Art market

A journey through Frieze Sculpture with curator Fatos Üstek

The Frieze Sculpture curator walks us through her highlights from the gardens of London's Regents Park

Georgia makes Frieze debut ahead of pro-Russian vs pro-Western election

Amid a “tense atmosphere”, founder of Tbilisi’s Gallery Artbeat says it is “very important to be showing our culture internationally”

Turning 21 with a bang: Frieze's revamped tent brings emerging galleries to the fore

The fair’s location in Regent’s Park is both a boon and a bind: but this year designers have reconfigured Frieze London’s layout to improve the experience for visitors and galleries alike

What a catch! Italian artist trio to serve up fish market performance in New York

After an inaugural outing in Milan last year, Canemorto is transforming an East Village gallery into an irreverent market for handcrafted fish art

'I have this problem where I buy a lot': Selim Bouafsoun on the art that excites him

The Tunisian-born financier is on a mission to put North African art on the map

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Historical auction results show centuries-old demand for women artists

Our exclusive analysis of auction records in Paris until 1850 reveals around 500 sales of works by women, and striking parallels to the art trade today

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The new auction calendar: everything, everywhere, at every opportunity

All change as the final auction season of 2024 goes into full swing

Frieze London to debut makeover with ‘artist-centred’ curated sections

Opening later this week, the fair's reconfigured layout and entrance give a greater prominence to its curated sections

‘It’s a little bit of a testing period’: inaugural Atlanta Art Fair opens with buzzy VIP turnout

Dealers hope the city’s first art fair will help Atlanta artists build a bigger collector base

‘Non-fair’ Minor Attractions hopes to be enjoyable for visitors and exhibitors alike

Second edition of the commercial art event aims to exploit hotel location with an on-site nightclub and mood lighting as part of a pleasure-rich experience

Jeffrey Gibson, artist representing the US at the Venice Biennale, joins Hauser & Wirth

The mega-gallery is now representing Gibson in tandem with his longtime New York gallery Sikkema Jenkins & Co

Emily Carr painting bought for $50 at barn sale could bring $148,000 at auction

The 1912 painting is believed to have been gifted by the artist to friends who later moved to the Hamptons, where a discerning dealer nabbed it decades later for a bargain

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As the art market gears up for a season of global change, what are the odds of an autumn bounceback?

Amid uneven economic signals, many high-level art sellers are pursuing alternative revenue streams

East London’s latest gallery aims to show art that is ‘a bit less polite’

The founders of Panrucker in Walthamstow are also employing a versatile “pop-up” business model to help keep the initiative sustainable

Kasper König’s collection fetches €6m at Cologne auction

Top lots at the auction arranged by the esteemed curator before his death in August included two “date paintings” by On Kawara, a close friend

‘Coming full circle’: Perrotin to open first London gallery in Claridge's hotel

The French art dealer Emmanuel Perrotin recently pulled out of his Dubai gallery and secondary market space in Paris, though has been expanding the scope of his programme

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Amid cutbacks, big art market players are still chasing growth

Mega-dealers and auction houses are shrinking some areas while expanding others

Atlanta steps into the art market spotlight

Local dealers and advisors say the third edition of Atlanta Art Week and the inaugural Atlanta Art Fair are bringing attention to the city’s art scene at a critical time

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Slowly, Brazil’s art market is becoming more racially diverse

Many galleries at ArtRio have recently begun representing Black and Indigenous artists, though non-white dealers remain a rarity

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At Italy's leading Old Master fair, dealers anticipate a foreign collector influx

The latest edition of the Biennale Internazionale dell’Antiquariato di Firenze (Biaf) opens at a time when wealthy individuals are moving to Italy in growing numbers

Kasmin to represent Jackson Pollock’s work worldwide, next to Lee Krasner

The gallery’s partnership with the Pollock-Krasner Foundation expands eight years after it began

Amid 'more selective, more cautious' market, Christie's Hong Kong sale notches $134m

The firm's first major sale in its new Hong Kong headquarters saw spirited bidding for contemporary works and regional records for paintings by Van Gogh and Monet

'A statement in difficult times': Christie's opens new Hong Kong headquarters

The auction house will hold its first live evening sale in the new Zaha Hadid Architects-designed Henderson Building today

Fashion designer Paul Smith to open gallery during Frieze Week

The space, located within the basement of the Albemarle Street shop in London, will host an exhibition of textile art in collaboration with the digital platform Vortic

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New York gallery closures are leaving artists to fend for themselves

The recent shuttering of multiple city stalwarts, from Marlborough to David Lewis, has forced their former clients to find alternative outlets

Curator Virginia Brilliant settles her lawsuit against Robilant + Voena gallery and its co-founders

Brilliant, who had sought at least $3m for claims related to her consulting work for the gallery, has withdrawn her complaint as part of the agreement

Los Angeles gallery Anat Ebgi taking over former Praz-Dellavalade space

The gallery's newest location will launch with a site-specific project by Jibade-Khalil Huffman, followed by a full renovation

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Has a US law created to safeguard artists’ work backfired?

Critics say that a stalemate over the fate of a piece of Land art in Iowa demonstrates that the terms of the Visual Artists Rights Act of 1990 are far too narrow

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Meet the grassroots group making the art world more welcoming for Black women

Black Girls in Art Spaces has expanded to more than two dozen chapters across the US and abroad in just two years

Disgraced adviser Lisa Schiff's art holdings planned for auction at Phillips starting in November

Bankruptcy trustees have proposed selling hundreds of works through the auction house, with hopes to recover up to $2m