Art fairs
Unpaid invoices, vetting issues and bad marketing: dealers call out ‘mismanaged’ Bahrain fair
Despite a group of exhibitors describing Art Bahrain Across Borders as disappointing, royal patron says event will continue
Art Basel owner to launch contemporary art fair ART SG in Singapore next year
MCH Group expands burgeoning roster of international art fairs with annual November event
Myrna Ayad steps down as Art Dubai director, while fair plans to move Modern section in 2019
Ayad says decision to leave was "personal" and plans to launch her own art consultancy
Tefaf brings management of New York fairs under European control as Artvest agreement ends
Netherlands-based organisation will oversee events as two-year agreement with US firm expires, but Michael Plummer and Jeff Rabin remain as shareholders
From Marina Abramovic's face to a butcher's shop diorama, early sales at Masterpiece London
UK capital's heatwave lends a relaxed summer atmosphere to cross-collecting fair, where deals are done at a slower tempo than at contemporary events
Frieze focus on women who challenged the male-dominated 1980s art market
New section at London fair will explore artists who railed against "the idea that genius resided solely in masculinity"
Masterpiece grows in London, but new international fair locations not confirmed
New stakeholder MCH Group brings capital and contacts to an event shaking off its try-hard image
Get over the unpronounceable names—go east for talented, smart artists at affordable prices
ArtVilnius fair has just held its tenth edition and is building the market for ex-communist countries with long artistic traditions
Rapper pays $18.5m for work at auction but the artist gets nothing—is the system in need of reform?
Anny Shaw asks if auction houses and dealers should pay their dues to the artists from whom they profit
Done deals: what's selling in Basel this week
Follow our tweets tagged #TANsalestally for notable purchases from Art Basel and the surrounding fairs
Could fairs publish sale prices? Don’t hold your breath
“For all the supposed desire for transparency, no one will make the first move”
What are the limits of Art Basel’s Unlimited?
Sector has raised the bar for large works, but price and size do not always match
Are art awards really worth winning?
Winning a prize can give an artist international exposure, but the question of who really benefits—critically and commercially—is an increasingly vexed one
Liste feels the weight of Cuban history
Artist uses exact amount of black ink used to write key parts of constitution for work
In pictures: must-see works at Art Basel's Unlimited
The art fair's section dedicated to monumental works is full of plastic, plants—and lots of gold
Match of the day: football vs art
The two may seem unlikely bedfellows, but plenty of artists are football fans—and they are making their allegiances known during this summer’s World Cup
Basilea: Turn on, tune in and chill at the Messeplatz
Creative Time’s Art Basel project abounds with everything from gravel deposits to DJ-led meditations
Art Basel tests Turner Prize’s sway with foreign buyers
Is the UK’s premier award a big draw for international collectors?
Artists as cryptofinanciers: welcome to the blockchain
Curious new relationships between art and capital are being enabled by cryptofinance, which places “monetary value” at the heart of the creative process
A word with Marc Spiegler
Art Basel’s global director on collector behaviour, auction price databases and the complexity of the art market
In pictures: From treading on taxidermy to sounds from Basel's sewers
Parcours, the Art Basel section for public art projects, is "radically different" from previous editions, says its curator Samuel Leuenberger
Gender politics to the fore at Basel satellite fairs Liste and Volta
“The personal is political—this is a clear and present undercurrent,” says Volta artistic director Amanda Coulson
ShanghArt and Waldburger Wouters to open project space during Art Basel
This will be the first time a major Chinese gallery has opened a space in Europe
Iran’s art market defies expectations in face of US sanctions with new fair
In a first for Iran, the Teer Art fair is set to open amid a growing but fragile market environment
Why the new Tbilisi Art Fair restores pleasure to buying art
It’s affordable, good quality, unspeculative—and the wine is great
Artists show their power to effect change
In the visual arts, a greater sense of activism is possible, and it’s being helped by the absorption of a broader range of disciplines and media into the canon
Armenia's first art fair goes ahead in face of revolution
Despite civil unrest and a national lockdown, the Armenia Art Fair continued as planned—with free stands for the first edition
Can Tbilisi sustain an art market?
Georgian capital hosted its first art fair last week and new galleries are opening, but it is still early days
Art Stage Jakarta 2018 cancelled amid unrest in Indonesia
Organisers cite the Asian Games and country's presidential election next April as reasons for the decision, but say fair will return in 2019
ARCOlisboa grows, but still needs more international galleries
Third edition of the fair in Portuguese capital reflects Lisbon's expanding art scene and improving economy