Art fairs

Art fairsanalysis

How—and why—do art fairs work with non-profit organisations?

Teasing apart the alliances between for-profit trade events and charitable organisations

The new U-Haul Art Fair is pulling up in Chelsea

Exhibitors at the new fair on wheels will work out of trucks rather than from stands

Collectible design fair’s second New York outing marries ‘folly’ and practicality

Fair's hottest section is devoted to functionally ambiguous but aesthetically inspiring pieces

Timely rediscoveries await at Independent 20th Century

The fair’s fourth edition includes timely works by Russian dissidents, queer underground artists and more

The Armory Show puts spotlight on the American South

Organisers hope the fair—including a sector championing artists from the southern US and another led by an Atlanta non-profit—complicates stereotypes about the region

Im Youngzoo wins Frieze Seoul Artist Award

The multimedia artist has created a video installation for this edition of the fair

Frieze opens permanent base in Seoul

The exhibition venue builds on success of Frieze’s London location, and will give galleries from outside Korea a temporary toe-hold in the otherwise daunting city

Frieze Seoul’s fourth edition takes on tariffs and a tough market

After a politically and economically tumultuous year for South Korea dealers and organisers remain optimistic as the country’s premier art fair opens this week

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Korean galleries to take part in Tokyo Gendai as part of collaboration with Art Busan

Tokyo Gendai x Art Busan's partnership project, Connect, will help Korean galleries expand into the Japanese art world

In partnership withArt Busan and Tokyo Gendai

With two fairs and a new festival, Aspen art scene is reaching new peaks

Famous for its high-end ski resorts, the Colorado town has become a major arts destination

Art Basel Miami Beach to welcome 41 new exhibitors

A handful of galleries are not returning for the 2025 edition

Art Dealers Association of America cancels 2025 edition of The Art Show fair in New York

The ADAA sent an email to members this week saying the decision was made with “long-term sustainability” in mind

‘Free art, with strings attached’: Zero Art Fair’s first edition in New York City puts a new spin on the old fair format

More than $500,000 worth of art traded hands free of charge last week with a contract that makes collecting more accessible and helps ease artists’ burden of storing old work

Art Basel Qatar names Wael Shawky as artistic director of unconventional inaugural edition

The Egyptian artist has selected a curatorial theme for the fair's first Middle Eastern show, to which more than 50 galleries will bring solo presentations

Photo London, the UK’s leading photography fair, is relocating

Organisers cite ‘the feedback of galleries and collectors’ as the reason for the decision to leave London’s Somerset House for the redeveloped Olympia

Treasure House Fair hopes to be the flagship summer event London desperately needs

The third edition of the "heir" to Masterpiece London opens tomorrow at the Royal Hospital Chelsea, with a diverse group of 72 exhibitors spanning antiquities to contemporary art

Innovative London drawing fair with no stands stages its second edition

Trois Crayons, a platform for drawing, is organising the selling show of works from the past 500 years

Francesco Bonami: ‘I like Basel as a city, everything is on a human scale’

The 2003 Venice Biennale curator has created an exclusive cartoon for The Art Newspaper

Design Miami announces 2025 international events and exhibitions programme

The fair will celebrate its 20th anniversary in cities including Seoul and Aspen

Art Basel and Frieze set their sights on the next generation of visitors

Young people enjoy free entry to Art Basel this week, while Frieze keeps charges low for the under-12s

In pictures: the best of the Liste art fair in Basel

Now in its third decade, the satellite fair has stayed true to its mission of showcasing young artists from often overlooked regions

Artist whose work addresses art world access is not in Basel—because his visa was denied

Richard Mudariki, the artist behind the ‘Art World Passport’, says his visa was rejected by the Swiss embassy in Pretoria, despite having two letters of invitation from Swiss organisations

In pictures: Art Basel's Unlimited section offers visions of utopia

This year’s edition of the section, which is focused on large works, touches on the complexities of our past, present and future

Liste and Volta, both stalwart Basel satellite fairs, celebrate major anniversaries

The two fairs mark a combined 50 years of showing contemporary art in the Swiss city

In tough times for dealers, Art Basel debuts a section for new works

Exhibiting art made in the past five years, Premiere makes it easier for small to mid-sized galleries to show at the fair

In pictures: highlights from Art Basel's city-wide exhibition, Parcours

The exhibition's curator, Stefanie Hessler, picks out some of this year's must-see works

New art fair Arrival brings collectors to the bucolic Berkshires

Gallerists and artists from around the US have set up shop at the Tourists hotel in North Adams, Massachusetts

Location, location, location: behind the Art Basel floor plan beef

A longtime exhibitor has pulled out of the Swiss fair in a row over the location of its stand—so how are fair layouts decided?

More than 200 galleries are signed on for The Armory Show's next edition

The fair’s September 2025 edition will include a new design sector and have a focus on artists from the American South

Art marketanalysis

Is Ari Emanuel getting a good deal with his purchase of Frieze?

The entertainment company’s former chief executive paid a reported $200m for the art fair and media brand—a sum which has raised eyebrows