Kabir Jhala

Kabir Jhala is the Art Market Editor of The Art Newspaper

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Energy returns to a changed Art Basel Hong Kong

While there were fewer US collectors, and Chinese spending remains lower, the increased Southeast Asian presence and an "exponential growth" of Gen Z buyers is notable at this year's edition of the fair

Basquiat to Chagall: Hong Kong's international auction houses turn to household names during art week

As mainland Chinese art buying continues its post-pandemic contraction, Christie’s and Sotheby’s are pivoting from ultra-contemporary Western artists towards tried-and-tested 19th- and 20th-century big hitters

Frieze Masters appoints Emanuela Tarizzo as director

The art adviser and former director at Tomasso gallery takes the reins from Nathan Clements-Gillespie at a pivotal time for Frieze, which is presently being considered for sale

Record for Indian painting at auction smashed by $13.7m M.F. Husain

The work sold at Christie’s New York, almost quadrupling its $3.5m high estimate, as South Asian Modern art crests a wave

São Paulo's newest gallery knows you must ‘burn cash to support great artists’

Yehudi Hollander-Pappi, founded by two former Mendes Wood DM employees and a seasoned collector, opens this week with a 20-strong roster and a clear vision for success

UK extends tax-free import period for art and antiques

Temporary Admissions, where goods can come into the country without import duties, increased to four years to help post-Brexit art market

Works of uncertain authenticity offered at India Art Fair

Four pictures labelled as Modern masters were quietly removed midway through the event, as issues of genuineness continue to plague the market

‘I like being able to walk between my spaces’: Sadie Coles on her gallery's new Savile Row location

The 6,000 sq ft space occupies a townhouse that was once home to a storied gentleman's club frequented by John Ruskin and Dante Gabriel Rossetti

TJ Boulting gallery in London, known for its roster of women photographers, has closed after 13 years

Citing a tough market and a desire to begin a new chapter, co-founder Hannah Watson has ended the Fitzrovia gallery

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

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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

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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

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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