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The First Art Newspaper on the Net Established in 1996 Tuesday, October 20, 2026 Home Last Week Artists Galleries Museums Photographers Games Subscribe Comments Search Contact VISU Contemporary presents "RISE" new photographs by Pari Dukovic Pari Dukovic, Metamorphosis, 2026. Archival pigment prints. Courtesy of the artist and VISU Contemporary. MIAMI BEACH, FLA.- VISU Contemporary presents RISE, a new exhibition of 29 photographs by Pari Dukovic, made with the dancers of Miami City Ballet during the company's 40th anniversary season. Rather than documenting performance as spectacle, Dukovic photographs the disciplined bodies behind it, isolating moments in which years of repetition, physical intelligence, and private effort become visible as apparent ease. In RISE, the dancer's body becomes both subject and evidence: of endurance, vulnerability, control, and the sustained labor required to approach mastery. Dukovic's images move beyond conventional performance photography to examine what achievement looks like before it is polished into an image—and what remains concealed within gestures that appear effortless. The exhibition arrives at a moment when accomplishment is increasingly encountered as something immediate, visible, and easily consumed. Against that culture of compression, RIS ... More The authority of the label: A challenge to museums and educators 3-page handwritten

Gooding Christie's is expanding its European footprint by launching a dedicated Geneva collector car auction anchored by a single-owner, no-reserve Ferrari collection. This strategic expansion marks the first dedicated automotive sale for the joint brand in Switzerland, positioning high-value modern sports cars directly alongside traditional luxury assets during a major international sales week. The single-owner collection also features pairs of other highly sought-after modern models, including the Pista, the Speciale, and the newly introduced 12Cilindri. Magneto Magazine reported that the automotive sale is designed to align with Christie's broader luxury offerings in Geneva, which this season includes a group of rare F.P. Journe watches formerly owned by Michael Schumacher. This integration of high-performance automobiles into a traditional luxury watch and jewelry calendar reflects a deliberate effort to capture overlapping collector interest in a single physical location. The decision to offer these highly sought-after contemporary models without reserve shifts the transaction risk entirely to the room, bypassing the traditional safety net of minimum price guarantees. In a market where buyers frequently navigate multi-year dealer waitlists for limited-run vehicles, a no-reserve public auction provides immediate delivery but removes the pricing controls typically managed by