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Art Basel Miami Beach, Louvre crisis deepens, Helene Schjerfbeck—podcast

The Art Newspaper’s editor-in-chief, Americas and art market editor discuss the top sales and the wider mood in Miami, Ben Luke gets the latest on the ground in Paris and hears from curator Dita Amory on Scherfbeck’s ‘The Tapestry’

Hosted by Ben Luke. Produced by Aimee Dawson, Philippa Kelly and David. Clack
5 December 2025
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The artist Beeple (centre) discusses his robotic dog sculptures, which have been the talk of Art Basel Miami Beach

Liliana Mora

The artist Beeple (centre) discusses his robotic dog sculptures, which have been the talk of Art Basel Miami Beach

Liliana Mora

The Week in Art

From breaking news and insider insights to exhibitions and events around the world, the team at The Art Newspaper picks apart the art world’s big stories with the help of special guests. An award-winning podcast hosted by Ben Luke.

The Art Newspaper’s editor-in-chief, Americas, Ben Sutton, and art market editor, Kabir Jhala, are in Miami Beach for Art Basel’s latest edition and discuss the top sales and the wider mood at the fair.

The museum also recently announced plans to raise ticket prices for non-European Union visitors by 45%

Mathias Reding

As staff at the Musée du Louvre in Paris vote to strike, Ben Luke talks to Vincent Noce, our correspondent in Paris, about the deepening crisis at the museum, following the robbery in October.

Helene Schjerfbeck's The Tapestry (1914-16) Private Collection, Stockholm; Photo: Per Myrehed

And this episode’s Work of the Week is Helene Schjerfbeck’s The Tapestry (1914-16). It features in a new exhibition of the Finnish artist’s work opening this week at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. We talk to the curator of the exhibition, Dita Amory, about the painting.

  • Art Basel Miami Beach, 5-7 December 2025
  • Seeing Silence: The Paintings of Helene Schjerfbeck, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 5 December-5 April 2026

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