Art fairs

Art Basel’s owners look to expand business with regional fairs

MCH Group is in discussions to buy a stake in existing art events and build them

Our picks from the Independent fair

Gavin Brown’s explosive installation by Karl Holmqvist, textural text works by Pope.L at Mitchell Innes and Nash, and more must-see stands

Our pick of which galleries to see at the Armory Show

Make sure you don’t miss these stands, from space-themed works to paintings by Plains Indians

The Art Newspaper’s picks of what to see at the ADAA’s Art Show

We share a few of our favourites from the fair as it opens to the public today

Tefaf Maastricht 2016

Everything you need to know about this month’s Tefaf Maastricht as the fair prepares to launch two editions in New York

The Armory Show: preview of New York's stalwart fair

This year's edition focuses on Africa—but its heart belongs to Manhattan

Single-artist shows and off-beat booths at this year’s ADAA Art Show

Highlights include stands dedicated to Lucas Samaras, Marilyn Minter, Sherrie Levine and Frank Stella

Lawnews

American Airlines and seven others sued over damage to Lucio Fontana sculpture

Concetto Spaziale was being shipped from France to the Armory Show in New York last year

Tefaf Maastricht doubles down with New York expansion

Dutch fair teams with US advisory firm to bring two more editions to the marketplace

Out-of-towners stay out-of-sight at Art Los Angeles Contemporary fair

But the event delivers for local curators and collectors looking for some of the city’s best artists and galleries

Artnews

After stint in the doldrums, India Art Fair shows signs of picking up

Event has been repositioned as “the” place to see South Asian art

Youth is king at Arte Fiera Bologna

Modern and contemporary art fair celebrates 40th edition with focus on young artists and post-war Italian masters

Artnews

Art world heads back to school as Frieze Academy launches

Lectures and courses are designed to further careers of arts professionals

Collectors and dealers still search for the undiscovered at New York's Outsider Art Fair

While insiders have started to embrace self-taught artists, those that are unknown or shrouded in mystery retain the strongest appeal

The show must go on at Brussels Art Fair

Despite the security lockdown in the Belgian capital in November, Europe’s oldest art fair is back with an expanded, more international edition

Artnews

Elmgreen & Dragset create a fictional art fair in Beijing

The Well Fair sees artist duo create a “reversed power relationship”

More than a third of dealers in London Art Fair survey say rising rents pose biggest threat to UK market

But 85% say market for Modern British and contemporary art will remain as strong or fare better in 2016

Artnews

London’s emerging galleries host exhibitors from abroad

Condo event offers international colleagues an alternative to expensive art fairs

Artnews

French dealer’s Dubai residence damaged in New Year's Eve fire

Opening of Stephane Custot’s gallery in the emirate has been delayed

Artnews

Benjamin Genocchio, editor-in-chief of Artnet News, appointed executive director of Armory Show

A change in date for the New York fair might be on the cards under new directorship

Artnews

Artistic director of Also Known As Africa resigns over decision to cancel

Timothée Chaillou not consulted over postponement of new Paris art fair

Walk on water with Christo

The artist who once wrapped islands in Biscayne Bay reveals why he is in a hurry to create Floating Piers

Trevor Paglen dives deep into the system

Off the coast of Florida, the artist finds the fibre-optic cables tapped by the NSA

Buy a piece of the action

Artists who organised performances in Collins Park earlier this week, as part of Art Basel in Miami Beach’s Public sector, also work in other media and had pieces on sale at the fair