Art market
New art fair focused on community and accessibility launching in Philadelphia
Elsewhere is bringing 26 exhibitors to the Yowie Hotel on South Street for its inaugural edition
Blue-chip gets a boost, but edgier art remains in the doldrums
New York’s marquee auctions made record figures for established names, but precious few by young artists. Meanwhile, struggling gallery sector is impacting primary contemporary market
Why artists' works held in storage can be seized when a gallery goes bust
Artists in the UK are poorly protected when it comes to insolvencies
Tiwani Contemporary, gallery dedicated to African art, ceases operations after 15 years
Due to "wider market uncertainties", the London- and Lagos-based dealership that helped launch the careers of Joy Labinjo and Gareth Nyandoro has closed
How Warsaw has become a new capital of collecting
A buoyant economy and increasing internationalism is benefitting the art scene of Poland's biggest city
Bad moon rising: AI debate erupts over ‘colourised’ version of a classic Ansel Adams photo
The photographer’s estate has accused the dealer James Danziger of leveraging an unauthorised AI-generated piece to push a commercial venture to colourise other artists' works
Arthurian manuscript could make magic at Christie's London
The late 13th century illuminated manuscript is estimated to sell for £1.5m-£2m this summer
Lisson Grove's galleries collaborate to promote London's unsung art district
New initiative led by Lisson, The Bomb Factory Art Foundation, Palmer Gallery, Patrick Heide Contemporary Art and The Showroom will launch during London Gallery Weekend in June
Untitled Art will launch four new prizes at Houston fair's second edition
Combined, the prizes will provide as much as $113,200 for acquisitions at the fair
Heffel’s spring sales, featuring rediscovered royal portrait and E.J. Hughes seascape, tally $16.2m
Works by famed Canadian figures including Emily Carr, Tom Thomson, Jean Paul Riopelle and Takao Tanabe also notched major results
India's Kiran Nadar Museum to take over Christie's London headquarters this summer
A month-long non-selling exhibition from the collection of the New Delhi patron will feature 60 Indian, Pakistani, and Bangladeshi artists working from the 1950s to the present day
Richter and Judd works top Christie's solid if not stellar sale of post-war and contemporary art
The $162.6m evening auctions featured a trove of Gerhard Richter works that had belonged to the late dealer Marian Goodman, and canonic Minimalist sculptures from the estate of collector Henry S. McNeil Jr
Authorities in New York return more than 650 looted antiquities, valued at nearly $14m, to India
The objects were recovered through investigations into trafficking networks, including those linked to convicted smuggler Subhash Kapoor and trafficker Nancy Wiener
Sold-out Phillips auction in New York brings in $115.2m, more than double 2025 result
The sale offered signals for optimists that the market is rebounding, and set new auction records for Joseph Yaeger, P.S. Krøyer and Pat Passlof
Bidding battle for Matisse leads Sotheby’s $303.3m Modern art evening sale in New York
Henri Matisse’s "La Chaise lorraine" sold for $48.4m with fees as strong results for Picasso, Van Gogh and Giacometti lifted the evening auction's total
Christie's nets $1.1bn from back-to-back S.I. Newhouse and 20th century evening sales in New York
New auction records were set for Pollock, Rothko, Brancusi, Miro and Neel
Art bartering: artists start viral social media trend to fight cost of living crisis
From help with websites and video editing to free accommodation and haircuts, artists are trading their work on Instagram and TikTok to escape the traps of capitalism
In a new home, Photo London gets down to business
The navigable Olympia in west London is a welcome change from Somerset House for the fair's exhibitors hoping to maximise exposure and get deals done
'Reflection of resilience': Art Dubai's war-postponed edition opens to healthy sales
The fair's 20th edition was almost derailed by the US-Israel war in Iran—but organisers rallied the local community for a special show
New film about forgers is ‘Miami Vice’ for the art-world crowd
Although uneven at times, ‘Forge’ questions whether collectors really have more appreciation for art than artists who create forgeries
Robert Mnuchin's $85.7m Rothko leads Sotheby's $407.5m auction in New York
Last night's season opening sale of post-war and contemporary art, which started with 11 lots from the late art dealer, set new records for young artists Ding Shilun and Yu Nishimura
Independent art fair makes the most of more spacious digs
The fair has nearly doubled its footprint at its new location on the East River, offering exhibitors and collectors more room while allowing for larger site-specific artistic interventions
Latin American galleries dominate at Frieze New York
Despite mounting costs and political pressures, exhibitors from Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Mexico and elsewhere are bringing their artists’ work to the city—with the fair committed to representing the region
Ten years on, Tefaf New York still stands out from the crowd
The fair’s dedication to art from the 20th century as much as the 21st sets it apart from its May competitors
Cai Guo-Qiang joins White Cube
The Chinese artist presents a new iteration of his gunpowder paintings at Tefaf New York
New York art world spared worst of logistics woes
While the war in Iran has complicated art-market activities in the Middle East, the impact on this month’s fairs appears minimal
A Joan Mitchell diptych and a rare stack by Donald Judd: our pick of the May auctions
Plus a market-conscious Basquiat and a Seagram-adjacent Rothko
Comment | Flourishing markets beyond the big three will benefit the art ecosystem—and the planet
Regions outside of the US, UK and China have grown their share from 17% of business in 2015 to 24% in 2025, according to report
Frieze New York highlights local galleries while global voices grow
Nearly half of exhibitors this year have a New York base, reinforcing the city’s market dominance as Latin American participation also rises
New £5.5m record for Islamic glass leads London sales
A Mamluk footed bowl deaccessioned from the Toledo Museum was the star of this spring's sales of Indian and Islamic art, which saw strong bidding on Indian paintings and Iznik ceramics