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In a risk-averse market, Paris Photo offers diversity

Japanese galleries return in full force this year, while the percentage of women photographers shown has increased

Hauser & Wirth charged with breaching UK’s Russia sanctions

The UK gallery is being prosecuted for allegedly making available a work by George Condo to a person connected with Russia after the country's invasion of Ukraine in 2022

The British artist David Shrigley wants £1m for piles of old rope

The artist, whose practice is underpinned by humour, has a poke at the art market with his new London exhibition

Why former Sotheby's chief executive Tad Smith is bullish on blockchain art

Ahead of the sale of a Robert Alice blockchain-based painting at Sotheby's New York, Smith discusses his support for bitcoin and collecting digital art

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This month’s New York auctions could bring up to $2.3bn

Estimates are up by more than 40% over last year’s November sales, driven in large part by Sotheby’s consignments

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On the ground at Art Week Tokyo: amid shifting national politics, Japan’s ‘sleeping beauty’ art scene is waking up

The fifth edition of the “post-art fair” event, which took place earlier this month following the election of Japan's first woman prime minister, received largely positive reviews from gallerists and visitors alike

Pursuing ‘a different economy’, London gallery Herald St will open new space in Bologna

At a time when mid-sized galleries are suffering from hasty expansions, Herald St Bologna reflects a more sustainable attempt at growth

'I never imagined we'd get here': Beirut gallery Marfa' Projects turns ten

As she opens an anniversary show drawing on her global gallerist network, Marfa' founder Joumana Asseily recounts a decade of major challenges and milestone achievements

Comment | Art theft is just the start, what happens after a jewellery heist is the real question

Due to the world-wide publicity of the brazen theft at the Musée du Louvre last month, the stolen jewellery may be impossible to shift

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A centenary of style: why Art Deco's market appeal is evergreen

Celebratory exhibitions, fairs and events around the world are giving the Modernist style fresh momentum

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The story of Jean-Michel Basquiat’s brief but dazzling life, as told by an art-world insider

A former Christie’s president examines the meteoric rise of the “radiant child”, and his legacy following his untimely death

Lagos art fair defies macroeconomic headwinds to reach double figures

The growth of commercial galleries across Nigeria’s biggest city has been fuelled by the ongoing success of Art X Lagos—a regional hub for collectors of African art

‘Complete shock’: Trump tariffs upend decorative arts trade in US

Dealers are scaling back international purchases to avoid having to pay new import duties, some of which are set to rise to 50% in January 2026

After 14 years with Pace, Yoshitomo Nara's work now represented by David Zwirner

The popular Japanese artist will have his first show with David Zwirner in New York

Star drawing from world’s largest private Rembrandt collection could bring $15m at auction

Thomas S. Kaplan’s Leiden Collection will part with one of its earliest acquisitions, “Young Lion Resting”, at Sotheby’s in February

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With sanctions on Iranian art, buyers are turning to India

As the London art market gears up for Islamic Art Week, its galleries and auction houses face a changing market shaped by geopolitical tension and shifting tastes

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Comment | What the art market doesn’t allow, branded content does for Tom Sachs

"The conventional museum-gallery-collector pipeline known as ‘the Art World’ isn’t the most important thing about art," Sachs says

Are you flush with cash? Maurizio Cattelan’s gold toilet could fetch $10m at auction

The 18-karat gold sculpture, another edition of which was used by thousands at the Guggenheim Museum, returns to the spotlight at Sotheby's

Led by £10.2m cheetah miniature, Aga Khan collection breaks all-time record for South Asian art sale

The auction at Christie's London made £45.8m, and closes out a landmark year for the Indian art market

Art Toronto gets sales boost from baseball World Series

Canada’s biggest art fair appeared to benefit from the Toronto Blue Jays’ first crack at baseball’s top trophy since 1993

‘I’m not trying to impress anyone with what I buy’: how Catherine Walsh went from cosmetics queen to art collector

The patron and collector had a stellar career in the cosmetics business, but now surrounds herself with beauty of a different kind

Forged Picasso, Rembrandt and Kahlo paintings seized by Bavarian police

A 77-year old man is the main suspect in an investigation that has involved raids in Germany, Switzerland and Liechtenstein

Comment | A spate of dealer anniversaries offers hope amid art market doomerism

Several New York galleries have hit major milestones in recent months—what lessons can those in charge impart?

Art Toronto reflects Canadian art scene’s emphasis on Indigenous representation

Canada’s largest art fair spotlights a growing market for work by Indigenous artists while challenging stereotypes and expectations

Wealthy women spent 46% more on art than male peers in 2024: findings from the latest Art Basel and UBS Survey of Global Collecting

The latest annual report looks at gender and generational differences when it comes to tastes and collecting behaviour

Ascendant Art Basel Paris rewards top dealers, while smaller galleries compete for attention

The fair's new Avant-Première preview for the most important VIPs generated seven- and eight-figure sales of blue-chip art, but things were quieter upstairs in the emerging gallery sector

Paris Internationale announces plans to launch Milan edition in 2026

As the fair's eleventh edition opens in the French capital, dealers are bullish about their prospects