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
Small dealers are squeezed by the auction house giants
Tied to increasing prominence of private sales by auction houses
Auction guarantees are dividing the art trade
Insurance for sellers or market manipulation?
New York's lack of a standout art fair
New York is a city with the space and the traction to make introducing a fair of Art Basel's scale a lucrative prospect. So why are locals dragging their feet?
Spanish royal seal of approval for Dalí’s Florida home
Meanwhile in Europe, the artist’s foundation battles “pseudo museums” to protect his brand
Art Basel Miami Beach banks on the tried and tested
Established artists first to sell as collectors take their time over emerging talents
Steady nerve required by dealers as buyers take their time—but lower price points encouraged sales at Art Basel Miami Beach
Who needs celebrities? It’s the serious collectors that count
Collectors pay top prices for the highest quality work of Islamic classics
Christie’s totals higher, but Sotheby’s had the standout individual piece
Art Basel 2010 sees raised confidence and strong sales, but less impulsivity from buyers
Art Basel '10 fair report
Should fairs feel threatened by gallery weeks?
A complementary relationship is far more likely…
Gagosian empire expands to China
Hong Kong will soon be home to a branch of the super-gallery
Collectors at Art Basel vie for works by established artists
Art Basel '10 fair report
Basquiat: his market and his legacy
Beyeler exhibition aims to place the artist, who died at 27, high in the canon
Trends in collecting: Are domestic collectors ready to take on the world?
While the Russians are branching out, Indian collectors don't stray far from home
Interview with dealer Luca Baroni: “As I get older, I get more demanding, I only want the very best”
The old master dealer on market caution, setting the record straight with Colnaghi, and working for a very private collector
Giacometti 'fakes' seized in alleged counterfeiting ring in Germany
A series of books, presumed to have been written by the suspect and claiming the artist's brother hid a secret stash of his works, were presented as provenance
Contemporary Art auction report: Warhol’s dollar bills attract big bucks in New York sales
The market has recalibrated, but major pieces spark highly charged bidding wars
A surprise show of strength at Frieze week post-war and contemporary auctions
Houses keep their heads above water with wider international selection
How did the financial downturn impact the market for brand-name artists like Hirst and Murakami?
Both have adopted marketing strategies more typical of luxury goods firms than artists. In 2009 we looked at their market history
Post-war and contemporary auction report: Charles Saatchi strikes gold
Saatchi sells two Kippenberger paintings
Ullens buys Tayou at Venice Biennale
The collectors add work by Pascale Marthine Tayou to their extensive collection
My road to Basel 1985: Interview with Shirazeh Houshiary
Shirazeh Houshiary on identity, spirituality and the excess of gimmicks in contemporary art
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