Anny Shaw

Anny Shaw is a contributing art market editor at The Art Newspaper and author of Resist: Rebellion, Dissent & Protest in Art

Exhibitionsinterview

‘I’m the most content I’ve ever been’: Tracey Emin on having her first museum show in Italy, losing her libido and why she had to take a break from painting

The British artist discusses the way her views on painting and life have shifted over the years as an expansive show of her works opens at the Palazzo Strozzi in Florence

How will arts institutions adapt to modern philanthropy?

As organisations reject tainted donors, they must deal with changing attitudes, budget cuts and socially aware audiences while engaging with new forms of private funding, a summit at Tefaf Maastricht explores

London’s Eye of the Collector fair ‘put on pause’ over rising costs and challenging market dynamics

Founder Nazy Vassegh plans to make a comeback but warns of difficulties for dealers and collectors doing business in the UK capital

Art marketanalysis

The big slowdown: why museums and galleries are putting on fewer shows

Exhibitions are lasting longer, artists are reducing their output and more discerning collectors are all contributing to the change

Art marketanalysis

Phillips Modern and contemporary London sale punches below its weight

The £12.2m auction relied on tried and tested names, but estimates proved too high for buyers' appetites

British Art Market Federation appoints new chairman Tom Christopherson

The lawyer and auction house legal consultant succeeds Martin Wilson, who was named chief executive of Phillips last month

Artistsinterview

‘I found energy from somewhere very deep’: artist Alexis Soul-Gray on navigating the gallery scene through grief and motherhood

The UK-based artist is entering a new chapter having signed with Bo Lee and Workman in the trendy British town of Bruton—but the journey has not been easy

Thaddaeus Ropac to open Milan gallery later this year

The Italian city is becoming a hub for millionaires thanks to an attractive tax regime for high earners

Berlin government approves €130m culture cuts

Move will kill off the art scene, say museum directors

Phillips auction house executive chairman Ed Dolman resigns

Martin Wilson, the chairman of the British Art Market Federation (Bamf), is joining as chief executive and will oversee global operations

Fuller picture of Sotheby's mass layoffs emerges

Staff cuts at auction house come as $1bn deal with Abu Dhabi wealth fund closes 

Anny Shaw. With additional reporting by Anna Brady
Artistsinterview

‘I never pursued the big four or five galleries, they always scared me’: Joan Snyder on her first blue-chip show, roses, and the glass ceiling

The American artist is having her first solo exhibition at the London outpost of Thaddaeus Ropac gallery, which now represents her

Jasleen Kaur wins 2024 Turner Prize for show evoking the joy and power of coming together

The Scottish-born artist was commended for “the considered way in which she weaves together the personal, political and spiritual”

UK art imports fall 16% for second year in a row as Hong Kong picks up slack

Sector is lobbying UK government to simplify trading procedures, or risk being outpaced by competitors

'Two ex-art students just getting on with it': Radiohead’s Thom Yorke and Stanley Donwood to have first museum show next summer

Donwood reveals the thinking behind the band’s album covers over the past 30 years—and why he gave up trying to paint a portrait of the band

Sotheby’s to hold first ever commercial auction in Saudi Arabia in February

The auction house will hold the sale in the historic town of Diriyah, offering Modern and contemporary art as well as handbags, cars and sports memorabilia

Surrealist women come into the spotlight at Frieze Masters

Gallery Minsky is marking the movement's centenary by showing works by the likes of Leonor Fini and Stanislao Lepri

Out with the new, in with the old: why galleries are returning to established names

While bigger ticket items have been selling at Frieze Masters, once high-flying ultra-contemporary artists have fallen out of favour

'Venus, morning star, sweet potato': Gagosian pairs Basquiat painting with ancient Roman sculpture for new Paris show

Exploring the theme of classical art in the American artist's work, the gallery is bringing together a 1982 canvas with a marble figure of Venus from the rarely seen Torlonia Collection

'Very active participants in their own careers': why joint representation is proving popular for young artists

Emerging artists art discovering that working with smaller galleries alongside blue-chip firms can provide the best of both worlds

British photographer Rankin’s advertising agency files for bankruptcy amid tough 'shift in the creative landscape'

Rankin, who has photographed David Bowie and Queen Elizabeth II among others, says the last two years have been "massively challenging" due to reduced budgets and losing work to programmatic and AI-based solutions

Art marketanalysis

Amid cutbacks, big art market players are still chasing growth

Mega-dealers and auction houses are shrinking some areas while expanding others

Saints, stigmata and solace: Tracey Emin dives into the spiritual in London exhibition of new works

British artist says she needs to express her belief in “other worlds” as she gets older

Marlborough Gallery building goes up for sale for more than £25m

The gallery folded earlier this year and is in the process of dispersing its art inventory

Larry Gagosian and Peter Doig join forces in ‘unique collaboration’

The British painter, who left his longtime dealer Michael Werner last year, is curating a show at Gagosian's New York gallery in November

Largest Morandi exhibition in almost 20 years to open in New York

The show, organised by the Italian dealer Mattia de Luca, coincides with the 60th anniversary of the artist’s death

White Cube in London lets go of 38 invigilators—most of them artists and students

The terminations follow a general trend among galleries that are moving away from visitor engagement to visitor management, the workers were told

Chris Levine’s Queen Elizabeth II portraits at centre of multi-million-pound copyright row

Jersey Heritage Trust is suing the light artist over unpaid licensing fees, but the artist says the charity owes him money