Art market

Under new ownership, Art Monte Carlo voices 'global ambitions'

Held in the Grimaldi Forum, the boutique fair was bought last year by trade fair company Informa Prestige

Full extent of Stephen Friedman Gallery's £7.8m debt revealed in filings

The bankrupt gallery owes £800,000 to three prominent artists—Alexandre Diop, Deborah Roberts and Kehinde Wiley—while other major creditors include the logistics company Crozier

British billionaire's £200m art collection most expensive ever offered in UK

Financier Joe Lewis's trove of market titans, including Klimt, Schiele and Bacon, will "inject trust into the London market" when it is sold at Sotheby's this June

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Pittsburgh’s burgeoning gallery community readies for its moment in art world spotlight

As the latest Carnegie International arrives, Pittsburgh’s long-running and newer commercial art spaces make the case for a more supportive, sustainable and slower-paced scene

Crime news

Texas man who ran cryptocurrency scam supposedly backed by blue-chip art worth $1bn sentenced to 23 years in prison

Robert Dunlap promised investors a coin backed by works by Dalí, Picasso and other renowned artists

TikTok Shop adds ‘fine art’ category—will it disrupt the art market?

The new category was launched with a live sale of works by influencer artist Sophie Tea

Wildenstein dispute over Monet work highlights art market opacity

Long-running dispute centres on a complex 2004 transaction tied to works by Claude Monet

Harnessing the winds of societal change: how art dealers have been able to shape taste for centuries

A new book about the history of the art trade highlights how some outsiders became insiders, while others slipped through history's cracks

Stockholm's Market Art Fair wants to prove the 'periphery is now essential'

Proudly regional, but with global ambitions, the 20th edition of Sweden's largest commercial art event sees 54 dealers gather in a new venue

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Comment | Artnet-Artsy merger: 'a Bloomberg for art?'

Initial cost-cutting measures have seen some excellent journalists laid off—will new owner Andrew Wolff manage to turn the business around?

Art Basel's solution to PDF pre-sales? Ask galleries to reserve works until opening day

A new initiative for this year's fair in Switzerland, Basel Exclusive aims to "restore the value of being present" by promoting works that are withheld from pre-fair previews and publicity

Claude Lalanne’s set of bronze mirrors shatters artist's auction record at Sotheby's

The $33.5m price fetched by set, which once belonged to Yves Saint Laurent, reflects Claude and Francois-Xavier Lalanne's still-growing market

The Photography Show fair’s 45th edition explores medium’s full history from its origins to AI

Aipad’s annual fair brings nearly 80 exhibitors to the Park Avenue Armory, seeking to be both an approachable entrypoint for new collectors and a place of discovery for connoisseurs

Warnews

Gulf art market feels the force of Middle East conflict

The burgeoning market is suffering the fallout of current geopolitical stresses, while other regions appear disarmingly nonchalant

Dallas Art Fair brings Texas's relationship-driven collecting community into focus

Low exhibitor turnover and deliberative buying underscore a market built on long-term connections, while younger dealers shape the city’s evolving cultural context

Art Dubai announces updated gallery list for postponed 2026 edition

Around 75 exhibitors due to take part will not attend, following the US-Israel war in Iran

Marc Restellini’s ‘atom bomb’ of a Modigliani catalogue raisonné is finally published

Six volumes include 100 newly authenticated works—but 15 previously attributed to the artist are removed

Chicago’s Neighbors and Barely fairs show the strengths of smaller, alternative formats

The two Expo Chicago satellite fairs compliment the main event with accessible settings filled with ambitious presentations

SP-Arte underscores Latin America’s resilient rise amid global market recalibration

Brazil’s largest art fair showcases local identity as regional galleries capitalise on shifting international attention

Is Dubai’s loss Palma's gain? Newly revived Mallorca fair offers ’sun, sand and safety’ for wealthy Germans

VIP day of Art Cologne Palma Mallorca saw brisk sales at the lower end, while war in the Middle East boosts the Spanish island's position as a holiday and culture destination

Expo Chicago’s local focus pays off as Midwestern collectors, institutions buoy sales

The fair’s first edition under director Kate Sierzputowski aims to offer a more tightly curated experience

Filmreview

In The Christophers, an aging artist’s unfinished masterpieces are subjects of speculation and scheming

The new Steven Soderbergh film, which stars Ian McKellen and Michaela Coel, takes up questions about how art is valued and how artists become brands

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Comment | The market grew in 2025 but ‘interest in art is waning’

Amid global macro shocks and changes in consumer taste, there are signs of future resilience

Robilant and Voena gallery founders part ways to start separate ventures with their children

After 22 years in partnership dealing in Old Master, Modern and contemporary art, dealers Edmondo di Robilant and Marco Voena will form independent firms with the next generation

Greece introduces new law to tackle art forgery

A new registry of experts is being assembled in a bid to tackle counterfeits and prevent damage to art

Irannews

A new Istanbul gallery is offering an outlet for Iran’s artists

Shiva Zahed Gallery, which opened in February, will focus on contemporary artists—but war in Iran poses a major obstacle, even after the announcement of a ceasefire

London galleries Edel Assanti and Emalin both announce expansions

While Edel Assanti's second space will join a cluster forming in St. James's, Emalin will take over the Helmet Row location formerly occupied by Modern Art

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Art Cologne heads to the beach with revived Mallorca edition

Nearly two decades after its short-lived debut, the venerable German fair returns to Palma’s newly energised art scene with a strong showing of local galleries

Lalanne mirrors owned by Yves Saint Laurent and a classic Diane Arbus photo: our pick of the April auctions

Plus, Konstantin Andreevich Somov's birch trees and rhinoceros after Dürer are on sale this month

Milan’s contemporary art credentials further bolstered by arrival of Paris Internationale

The cutting-edge French art fair is the latest to join an expanding cohort of global players opening in Italy