Art market
Comment | Galleries are looking to merch to keep spirits up—it's a joyful move in challenging times
Playful events such as Lyndsey Ingram’s ‘Bourdon Street Chippy’ are a gateway to higher spending, writes Melanie Gerlis
Diamonds as old as Earth itself go on show at Frieze Masters
The 3.5 billion-year-old gemstones are part of a display from the diamond company De Beers
‘Quality always rules’: VIP day sales at Frieze London 2025
According to gallerists, collectors are taking longer to make decisions this year—but they are still showing up to buy
Thinking bigger: gallery stalwarts Sadie Coles, Maureen Paley and Stuart Shave on why they're expanding to new London spaces
Amid a challenging art market, the gallerists remain positive about London's resilience as an international hub
A tale of two philanthropies: why private foundations differ in London and Paris
While the new Fondation Cartier exemplifies the heft of corporate giving in Paris, the additions of YDP and Ibraaz bring London greater diversity
Frieze London diary: a boozy gallery bar, head-turning headlines and talking mice
Plus: artworks with ectoplasm
Palestinian artist ‘cancelled’ by US museum comes to Frieze Masters
Samia Halaby’s retrospective at the Eskenazi Museum of Art was cancelled last year, but she's in London with a message of optimism
'I want to show the real deal': property developer Rajan Bijlani on his Modernist design collection
Few collectors are as well positioned for Frieze as Rajan Bijlani, whose home, a former pottery studio, is a ten-minute stroll across Regent’s Park
At Frieze London, a new section explores the flow of cultural influence between Africa and Brazil
Across eight galleries featuring ten artists, ‘Echoes in the Present’ is curated by the Nigerian art historian Jareh Das
Comment | Why it's time to increase UK's art export threshold
Alexander Herman argues that rules set up three-quarters of a century ago may no longer be fit for purpose
Putting young galleries at the front: Frieze London’s bold strategy holds
The fair continues to support emerging spaces and spotlight West African and Brazilian artists this year
Frieze to launch Abu Dhabi edition in November 2026
A deal struck with the emirate's department of culture will see the brand take over the existing Abu Dhabi Art fair
Bonhams will auction 30 Bob Ross paintings to benefit public television following Trump’s funding cuts
The first three works could sell for as much as $145,000 in Los Angeles next month
Sotheby’s to sell painting from Jean-Michel Basquiat’s first solo show
‘Crowns (Peso Neto)’ (1981) is estimated to fetch between $35m and $40m
As censorship rises, is there a future for truly political, truth-telling art?
Amid geopolitical instability around the world the market is looking to “safe” works—and artists are searching for new spaces to speak out
Is an auction house's loss a gallery's gain? Pilar Ordovas collaborates with former Sotheby's specialists for African and Oceanic art show
The exhibition, Dialogues, pairs 20th and 21st century art by the likes of Picasso, Adam Pendleton and David Hammons with the objects that inspired it
Art Basel names 87 galleries taking part in inaugural Qatar fair
Strong interest has resulted in the the fair having upwards of 50% more participants than anticipated, organisers say
‘Is it possible to come back from this?’: Tehran’s art community on recovering from the 12-day war
Following the conflict between Iran and Israel in June, galleries in Tehran are continuing to show resilience
Learning from the past: how historical tariffs have impacted the art market
As data from the last 150 years show, a market that thrives on free trade will have to diversify to survive
Record sales and a tax break close out blockbuster year for South Asian Modern market
Saffronart's latest auction in New Delhi is the largest ever held in South Asia, while Sotheby's in London made the highest price for Modernist F.N. Souza
Christie's Hong Kong autumn sale drops 46% from last year but makes Picasso's record in Asia
Sotheby's and Phillips's Hong Kong sales were also down from their 2024 equivalents
Colnaghi, world's oldest gallery, to open Saudi Arabian outpost
The London-based dealership specialising in Old Masters and antiquities is launching in Riyadh—but is there enough demand?
Pace to shut Hong Kong gallery
The mega gallery will be the latest high-profile departure from the H Queen's building as the city's art market struggles with economic slowdown
Almine Rech shuts London gallery but will open another there 'soon'
The prominent art dealership has closed its London operations in “a technical step to restructure a lease that no longer aligned with its plans”
Anna Schwartz Gallery, beacon of Australia’s contemporary art world, to close and rebrand
The gallery, opened in its current iteration in 1993, will be replaced by the new venture, Anna Schwartz Projects
At the Atlanta Art Fair's second edition, the city showed its strengths
The fair’s second edition brought in more visitors and featured strong presentations especially by local artists and of textile works
Sotheby’s sells York Avenue headquarters ahead of move to Breuer Building
The sale will help the auction house pay down debt, chief executive Charles F. Stewart told staff in an internal email
How Tate's Emily Kam Kngwarray show is revealing the fraught market dynamics of Aboriginal art
Kngwarray's late but dazzling career changed perceptions of Aboriginal art. The curators of her retrospective explore how a sudden demand for her work reflects “complex histories and power dynamics in Australia”
Art Basel hires Christie's veteran for new collector and institutional relations role
Carly Murphy, who has been at Christie's since 2022 and previously worked at Sotheby's for more than a decade, will move to the fairs sector later this month
Director of Contemporary Istanbul urges Turkish art to remain ‘radical and clever’ in face of political tension
The 20th edition of the fair brings together 51 galleries from 16 countries