From an explosive painterly sculpture to a work that evokes the West's tension with Russia

With a new Paris fair on the horizon, attendance figures are expected to rebound to pre-pandemic levels next week at the Swiss flagship event

Amid a crackdown on dissent, and the havoc wreaked by the pandemic, Hong Kong’s galleries have not just survived but thrived, with several new openings

Asian spending continues to grow, particularly at auction, while the UK’s market share shrinks to historic lows as Brexit woes linger

Paris+, by Art Basel is due to run until at least 2028

After Fiac is muscled out of Paris, just two big players are left in the Modern and contemporary events market

Of the 289 galleries participating in the June event, 19 are first timers

Fiac's eviction from the Grand Palais came as a shock to the French gallery scene—what was behind the move?

Daniel Hug posted that the Swiss company "is only interested in making money and keeping Art Basel the number one fair worldwide"

The French cultural body RMN put Fiac's October slot up for tender last year—now the Swiss firm MCH will launch a contemporary art fair, paying €10.6m for a seven-year contract

Well over half the galleries participating in the fair are opting for satellite booths as travel restrictions continue to disrupt large-scale events

Plus, Caribbean-British art at Tate Britain and Marco Brambilla's VR work at Pérez Art Museum in Miami

Those who participated benefited from a 35% reduction in booth fees during what Art Basel global director Marc Spiegler describes as a “rough year”

The commercial art world came back with a vengeance in September, but issues around sustainability and volatile prices still abound

Fair organiser is working with police and Swiss cyber security authorities to identify perpetrators of malware attack on 20 October

The fair company has already collaborated with Art Week Tokyo next week, and says its role is to help and "hold their hands"

Plus, Art Basel: are the buyers back? And Mary Beard on images of power

Despite the success of the fair's first post-pandemic edition, galleries are weighing up the future

Though Covid-19 travel complications have kept many US and Asian collectors away, dealers report brisk business from the VIP opening

Curator Giovanni Carmine walks through highlights among the 62 supersized installations presented at the fair

Art Basel has lent expertise to Art Week Tokyo, but does this indicate further involvement?

The fair may be smaller than usual this year but Jennifer Roberts says she has never known the collectible design market to be in such rude health

From unseen drawings from Kara Walker's personal archives to a fresh take on Camille Pissarro as the leader of the Impressionists

Arranging the event amid a shifting pandemic has been fraught with risk—but it is a risk worth taking, says global director Marc Spiegler

As exhibitors threaten to pull out of the fair in the face of travel uncertainty, another letter offering "extraordinary" one-off concessions to dealers is sent

Fair says it is committed to going ahead but offers concessions to exhibitors, including rolling over booth fees to 2022 if they cannot enter the country and offering staff to man stands

Non-EU visitors will have to apply for Swiss Covid-19 certificate before attending and, with certain vaccines not recognised, some will have to take tests onsite

Horowitz's new position will see him increasing Sotheby's collaboration with galleries and art dealers

Visitor capacity is capped at 20%, but organisers are bringing back both Unlimited for large-scale works and the public art trail Parcours