Art fairs
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
Art Berlin moves to historic Tempelhof airport—but will it take off?
With more than 120 galleries, fair's second edition will test the strength of the German capital's under-developed art market
What to see at the Seattle Art Fair, from dystopian tech to the outer reaches of the solar system
The fair's artistic director Nato Thompson explains what sets this "underdog" event apart from the usual art fair frenzy
As big fairs flock to the West Coast, can Seattle Art Fair keep its quirk and still compete?
As new tech wealth pulls in established names, some fear this eclectic market will become homogenised
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
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