Kabir Jhala

Kabir Jhala is the Art Market Editor of The Art Newspaper

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Comment | Commercial galleries are the new rulers of the Indian art scene

Shows at Mehrangarh Fort in Jodhpur and City Palace in Jaipur demonstrate fresh power dynamics in the sector

Art marketanalysis

India Art Fair opens amid a tense Delhi election

Rising Hindu nationalism and recent incidents of censorship have made exhibitors increasingly cautious to show contentious works

Indian government remains ‘evasive’ over plans for the world’s biggest museum

The ambitious project will replace the National Museum in New Delhi—but crucial details remain under wraps

In Defence Colony, Delhi finally gets its own gallery district

Thanks to a spate of new openings, the district will soon be home to seven major art galleries

Collector Jaiveer Johal on staging a 'milestone moment' in queer Indian art

The Chennai-based logistics director, who has recently launched a foundation to promote art in the city, is helping to fund the first Indian retrospective of the gay photographer Sunil Gupta

Contemporary art space opens in Jaipur City Palace

The 2,600 sq. ft Jaipur Centre for Art is staging a commercially minded exhibition and will soon launch an “open-ended” artist residency programme

As competition heats up, India Art Fair refines its vision

The New Delhi fair's 16th edition—its biggest yet—welcomes 78 galleries and an expanded design section which builds on the country's ancient craft tradition

Brazilnews

Hoa, São Paulo’s first Black-owned gallery, reforms as a non-profit

With the launch of Hoa Cultural Society, founder Igi Lola Ayedun wants to address inequality within the industry on a “more impactful” level

The art world according to Marc Spiegler: former Art Basel boss launches online course

In collaboration with the events platform Art Market Minds, the ten-hour programme will dissect the rapidly shifting contemporary art ecosystem

Authenticity of Indian works in university exhibition questioned

Paintings attributed to major Modernists in a recent show at the gallery of the University of London’s School of Oriental and African Studies (Soas) are facing scrutiny

Brafa turns 70, plus new fairs in Cyprus and Texas—a quick look at art fairs in 2025

Vima, the first international contemporary art fair in Cyprus, opens in the spring, while Untitled Art expands to Houston

Christie's results are down ‘just’ 6% in 2024, ‘despite challenging environment’

The house's auction total saw a double-digit decrease for a second year in a row—but private sales are booming

The Year in Review: art market slump squeezes biggest players and Frieze for sale

The top end of the market failed to recover, while auction houses expanded in Hong Kong amid dramatic shifts in the city

Dealers collaborate to solve shipping snafus at Art Basel Miami Beach

Faced with logistics setbacks, several galleries were offered assistance from their fellow exhibitors

Trump ‘bump’ or Trump ‘slump’? What dealers expect from the next four years

On the second day of Art Basel Miami Beach, leading dealers, advisers and market experts are split on the US president-elect’s tax and tariff plans

Paris film screening resurrects pioneering post-punk performance group

The “unapologetically impolite” COUM Transmissions work still has a shock factor

India Art Fair cancels its inaugural Mumbai show

The new event would have coincided with the city’s existing Art Mumbai fair

Crypto investor eats Cattelan banana he bought for $6.2m

Justin Sun, who purchased the work just last week, also pledged to buy 100,000 bananas from the vendor who originally sold the fruit for $0.25

The dangerous art of Hamad Butt makes a comeback at the Irish Museum of Modern Art

Pioneering works by the British-Pakistani artist who died young are being restaged in Dublin before travelling to London

Crime news

London art world haunt Groucho Club closed as police investigate ‘serious crime’ on premises

The private members club was bought by Hauser & Wirth's founders in 2022

Art marketanalysis

Beyond the banana: Sotheby's contemporary art night nets a modest $112m

Despite Maurizio Cattelan's Comedian selling for a staggering $6.2m, The Now and contemporary auctions in New York made 63% less than last year

After an embattled edition, the Kochi-Muziris Biennale announces next show

Nikhil Chopra and the collective HH Art Spaces will curate the next instalment of the prestigious Indian exhibition, scheduled to open in December 2025

Art marketanalysis

Bollywood and billionaires: Art Mumbai sees ‘very healthy’ sales at expanded second edition

The fair welcomed 71 galleries this year, while local competition intensifies

Mumbai gallery Mirchandani + Steinruecke to open Delhi location

It is the latest Indian gallery to expand to a second city

Artissimaanalysis

Dealers at Artissima await 'potentially transformative' changes to art tax in Italy

The 31st edition of the contemporary art fair sees Italy's art market players cross their fingers—or fear for the worst

Nudes by major Indian artists F. N. Souza and Akbar Padamsee embroiled in 'obscenity' dispute

The seven works were seized by Mumbai customs last year due to their sensitive content

Dealer Yves Bouvier owes more than $800m in back taxes, Swiss court rules

Meanwhile Dmitry Rybolovlev, with whom Bouvier settled a high-profile legal saga last year, has had charges against him dismissed

Kabir Jhala. With additional reporting by Vincent Noce

Frieze's parent company exploring ‘potential sale’ of the fair and media brand

Entertainment giant Endeavor is reviewing its event assets as it prepares to go private