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Tentatively, Photo London's tenth edition moves away from traditional content and crowds

New fair director Sophie Parker's plan to “reward galleries that take risks” was seen in action

Philippa Kelly. With additional reporting by Mali Dun

‘Halo effect’ of two powerful female art dealers’ collections boosts Sotheby’s New York sale

Works from the estate of Barbara Gladstone and the home of Daniella Luxembourg—plus a litter of Lichtensteins—energised last night's marquee auction of post-war and contemporary art

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‘A new lease of life’: London’s Annely Juda Fine Art looks to the future with Mayfair move

The gallery plans to take on more young and emerging artists as David Juda hands the baton to the next generation

Marlene Dumas’s $13.6m semi-nude breaks auction record for a living female artist

Women rescued Christie’s otherwise quiet 21st century evening sale in New York, which also set a new auction high-water mark for Simone Leigh

Despite record-breaking results for four women artists, Phillips’s evening auction in New York sparks few fireworks

The auction brought in a hammer total of $44.2m, just below Phillips’s low estimate for the night and exactly in line with last November’s equivalent sale

$70m Giacometti bombs at patchy Sotheby’s Modern art auction

The prize lot, a bust depicting the artist’s brother Diego, failed to attract bidders during the $186.4m sale

Justin Sun and David Geffen's legal feud over $78m Giacometti sculpture expands

In a countersuit stand-off, the two parties are broadening the scope of their allegations beyond the disputed sculpture

Crime news

British MP Patrick Spencer charged with sexual assaults at London art world haunt The Groucho Club

The Metropolitan Police say the charges are unrelated to accusations of a “serious criminal offence” that resulted in the club having its licence suspended in November

Why is the art market turning Gulf-wards?

As China’s market drops, auction houses and dealers have been following the money to Saudi Arabia

For its 10th edition Photo London aims to look beyond the notorious ‘Kate Moss Index’

Opening later this week with new leadership, the photography fair is determined to move away from the clichés of supermodels, artful murmurations of birds and majestic beasts

Record-breaking female Surrealists spice up underwhelming Christie’s New York sales

Last night’s low-risk, low energy auctions made $489m in total, including $272m for the collection of Barnes & Noble founder Leonard Riggio, along with new records for Dorothea Tanning and Remedios Varo

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The Waverley rules were designed to protect UK cultural heritage—are they having unintended consequences on the art market?

The scheme, introduced in the 1950s, is meant to help keep important works of art in Britain

Sarah Barker, Angharad Start and Victor Steinmetz

Why dealers play the waiting game before exhibiting a newly signed artist

Michael Armitage, for example, had his first show at David Zwirner three years after being signed to the gallery

New documentary bringing Metro Pictures gallery to the screen

Film-maker Sophie Chahinian explores revered Manhattan gallery founded by Janelle Reiring and Helene Winer

Buzz in New York’s art trade during Frieze week masks uncertainties

Dealers and advisers at this week’s fairs expressed optimism, despite concerns about the wider socio-economic situation

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Marquee May auctions in New York come at a volatile moment

As tariffs and stock-market fluctuations unsettle consignments for the spring sales, the trade awaits signs of what to expect in the next four years

Could 17th-century Italy provide a useful model for today’s challenging art market?

An exhibition in New York spotlights an intriguing episode in trade history , in which an influx of foreign artists to Rome prompted everyone from barbers to lawyers in the city to develop side hustles as art dealers

Frieze VIP day defined by dealers’ resilience

A strong influx from Asia, plus stands devoted to smaller works by emerging artists, got the fair off to a smashing start despite economic headwinds

New Manhattan gallery slips into historic property

The founders of Slip House have taken over a historical building where they will showcase an intergenerational programme and host an artist residency

Five years on from bankruptcy, Unseen photo fair returns to Amsterdam

Acquired by Art Rotterdam in 2020, Unseen's new director says transparency and consistency have been key to rebuilding the fair

Frieze New York shows signs of stability in challenging US art market

Alongside the Frieze fair, a growing cohort of satellite events and weeks of auctions attest to the resilience of the trade in a turbulent macroeconomic climate

Tefaf New York wish list: objects and treasures to suit every collector’s taste

A bronze Osiris, a late sculpture by Lee Bontecou and Magritte’s first collage to feature his bowler-hatted man are among the finds at this year’s fair

Tirzah Garwood's archive of work worth £30,0000 to be sold at auction

Group of wood engravings and sketches will be sold at Cheffins this month, just before acclaimed retrospective of the artist's work closes at Dulwich Picture Gallery

Marlene Dumas painting set to break auction record for a work by a living woman artist

'Miss January' comes to market from the holdings of the influential collectors Mera and Don Rubell

Pharrell Williams’s auction platform Joopiter teamed with Martha Stewart for first contemporary art sale

The collector and lifestyle mogul highlighted works from the sale by Amy Sherald, Alex Katz, Louise Bourgeois and others

‘Everything was fake but the money’: forgers in Versailles chair scandal await sentencing

Antiques dealer Bill Pallot and accomplice Bruno Desnoues sold €3.7m worth of counterfeit royal furniture

Gallery Weekend Berlin’s director on the city’s changing cultural landscape: from funding cuts to censorship

Berlin's largest commercial art event holds its 21st edition under the leadership of Antonia Ruder

Canaletto painting that belonged to Britain's first prime minister to sell for over £20m

The 18th-century view of Venice is likely to break the artist's auction record

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How Myanmar's art community rallied after a deadly earthquake

Galleries, curators and artists are raising funds to support humanitarian efforts in the embattled country, following a natural disaster which claimed more than 3,600 lives