Expo Chicago returns for first in-person iteration since 2019
Despite being regional in nature, the fair stands out for its focus on educating a new generation of collectors and collaborating with a rich institutional ecosystem
Object lessons: from Richard Gere's portrait of Bob Dylan to Lucian Freud's drawing of a pony with which he had a tricky relationship
Our pick of the highlights from April's fairs and auctions
Strange bedfellows: advisor Allan Schwartzman and art investment specialist Philip Hoffman team up
The London-headquartered The Fine Art Group and New York-based Schwartzman& are collaborating—but this is not a merger, they stress
Degas, Monet and Rothko among Texan philanthropist Anne Bass’s trove, expected to sell at Christie’s for $250m
Only two of the 12 works have been guaranteed, an oddity in the recent string of high-profile single-owner sales
The G7 countries have banned art exports to Russia—we asked legal experts what this really means
While it is still legal to sell art to a Russian individual, conducting business with anyone on a sanctions list could result in fines or a prison sentence
Rothko lawsuit lays bare the privacy versus provenance conflict
A recent case, relating to the sale of work by the Abstract Expressionist, centred on the tension between client confidentiality and transparency; the solution is far from simple
Two lots withdrawn from Christie’s antiquities sale after possible ties emerge to dealers known to traffic in illicit artefacts
The artefacts were flagged by Christos Tsiogiannis, who has, since 2006, been identifying looted antiquities through photographic archives of suspected and convicted dealers in plunder
Shotgun the Warhol: Christie's to sell Shot Sage Blue Marilyn for $200m
The painting, being sold by the Thomas and Doris Ammann Foundation, could become the most expensive 20th century work of art ever sold at auction when it is offered in New York in May
Here's how you can help the Ukraine aid effort by buying art
Auction houses, galleries, online platforms and artists are selling works for charities helping those affected by the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Here is a selection
Picasso bronze deaccessioned by the Metropolitan Museum could bring $30m at Christie’s
The sale of the canonical early Cubist sculpture will bolster the museum’s acquisitions fund and at no great cost to its collection, which includes another edition of the work
A Dorothea Tanning exhibition reveals the urgency and timeliness of the surreal
Surrealist artists, especially women, are gaining renewed institutional and market traction
At the Outsider Art Fair, artist Fred Tomaselli highlights the influence of psychedelic art
While the fields are distinct, outsider art and psychedelic art overlap in significant ways, as an exhibition within the fair curated by Tomaselli makes clear
Phillips donates £5.8m, the auction house's share from its evening sale of 20th-century and contemporary art, to Ukrainian Red Cross
The sale felt fresh, with 83% of works making their auction debut and in-demand young artists again taking centre stage, with a new record for Issy Wood
Russian missile strike hits Holocaust memorial site in Kyiv
The site of Babyn Yar, Europe's largest mass grave for victims of the Holocaust, was struck by Russian missiles in an attack on a nearby television broadcasting tower
Hollywood talent agency to expand its contemporary art footprint with new gallery in Atlanta
UTA Artist Space's second gallery, with a former professional basketball player as head of sales, show the agency zeroing in on the lucrative crossover possibilities between the art market and high-earning sports and entertainment figures
Three exhibitions to see in New York this weekend
From Danica Lundy's disquieting tableaux of teenage angst to Claudette Schreuders's introspective doubles
A museum exhibition on Woody Guthrie proves the artist’s message is as relevant today as during the Depression era
The show includes original artwork, handwritten lyrics, musical instruments and previously unpublished written works.
Art Basel relaxes participation requirements, announces gallery line-up for 2022 Basel edition
Of the 289 galleries participating in the June event, 19 are first timers
Camille Henrot’s dos and don’ts on display at Frieze Los Angeles
The artist's recent drawings, inspired by a trove of rediscovered etiquette books, are on view in her solo booth with Hauser & Wirth
Los Angeles is open for business again
With mega-galleries heading west and a dynamic local scene, the city is realising its market potential
Mystery mural uncovered behind Beverly Hilton rooftop bar
The glass mosaic depicts figures from Classical mythology and was installed when the hotel opened in 1955—but remained hidden behind a wall for decades
Dallas P. Price-Van Breda's taste for adventure extends to her art collecting
The co-founder and longtime supporter of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles shares her formative purchases and the artists she would invite to her ultimate dinner party
The ‘most important piece of prehistoric art’ found in Britain in a century will go on view at the British Museum
The 5,000-year-old chalk sculpture was discovered on a country estate near the village of Burton Agnes in East Yorkshire
NFT market is vulnerable to money laundering, according to US Treasury study of the art trade
While the study concedes there are some nefarious financial dealings in the art market, there are more immediate concerns and regulatory manoeuvres to take
Two Latin American galleries expand into a shared space in New York
“For Latinos to be able to compete, we have to work together. It’s completely natural, it’s a part of the Latino experience,” says Omayra Alvarado, one of the founders of the Colombian gallery Instituto de Visión
Pace expands West Coast footprint, merges with the Los Angeles gallery Kayne Griffin
The merger continues a trend of mega-galleries expanding their presence in California
New York gallery faces multi-million-dollar lawsuit over a Rothko’s mystery provenance
The lawsuit claims the Manhattan gallery Edward Tyler Nahem Fine Art is refusing to divulge the seller of 'Untitled (Red, Yellow, Blue, Black and White)' (1950), which has left the provenance incomplete and the painting unsellable
Object lessons: from a 16th-century angel to a jaunty walking stick
Our pick of the highlights from upcoming fairs and auctions
A career-spanning, six-venue exhibition of the painter Rochelle Feinstein’s work opens in galleries across the US and Europe
The multi-venue show reflects the artist’s kaleidoscopic practice and proves there’s an organic way for mid-size galleries to put on a global exhibition
Three exhibitions to see in New York this weekend
From the jewels of the American Folk Art Museum’s collection to Alec Soth’s journey across the US