Art market

'If you’ve been successful, you should give back': why mentorship is key in the art world

Considering a career change this year? Art Market Mentors is seeking mentees to learn from those at the top of the trade

1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair's Marrakech edition invites ‘deeper engagement’

The fair is presenting a more intimate and in-depth event for its sixth Morocco edition, with 14 of the 30 exhibitors based in Africa

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Comment | Sotheby’s fees fiasco displays terrible timing and a miscalculation of market dynamics

The auction house's swift reversal of its recently overhauled premium structure is an admission of how wrongly it read the runes, writes Melanie Gerlis

Emmanuel Perrotin to launch first London gallery with works by photographer JR

The French image maker will show new works from ‘Children of Ouranos’ series

Major shake up at Artnet as founder retires after more than three decades

The annual general meeting in February will propose new board and fresh blood for the online art market business

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How galleries can get to grips with Trump 2.0

A round up of practical solutions for those braced for turmoil

Frieze will proceed with Los Angeles fair following deadly wildfires in the city

A fair spokesperson said the decision came after “careful consideration and extensive conversations with galleries, partners and city-wide stakeholders”

‘The market is still the domain of famous male artists’: Guerrilla Girls open their first commercial gallery show in New York

The feminist art collective’s commercial debut in their hometown, at Hannah Traore Gallery, is intended to introduce their activist work to a new generation

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‘Can you match the colour of your work to my couch?’: Inside the world of private art commissions

Artists are regularly asked to create pieces to suit the particular tastes of buyers—but taking direction suits some more than others

Eyeing growth, Art Dubai makes two senior appointments

Group behind the UAE's biggest fair has selected Alexie Glass-Kantor as executive director, curatorial, and Dunja Gottweis as fair director

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From sexed-up suburbia to sculptural alchemy: our pick of Condo London 2025

The gallery-sharing event, spread across different parts of the UK capital, features participants from Guatemala, Lebanon, Los Angeles and more

Los Angeles dealer Douglas Chrismas sentenced to prison time for embezzlement

The Ace Gallery founder has also been ordered to pay back millions in restitution

Singapore steps up: the Art SG 2025 fair hopes to ride a wave of optimism in the city state’s art market

With new galleries, private art foundations and an influx of potential new collectors, Singapore’s art market is looking for growth

UK financial sanctions expanded to include art trade

The widening of reporting obligations will mean greater responsibilities—or burdens—on the market

Does Trump’s return spell boom or bust for the NFT art market?

Experts are sceptical that the NFT market will ever rebound to its 2021 levels, but the crypto asset sector may still manage to take over the art world one way or the other

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UK tax changes spell trouble for artist estates

Labour government’s first budget extends inheritance tax, while non-doms are moving to Italy and the UAE

The Year Ahead 2025: market predictions, the big shows and openings—podcast

From the reimagined Frick Collection to Emily Kam Kngwarray at Tate Modern

‘We deserved a better time on this earth’: New York’s Palo Gallery showcases Palestinian photography

Three artists living in exile collaborated on the exhibition "Longing: In Between Homelands"

New York takes first step towards landmarking Breuer building's interior

Sotheby’s, which bought the former home of the Whitney Museum last year, promises to respect the building’s “architectural significance” in its upcoming renovations

The art world according to Marc Spiegler: former Art Basel boss launches online course

In collaboration with the events platform Art Market Minds, the ten-hour programme will dissect the rapidly shifting contemporary art ecosystem

Thaddaeus Ropac to open Milan gallery later this year

The Italian city is becoming a hub for millionaires thanks to an attractive tax regime for high earners

Watercolour submitted online to Christie’s found to be by Turner

The Venetian lagoon painting—submitted by a member of the public to Christie's digital appraisal service—comes to auction in New York with an estimate of $300,000 to $500,000

Billionaires’ report brings two surprises

In 2024 there were more than 800 multi-generational billionaires and the number of female billionaires has increased by 81% in the past decade, UBS report finds

Christie’s to host exhibition of works from owner François Pinault’s collection in Los Angeles

The non-selling portrait exhibition will be on display at Christie’s Beverly Hills during the Frieze Los Angeles fair

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Lingering market slump prompts the question: is art no longer a 'must have' for the wealthy?

At last November's evening auctions in New York, eyes were on a $6.2m banana, but overall sales were down 41% on the previous year

Comment | Why the road to the sale of Frieze is a winding one

The potential sale raises questions around how to value the prestigious and unique art brand

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Japan's art market has grown 11% since the pandemic, new report finds

The study, authored by economist Clare McAndrew, also reveals that Japanese collectors buy far less at art fairs or online than the global average

New satellite fair will bring 26 exhibitors to Santa Monica during Frieze Los Angeles

Santa Monica Post Office will take place in an Art Deco former post office building in downtown Santa Monica, a short drive from Frieze

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‘One auction house will fold, as will more fairs’: experts give their art market 2025 predictions

We asked the art world’s movers and shakers what's in store for the next 12 months