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
Art Basel 2009 dispels credit crunch blues with unprecedented surge in buying
No return to the boom, but is the worst really over so soon?
My road to Art Basel 2009: Interview with Alicja Kwade
Alicja Kwade on fleeing Poland, working for other artists and winning prizes
Collector Richard Weisman calls off the hunt for stolen Warhols
Owner cancels reward for his missing set, citing problems with his insurer
Private collectors active at Arco but museums too quiet
We look at the talking points and early sales
Sales slow as Gulf waits for planned museums to buy
And parallel event for collectors draws big names away from fair
Kulik images impounded as ‘pornography’ at Fiac
Russian gallery directors handcuffed by police, but case dropped
Andy Warhol’s $28m “Athletes” in Chinese capital for the Games
The series will go on show at the Faurscho gallery in Beijing
Pinault sells shares in auction group
The billionaire entrepreneur bought a majority stake in 2000
Cypriot wall paintings get HIV test as part of conservation strategy
Adapted antibody technique helps conservators find suitable restoration materials
Why the rise of the private museum is rewriting the rules of the market
Dealers are growing increasingly wary of do-it-yourself institutions
Modigliani expert Christian Parisot sentenced for forgery
He maintains his innocence
Dubai fair reaps reward of focus on Indian contemporary art
British collectors Charles Saatchi and Frank Cohen were among those who bought
Sotheby’s announces auction of Chinese art just two days after museum display
The Estella collection will be sold in Hong Kong this month following exhibitions at leading institutions
Dealers’ selling of works through auction houses is short-sighted and self-defeating
Collaboration between the two spheres does not always benefit the market
Gagosian goes for Gupta
Indian artist Subodh Gupta is in the mega-gallery's sights
Strong sales at Art Dubai shadowed by censorship of Pakistani artist
Market worries conspicuously absent at Art Dubai
Modigliani scholar faces trial for fraud
Christian Parisot is accused of faking drawings by the artist’s lover Jeanne Hébuterne
Art Basel Miami Beach '07: Promising sales on Day 1 a reflection of firm market
Concerns about the impact of the tumultuous economy seem unwarranted as buyers crowd Basel
Mortgage crisis and resulting stock market plunge be damned—the party isn’t over yet
In 2007 we noted that strong sales at auction and fairs and more money coming from Russia, Indian and Chinese collectors indicated that confidence in art remained strong
Fiac '07 fair report: Fiac makes a strong comeback with new location at the Grand Palais
Collectors and dealers praise the quality of art on offer
Chinese buyers thin on the ground at first Shanghai art fair: ShContemporary in review
Nevertheless, dealers predict this will change as excitement surrounds international event
How much is David Khalili’s Islamic art worth?
The Sunday Times values it at $9 billion, but several dealers disagree
Pinault commits $110m to new museum
Japanese architect Tadao Ando will visit the site this month
Art Chicago comes back from the dead with new ownership and energy
Almost everything about the fair was better—but where were the collectors?
Is a Venice Biennale presence the key to Art Basel sales?
Some claim that a good reception at the Biennale ensures an artist's name is stamped in market memory
Pinault procures Polke paintings
Billionaire is set to open new Venice museum in 2009
Bacon “rubbish” including sketches and diaries makes £1m at auction
An alternative end for the rubbish that was to be thrown out from Bacon’s famously chaotic studio at 7 Reese Mews in London
Posthumous Giacometti sculptures sold at Gagosian
Pieces represent first $10m in a probable $54m deal
Christie’s Warhol could set new record in New York
The work is one of the “Death and Disaster” series which rarely come on the market
Mugrabi family considering Warhol deal with sheikh
The deal could be worth around $1 billion