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Rioting does not deter big-ticket sales at Art Basel Paris

A flurry of seven- and eight-figure works were snapped up on the opening days of the fair

Miami dealer sentenced to almost 4 years in prison for selling fake Warhols

Leslie Roberts’s lawyer says the disgraced gallerist has been key to helping authorities uncover other art-fraud cases

Comment | How do we protect artists from gallery insolvency?

A recent spate of closures has led to calls for legislation—but education is important, too

Legal troubles and family feud keep Klimt portrait off the market

The unfinished painting’s mysterious origins were further complicated by a family betrayal during the Second World War and, now, competing claims

Hilma af Klint painting could break artist's record next month in Stockholm

Abstract works by the Swedish artist are rare to auction, but Ser III No.5 from 1920 will be sold at Bukowskis next month estimated around $600,000 to $800,000

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Comment | Art does not function like other commodities, so why is it being priced like one?

A commodity economist explains why the art market's plumbing, its financial apparatus and its blind spots all look familiar—and why it enables fraudsters like Inigo Philbrick

Is the energy of the 1990s returning to London’s art market?

A fascination with Cool Britannia is evident at exhibitions, auctions and art fairs—though some question whether a revival of this era is possible or wise

De Kooning sets European record but still falls flat at muted Sotheby’s Contemporary Evening Sale

Works by Yayoi Kusama and Gerhard Richter were also among those that failed to hit their presale estimates

Collection of Monsoon founder Peter Simon becomes highest value single-owner collection ever sold at Christie's London

Led by a Nazi-looted Kandinsky, the heavily guaranteed 20/21 Century evening sale made £178m in total

Artists impacted by Stephen Friedman gallery closure out in force at Frieze London

After the gallery’s shock collapse, many of its artists are present at the fair under different representation

At Frieze London, some buyers are taking risks—others are taking their time

The fair is adapting to changing buying patterns, but it seems to be paying off for galleries offering radical works

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

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

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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