Kabir Jhala

Kabir Jhala is the Art Market Editor of The Art Newspaper

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Florida’s mega-rich influx keeps spirits high for Art Basel’s mighty Miami fair

Art Basel Miami Beach shrugs off the digital downturn, its main rival’s US expansion and culture war worries

Emalin gallery doubles down on east London, opening second Shoreditch location

The new space will be located in an 18th-century building that is among the neighbourhood’s oldest

Frieze to sponsor next British pavilion at Venice Biennale

This is first time an art fair has funded a national exhibition at the Biennale

British art market yet to reap ‘Brexit dividends’, new report suggests

Clare McAndrew's British Art Market in 2023 survey shows a growing gulf between UK and US art markets, prompting key players to lobby government

Indian steel tycoons to launch art centre near historic site of Hampi

The billionaire Jindal family will open the exhibition venue and artist residency space in February next year

Israelnews

Artforum reportedly fires editor David Velasco over Israel-Hamas open letter

The publication of the letter, which called for a ceasefire to the Israeli bombing of Gaza, was "not consistent with Artforum’s editorial process", the magazine's publishers said in a statement

Mendes Wood DM’s new Paris space boosts the Brazilian-founded gallery’s position within a global market

The gallery's fourth location across three continents has opened on the Place des Vosges in the Marais district

'More Americans than at Frieze': sophomore edition of Art Basel's Paris+ fair opens to packed aisles and punchy sales

Major deals suggest a shift in power between Paris and London, though some attendees noted an aesthetic conservatism in the French fair's offerings

Kabir Jhala. With additional reporting by Gareth Harris

Alicja Kwade joins Pace Gallery—and leaves embattled dealer Johann König after 15 years

Pace will feature a work by the Berlin-based sculptor at Paris + and stage a solo show of her work in Los Angeles in 2024

Friezenews

French government hosts London reception to boost visual arts relations

Event was held during a fortnight of back-to-back art fairs in the the UK capital and Paris

Emerging art collector Mauro Mattei discusses ‘golden showers’ and eating well at fairs

The party-loving tax adviser and Titian fan, who sponsors an annual prize for emerging artists, dedicates his time at Frieze London to the Focus section

Two art advisers on what they’d buy for under £10,000 at Frieze London

Jane Suitor has an eye on Andreas Schulze's paintings, while Benjamin Gosill's picks include work by Mariana Rocha

Best in show: India's Experimenter gallery wins Frieze in London's top stand award

The gallery, which has spaces in Kolkata and Mumbai, is showing eight South Asian women artists on its roster at the fair

Galleries rely on tried-and-tested names at Frieze London

Secondary-market dealing on the rise as interest in young talent cools

Kabir Jhala. Additional reporting by Anny Shaw and Tim Schneider

Despite economic headwinds, galleries continue to open in London

To the surprise of some, post-Brexit London is holding its own in the global art market, with new galleries setting up shop throughout the city, and long-term players opening new, larger venues

'Rediscovered' Rembrandt could make £15m at Sotheby's London this December

The Biblical scene was recently offered at auction for just €10,000

Art fairspreview

Art collective Slavs and Tatars curates a Central Asian-focused Asia Now fair in Paris

More than 85 galleries will show at this year's edition, which takes place at the historic Monnaie de Paris for the second-year running

Experimental artist Sung Neung Kyung on why he's still performing at 79-years-old

Sung's performances and early installations are included in a major survey on experimental art in mid-20th century Korea, currently at the Guggenheim Museum in New York

Art Basel reaches outside art trade for new chief officers of growth and digital

Hayley Romer and Craig Hepburn will work to bolster the brand's year-round presence and "engage ever broader cultural audiences"

Hauser & Wirth to open in Basel—taking over Galerie Knoell's space in 2024

The mega-gallery will also welcome Knoell's founder as a senior director, in a move that will "extend its commitment in Basel"

After 25 years of operating solely in London, Stuart Shave's Modern Art gallery will open in Paris

Brexit has not influenced the decision to launch the outpost, says the gallery's founder

A sculpture consigned by Gérard Depardieu and a Chinese vase with dragon fish handles: our pick of September's auctions

Plus a painting by Hedda Sterne, one of the few women to make her mark in New York’s Abstract Expressionism movement

‘Seoul is still a boomtown’: solid sales at Frieze and Kiaf defy market dip

An economic downturn and an overlap with the Armory fair in New York appear not to have put off collectors at the concurrent fairs in the South Korean capital

Pace gallery to open in Tokyo next year

The mega gallery's forthcoming space comes as Japan adjusts its art tax laws to attract international dealers

Venture capitalist Tony Lyu on his collection and favourite spots in Seoul

Lyu discusses how a light-filled former apartment informed his early art purchases, and what the legacy of the crypto boom will be for South Korea