Carlie Porterfield
With two fairs and a new festival, Aspen art scene is reaching new peaks
Famous for its high-end ski resorts, the Colorado town has become a major arts destination
‘We just wanted to do our small part’: how Texas's art community responded to deadly flash floods
Museums and commercial galleries in Austin and San Antonio have stepped up to support flood victims in the Texas Hill Country
New York’s Market Gallery evolves from Chinatown apartment to Soho pop-up
The buzzy gallery, run out of founder Adam Zhu’s renovated storage shed, launched an inaugural group show on Mercer Street
Art Basel Miami Beach to welcome 41 new exhibitors
A handful of galleries are not returning for the 2025 edition
Art Dealers Association of America cancels 2025 edition of The Art Show fair in New York
The ADAA sent an email to members this week saying the decision was made with “long-term sustainability” in mind
‘Free art, with strings attached’: Zero Art Fair’s first edition in New York City puts a new spin on the old fair format
More than $500,000 worth of art traded hands free of charge last week with a contract that makes collecting more accessible and helps ease artists’ burden of storing old work
Jane Birkin’s original namesake Hermès bag sells for record-breaking €8.6m at Sotheby’s Paris
It is the most expensive handbag ever sold at auction
Influential New York gallery Venus Over Manhattan will close after 13 years
Founder and dealer Adam Lindemann says he will return his focus to his personal art collection
Tim Blum will phase out traditional gallery model, close Los Angeles and Tokyo locations
The longtime dealer says a new structure will allow for more flexibility, engagement
A Clara Peeters self-portrait and the only work for which Gandhi posed are among this summer’s auction highlights
Plus, a tense landscape by Max Beckmann and nudes by Philip Pearlstein
Collector Ken Griffin spends $18.1m on historic US documents signed by Abraham Lincoln
Griffin reportedly plans to lend his copies of the Thirteenth Amendment and the Emancipation Proclamation to a US institution
No more business-as-usual: Art Basel demonstrates how dealers can adapt to thrive
Galleries showing at the fair are responding to a shifting art market
Koons lobster snapped up amid day two sales at Art Basel
Works by Michael Armitage, Adrian Ghenie and Frank Bowling were also among the highest-priced pieces sold
In pictures: the best of the Liste art fair in Basel
Now in its third decade, the satellite fair has stayed true to its mission of showcasing young artists from often overlooked regions
Cause for cheer at Art Basel as strong preview-day sales take many galleries by surprise
Dealers reported solid sales at the fair’s VIP preview, a good sign after a tough year in the art world
New dealer-run fair aims to fill gap left by Design Miami
Maze Design Basel is presenting works from 11 mostly French galleries, after Design Miami announced in February that it was dropping its Swiss edition this year
Limited-edition Labubu causes bedlam at Art Basel Shop
The figurine of a slightly sinister looking monster has been flying off the shelves
Liste and Volta, both stalwart Basel satellite fairs, celebrate major anniversaries
The two fairs mark a combined 50 years of showing contemporary art in the Swiss city
‘The works I add to my collection need to give me goosebumps’: Nicola Erni on the art she collects and why
The super-private Swiss collector tells us about the Warhol she got and the Basquiat-Warhol collaboration she missed out on, plus her favourite view in Basel
Sotheby’s offers peek at Breuer building’s makeover
New renderings show the subtle interventions the auction house is making to its new Manhattan locale ahead of the marquee autumn auctions in November
Art Basel exhibitors will show ‘the most ambitious works’ despite economic headwinds
Amid a drop in global sales and looming US tariffs, when Art Basel opens next week it will appeal to emerging collectors with a brand-new Premiere section for ultra-contemporary work, says the fair's director
A rare dining set by Claude Lalanne and a childhood portrait of the Dalai Lama: our pick of the June auctions
Plus, an early Western view of India and an “illuminating” Giacometti lightpost
Art Basel reveals exhibitor lineup for Paris fair's 2025 edition
The Swiss art fair giant's French expo continues to grow, with more than 200 exhibitors signed on for October
Gagosian's spring show skips and rhymes through De Kooning's career
The ambitious New York exhibition picks out visual motifs that can be seen throughout the artist's practice
Untitled Art reveals exhibitors for inaugural Houston fair
The organisers said “an overwhelming response” encouraged them to grow the number of stands beyond their initial plans
Sotheby’s $51.8m Saunders collection falls short, but still breaks Old Masters record
The sale achieved a 62% sell through rate and made new auction records for Luis Meléndez and Frans Post
Mary Tyler Moore’s art collection heads to auction
The actor’s character on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" was unprecedented for a woman on primetime television
Art Basel Awards name inaugural medalists including artists, curators and patrons
The 36 medalists will be honoured at a reception during Art Basel’s Swiss fair
$70m Giacometti bombs at patchy Sotheby’s Modern art auction
The prize lot, a bust depicting the artist’s brother Diego, failed to attract bidders during the $186.4m sale
A young Richter’s painting of an even younger Polke and a once-grimy Brazilian landscape by Frans Post: our pick of the May auctions
Plus, Andy Warhol's “Big Electric Chair” and a Fernando Botero nude