

The latest Art Basel & UBS Survey of Global Collecting reveals a new balance of power in the art world — where women lead in spending, Gen Z embraces digital art, and collecting becomes as much about identity as investment.