To the surprise of many Westerners, female collectors from the Middle East appear to have been major players at the recent Art Dubai fair.

The British Council has selected installation artist Mike Nelson to fill the nation’s Edwin Alfred Rickards–designed pavilion.

The Quebec City biennial, Manif d’art 5, has been tagged with tagged with an unusual title of “Catastrophe? Quelle catastrophe!”

Belgian artist Michael Borreman is best known for paintings that engage historical masters such as Goya and Manet.

Pulse is reaching the inevitable state of any struggling fair, in which the art exhibited is an unwitting parody of contemporary art.

What visitors may lose in ultra modern ArtForum lounge chairs at The Armory, they gain in showroom and quality at the ADAA.

Every March for the past 12 years, artists, galleries, collectors from all over the world have made the Armory their destination.

Libia Castro & Ólafur Ólafsson will represent Iceland at the 2011 Venice Biennale.

Philagrafika 2010 is a printmaking festival in Philadelphia – includes etchings and woodcuts, vinyl graphics, comic books, and videos.

Currently on exhibit in London is the Kinetica Art Fair, the UK’s only fair dedicated to kinetic art.

Calvin Klein and the non-profit organization Los Angeles Nomadic Division celebrated L.A.’s arts month.

Art Miami hopes to fill the 100,000 square feet of its pavilion with art and antiques in February 2011.