Art market
New kids on the block: the young dealers who are shaking up the Old Masters market
Whether they are joining the family firm or striking out on their own, a growing number of younger professionals are smashing the stereotype of what an Old Master dealer looks like
Peter Nagy—Nature Morte gallery founder who transformed Indian contemporary art market—has died
The artist-dealer launched the careers of some of India’s greatest art stars working today
Malaysia’s contemporary art scene gains momentum with a new fair and nonprofit space
Kuala Lumpur's inaugural Art KL and the opening of Muara Arts will boost the country's burgeoning sector
A potentially record-breaking Mondrian and a recently restituted Kandinsky painting: our pick of the October auctions
Plus a marble torso of a Roman emperor and an Augustan marble portrait head of a girl
Comment | Why the Great Art Transfer is an empty promise
A forecast generational shift in art ownership is fuelling a new sales pitch—but buying art as an investment remains a gamble
Artists create works inspired by Paul McCartney lyric for War Child charity auction
More than 60 artists have donated work including Genieve Figgis, Alvaro Barrington, Joshua Donkor and Sanya Kantarovsky
Wealthy Gen Z collectors are the art market’s biggest spenders, survey finds
The latest “Survey of Global Collecting” from Art Basel and UBS also found a growing number of buyers are bypassing dealers and auction houses to purchase directly from artists
Estate fallouts expose challenges of posthumous art ownership
Recent US lawsuits, including a row over underpricing, reveal weaknesses in the market
‘The struggle creates genius’: as it grows and matures, Atlanta Art Fair spotlights the city’s hard-working artists
The fair’s third edition, its largest yet, saw a bevy of sales in its opening hours, primarily in the four- and five-figure range
Untitled Art, Houston taps into a city where artists can thrive
The second edition of the fair highlights Houston’s galleries, collectors and institutions, while artists point to affordability, strong connections and a spirit of experimentation
Flea market picker strikes gold as $30 Gertrude Abercrombie painting brings record $1.3m at auction
The painting, discovered in an estate sale in Michigan this summer, set a new auction record for Abercrombie at a Freeman’s sale in New York
Contemporary Istanbul founder planning new fair on city's Asian side
The 21st edition of the fair occupied a new single-floor site at the Ottoman era shipping yard Tersane Istanbul
New York's Split Level art fair returns to Madison Avenue design showroom for second edition
The fair is once again taking over Rimadesio’s design showroom, giving pride of place to young galleries with a focus on experimentation and affordability
$450m Impressionist collection—including a potentially record-breaking Van Gogh painting—to be sold at Sotheby's New York
Five of the works from the Blaquier-Arrieta collection go on show in London today as part of an international tour ahead of the sale in November
Turner painting estimated to make £50m auction record goes on view in Rome
The 19th century work ‘Rome, from Mount Aventine’, which holds the British painter's auction record from 2014, is on display at the Palazzo Rondinini before going under the hammer at Sotheby's London in December
Buyer of mysterious £6.75m Rembrandt painting revealed
Thomas Kaplan’s Leiden Collection acquired Saint John on Patmos at Sotheby’s, the 18th work by the Dutch master to enter the collection
Bogotá's Artbo fair remains boutique and local—is that enough?
Exhibitor numbers for the fair's 2026 edition are still down from pre-pandemic levels, and its collectors and galleries are largely from Colombia
At The Armory Show, emerging galleries are clear-eyed about the risks and rewards of doing fairs
The fair’s Presents section for younger galleries, often among its most vibrant sectors, features bold stands organised by ambitious dealers who understand the costs of doing business
The expanded Independent 20th Century fair offers abstraction of all stripes
True to the fair’s mission, many exhibitors are showing works by long-overlooked practitioners of abstract art
Was this Pissarro painting—sold at Sotheby's in 2024—looted by Nazis? A Paris court deliberates
Heirs to Jewish banker Salomon Flavian claim they were not consulted before the sale, meanwhile Sotheby's argues the work may have not been forcibly taken at all
Why one of Berlin's hottest young galleries has relocated to London
A real-estate crisis, fraught politics, and a market downturn have all factored into Heidi's move
BBC art dealing game show reveals 'crisis of commodification' facing galleries
What is the future for the art market when monetary value trumps aesthetic value?
Hockney works to the fore at British Art Fair
The event, started in 1988 and one of London's oldest art fairs, returns to the Saatchi Gallery this week with over 70 exhibitors
Christie’s will stage second anime and manga auction after debut sale outperformed expectations
In October, the auction house will once again tap into the US boom of Japanese popular culture with a sale centred on Dragon Ball, Pokémon, Sailor Moon and Studio Ghibli
U-Haul Art Fair’s fleet doubles in size for next New York outing
The truck-based fair’s latest edition, coinciding with The Armory Show, will feature 20 exhibitors
Independent 20th Century brings blue-chip deep cuts to the Breuer
The fair’s autumnal edition, devoted to overlooked or under-recognised bodies of work from the previous century, is taking over Sotheby’s headquarters
The Armory Show spotlights Caribbean artists and galleries
New York’s biggest art fair has revamped its footprint to place artists of the Caribbean and its diasporas in the foreground, as well as stalwarts of the hometown scene
Contemporary Istanbul expands international reach with 17 newcomers
Organisers are highlighting the city's role as a regional culture hub despite ongoing economic and political challenges
Late greats David Hockney and Wu Guanzhong shown together at Christie's Hong Kong
The non-selling show was inspired by Hockney’s three-week visit to China in 1981, as the country was reopening to the world
ArtRio opens amid political uncertainty as Brazil’s art market continues to grow
The Rio fair brings together 76 galleries as an upcoming presidential election and a new generation of collectors shape the market