Kabir Jhala

Kabir Jhala is the Art Market Editor of The Art Newspaper

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Artists forge new paths at Basel Social Club

The platform's fifth edition takes place in a former UBS training centre

Art Basel veteran Galerie Nordenhake celebrates 50th birthday

Claes Nordenhake has been taking his dealership to Art Basel since 1978

Win a Warhol for $12: dollar bill by Pop artist included in raffle at Basel Social Club

Zurich gallery suns.works is offering a chance to win the signed work, which features a drawing of a Campbell soup can, in aid of charity

Prize for emerging artists at Art Basel quietly cancelled

Dealers in the fair's Statements section say they were informed at the last minute that the Baloise Art Prize has been discontinued

Indian tea company's art collection soars at Christie's London

Led by a £3.8m painting by Ganesh Pyne, the auction of the Goodricke collection is the latest South Asian Modern art sale to smash records

Tiwani Contemporary, gallery dedicated to African art, ceases operations after 15 years

Due to "wider market uncertainties", the London- and Lagos-based dealership that helped launch the careers of Joy Labinjo and Gareth Nyandoro has closed

Richter and Judd works top Christie's solid if not stellar sale of post-war and contemporary art

The $162.6m evening auctions featured a trove of Gerhard Richter works that had belonged to the late dealer Marian Goodman, and canonic Minimalist sculptures from the estate of collector Henry S. McNeil Jr

For young dealers, being in New York is key to surviving and thriving

Josh Kline’s recent essay revived a generations-old conversation about the city’s corrosive costs and stresses for artists, but having a foothold in Gotham remains essential for art-market success

Gallery Weekend Berlin opens ranks as city faces identity crisis

A new section Perspectives invites seven younger galleries to take part, helping to refresh the event and combat accusations of elitism

Vaccine billionaire buys $17.9m Raja Ravi Varma, setting new record for Indian painting at auction

Cyrus Poonawalla is the latest collector to pay top prices for South Asian art, as the Indian art market continues a bull run

Jean-Marc Bottazzi on why good collecting is not about 'ticking boxes'

The Hong Kong trader loves Simon Hantaï, experimental Japanese photography, and the rainbow artist Ay-o

Sales at Art Basel Hong Kong reflect a deepening Asian market

The region's growing institutional infrastructure is helping to counteract a diminished presence from the West

Glassblower and porcelain heir Paul Arnhold on the art he loves to collect

The New Yorker's personal collection spans centuries, from ancient Etruscan stone works to paintings by Salman Toor

Global art sales grew 4% in 2025 but remain below pre-pandemic levels, Art Basel and UBS report finds

Political volatility and mounting operational costs weigh heavily on the trade, which ticked up to an estimated $59.6bn in 2025 after two years of decline

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London art market springs back to life in Sotheby's Modern and contemporary evening sale

The packed auction totalled £131m and made a record for Leon Kossoff

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Artist Princess Pea wins inaugural Swali Craft Prize

The Chanakya School of Craft has partnered with India Art Fair to offer the $12,000 award

Art marketanalysis

Art Basel Qatar VIP day: fair’s debut encourages patience

The inaugural edition's unusual structure and focus on regional talent has garnered praise—but its reliance on state support raises existential questions

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India Art Fair strengthens its role as launchpad for South Asian talent

The New Delhi stalwart, which has raised the profile of many artists, increasingly reflects the growing interest in Indigenous art

Saudi painter Safeya Binzagr outshines Picasso at Sotheby’s second sale in Diriyah

Having refined its strategy for the nascent market, the sale landed a $2.1m record for Binzagr but found less success for major Western names

Photomontage of Israel bombing Gaza will go on show at Art Basel Qatar

Proceeds from the sale of Rashid Rana's work will benefit Palestinian relief funds

Louvre Abu Dhabi director Manuel Rabaté leaves to head India’s largest private art museum

French civil servant joins the Kiran Nadar Museum of Art in New Delhi as it prepares to move to a vast new complex

Renowned gallerist Marian Goodman has died, aged 97

The dealer was known for her support of conceptually challenging artistic practices, and credited with bringing key European figures like Gerhard Richter and Marcel Broodthaers to the US

Kochi Biennale co-founder Bose Krishnamachari steps down as president

The artist and curator has resigned from his position at the Kochi Biennale Foundation citing “pressing family reasons”

Ai Weiwei’s first India solo exhibition to open in New Delhi

A selling show at Nature Morte gallery will include work from across the outspoken Chinese artist’s career—amid reports of rising censorship in India

Fair behemoths bet on Gulf plus new, bigger venues for Independent—a quick look at art fairs in 2026

Art Basel and Frieze are expanding in the Middle East while Art Cologne is reinstating its Mallorca edition

Tefaf director Dominique Savelkoul has left her post over 'differing views' with the organisation

The Belgian museum expert was appointed in September last year

Kabir Jhala. With additional reporting by Anna Brady
Art marketanalysis

Art market 2025 review: all eyes on the Gulf as Trump destabilises global order

Tariffs and new anti-trafficking rules took their toll in the US and Europe this year, as attention and investment shifted to the Middle East

Christie's and Sotheby's end 2025 with increased sales, thanks to luxury goods, trophy lots and private deals

Projected revenue at both auction houses is up from 2024, at $7bn for Sotheby's and $6.2bn at Christie's, with high-profile transactions increasingly taking place behind closed doors