Georgina Adam

Georgina Adam is the former Art Market editor of The Art Newspaper, where she is now editor-at-large. She is a contributor to the Financial Times Life & Arts Section, lectures at Sotheby's and Christie’s institutes in London and regularly participates in panels about the art market

‘This is the place of dreams’: Patrizia Sandretto Re Rebaudengo’s Venetian island venue opens to public

San Giacomo launched with two temporary exhibitions and a series of site-specific works, including a leaning church

Su Xiaobai's Venice exhibition melds Chinese lacquer with European abstraction

Lacquer paintings by the Chinese-German artist, whose foundation launches a curatorial residency in Shanghai this year, go on display at a collateral biennale event in a 15th century palazzo

Parasol Unit returns with a showcase of women from Central Asia and beyond

The non-profit London space, which closed in 2020, enters a new era at the Venice Biennale with an exhibition of 11 female artists

Under new ownership, Art Monte Carlo voices 'global ambitions'

Held in the Grimaldi Forum, the boutique fair was bought last year by trade fair company Informa Prestige

Booksreview

Final book in trilogy asks: What is the future of the art world?

Writer and researcher András Szántó speaks to art-world movers and shakers for predictions and insights

Art marketcomment

Comment | Artnet-Artsy merger: 'a Bloomberg for art?'

Initial cost-cutting measures have seen some excellent journalists laid off—will new owner Andrew Wolff manage to turn the business around?

Is Dubai’s loss Palma's gain? Newly revived Mallorca fair offers ’sun, sand and safety’ for wealthy Germans

VIP day of Art Cologne Palma Mallorca saw brisk sales at the lower end, while war in the Middle East boosts the Spanish island's position as a holiday and culture destination

Art marketcomment

Comment | Why doesn't Tefaf Maastricht move to Brussels?

The out-of-the-way Maastricht offers travel complications and inferior accommodation—but its intimate size is its advantage

Art fairsanalysis

Rediscovered Rubens and a woolly mammoth head star at Brafa fair in Brussels

Belgium's premier art and antiques fair opened its expanded 71st edition this week

Storm over closure of South Africa’s much-loved Irma Stern Museum

The closure last year of the Cape Town museum has “left people angry and deeply suspicious”

Comment | Art theft is just the start, what happens after a jewellery heist is the real question

Due to the world-wide publicity of the brazen theft at the Musée du Louvre last month, the stolen jewellery may be impossible to shift

Booksreview

The story of Jean-Michel Basquiat’s brief but dazzling life, as told by an art-world insider

A former Christie’s president examines the meteoric rise of the “radiant child”, and his legacy following his untimely death

Christie’s and Sotheby’s auctions offer some solace, but market remains wary

Peter Doig’s ‘Ski Jacket’ soared over its estimate to achieve £106.9m at Christie’s, but overall lower estimates and price corrections revealed a mixed picture

Is Art Basel Paris set to consume the original Swiss fair?

There is no doubt Paris is on a high, writes Georgina Adam, but there are several things that continue to make Basel distinctive

New London venue to focus on global majority arts—and host ‘necessary conversations’

Ibraaz, funded by the Kamel Lazaar Foundation and opening on 15 October, is a multi-disciplinary art space in Fitzrovia that seeks to address “urgent questions”

Knoedler gallery faking scandal is a gift that keeps on giving

Writer Barry Avrich has followed up his 2020 documentary about the $80m art fraud case with a new book on the saga

World's largest private Rembrandt collection may be fractionalised, owner reveals

Plans are underway for the Leiden Collection of Dutch Golden Age painting, amassed by billionaire investor Thomas S. Kaplan, to be offered as shares on a public stock exchange

Ukraine-Russia war remains front and centre for Viennacontemporary fair exhibitors

The fair continues to act as a bridge between eastern and western Europe

Comment | I've researched the next generation of collectors—and here's why they are not like the last

The Art Newspaper’s editor-at-large on how millennials who collect art differ from previous generations—and what it means for the art market

European-American investment company to buy Artnet and take it private

Beowolff Capital also has a majority stake in Artsy, and plans are in the works to combine the two companies, according to a former Artnet shareholder

Why is the art market turning Gulf-wards?

As China’s market drops, auction houses and dealers have been following the money to Saudi Arabia

Art marketanalysis

'Alarming situation': Tax issues dominate discussions at Milan's Miart fair

While a 22% VAT rate is a pressing issue for the art trade in Italy, the country is also benefitting from the arrival of wealthy individuals from the UK

Could the future of the art market lie in antiques?

There was an uptick in sales of traditional art at last month's Tefaf Maastricht fair

‘I didn’t initially appreciate Barbara Hepworth, and I missed several chances’: Calvin Hui on the works that got away

The co-founder of Hong Kong’s 3812 gallery, which is moving its London outpost into a new development of the Whiteley building, talks about his life in collecting and offers tips on Art Basel

Collectorsfeature

Anastasia Bukhman, the Russian-born collector behind a £1m donation to London’s National Portrait Gallery

Art was not a part of the philanthropist’s life growing up in a remote town in Russia, but moving to Europe some years ago opened her eyes, and she is now an avid collector and generous donor

Filmspreview

A new documentary asks how King Charles was hoodwinked by forged paintings

The film examines the scandal of fakes lent by James Stunt to a royal residence, including works supposedly by Monet, Salvador Dalí and Picasso

Art collector James Stunt found not guilty of money-laundering

The entrepreneur was accused along with four others, who were found guilty

Ahead of game-changing EU legislation, Tefaf Maastricht opens to satisfactory sales

Works by Velázquez, Titian and Picasso were offered at the fair, as well as a sculpture thought to be modelled by Michelangelo

The Saunders collection will be a real test of the Old Master market

Due to be sold at Sotheby's New York in May, the group of works includes pieces by Guardi and Canaletto and is billed as the "most valuable single-owner collection of Old Master paintings ever to appear at auction"

A trio of hair-raising courtroom dramas unfold the US

A glut of lawsuits often signals a market in trouble. Three art collectors are suing to recover their losses, but are they justified?