Art fairs
In pictures: six budding stars at Frieze London
The Focus section for younger galleries and artists is always the most dynamic element of the fair
Frieze special: the fair and the top shows, with Doris Salcedo and Ragnar Kjartansson
We talk to the art market specialist Melanie Gerlis about the fair, to Doris Salcedo and Ragnar Kjartansson about their shows, Massimiliano Gioni about the New Museum’s video-art pop-up in London—and Louisa Buck discusses Frieze's special Social Work section. Produced in association with Bonhams, auctioneers since 1793.
Social Work: eight dissenting female artists feature in Frieze London’s new section
Work that challenged male-dominated art world of the 1980s and 1990s on show as UK marks centenary of women's suffrage
Grayson Perry: 'the art fair as a rite of passage'
Fresh from the success of his Channel 4 series Rites of Passage, the artist tackles the art fair
Art Berlin's debut in former Tempelhof airport is a homegrown hit
Galleries and collectors praised fair's new location but visitors remain largely German
Top galleries take a chance on Taipei Dangdai
With Taiwan tipped as Asia's rising art market power, galleries such as Gagosian and David Zwirner join new fair next January
US fairs help bring new blood to Tefaf Maastricht
The success of Tefaf New York Spring this year marked a sea-change
Bark painting comes out of the woodwork at Sydney Contemporary
Work by the indigenous artist John Mawurndjul sold for $140,000 at the fair, where organisers estimate AUD$21m of sales were made
Fair’s fair? The murky world of stand costs
Research by The Art Newspaper uncovers wide disparity in both fee structures and transparency
Expo Chicago grows but local dealers drop out
While international exhibitor numbers are up again, the Midwest collectors base proves elusive
Vienna Contemporary here to stay with decade-long venue booking
The contemporary art fair makes it mark with a ten year lease on Marx Halle
Object Lessons: from a polaroid of Basquiat to a Ming dynasty bodhisattvas
Our pick from this week's fairs and auctions
Beirut Art Fair gives helping hand to embattled Egyptian galleries
Lebanese event cuts 'special offer' to help Egypt's galleries exhibit abroad and invests $100,000 in outreach to encourage collectors from further afield
Millennials in mind: Unseen Amsterdam photography event tempts younger collectors
The burgeoning platform for emerging artists includes a 53-dealer fair, special projects, awards and a section for collectives with a conscience
Art Mallorca: when Love Island meets the art world
Event aims to become the Mediterranean’s premier art fair, against stiff competition
Lebanon’s history revealed in photo show at Beirut Art Fair
Across Boundaries is an exhibition of around 100 works of Lebanese photography from 30 collections
Object Lessons: from Barbara Hepworth's St Ives bronze to Grant Wood's censored lithograph
Our pick from this week's auctions and fairs
Object lessons at Paris's La Biennale: from a huge 1960s mural by Bernard Buffet to a tiny Inuit treasure
Our pick of three works for sale at the art fair's 30th edition
Hollywood stars and art world A-listers come out in support of Frieze Los Angeles
Salma Hayek, Tobey Maguire and Serena Williams are among those on the fair’s host committee, while Gagosian, Zwirner, Hauser & Wirth and Ropac will exhibit
New Lapada chief on the challenges facing middle market antiques dealers
Freya Simms speaks ahead of the tenth Lapada Art & Antiques Fair in London
Brigitte Macron cheers up dealers at a smaller La Biennale Paris
One stand is closed down in a vetting crackdown at the French art fair, which organisers say can return to its former glory if "dealers would stop bickering"
Russia and Qatar cosy up at Cosmoscow as tensions continue in the Gulf
Moscow contemporary art fair features a Qatari contemporary art exhibition in Russia as the two countries try to foster cultural ties
The disputes that blight the French antiques market
Do falling exhibitor and visitor numbers at La Biennale Paris signal the beginning of the end for this once world-class art fair?
Frieze Art Fair establishes tiered pricing structure for debut Los Angeles event
As with Art Basel, the aim is for larger dealers to subsidise smaller galleries, with plans to roll out similar models in London and New York
Art Basel introduces new booth pricing structure to subsidise younger galleries
Dealers say it is a ‘step in the right direction’ but acknowledge there is a long way to go to redress the balance
Escaping New York's concrete jungle for the Governors Island Art Fair
The ‘artists for artists’ fair will be open each weekend of September with more than 100 works on view
Zona Maco sister fairs return one year on from Mexico earthquake
Events dedicated to photographs, antiques, crafts and curiosities offer niche disciplines for collectors