Art market

Fashion and media brand 032c launches commercial gallery in Berlin

032c gallery will operate within a traditional art market model and opens with a group show on the intersection between art and fashion

Over 50% of gallerists have a poor work-life balance, with those in the US most acutely affected

A new survey reveals that fewer than half of gallery employees feel like their lives are well-balanced

Marlborough Gallery building goes up for sale for more than £25m

The gallery folded earlier this year and is in the process of dispersing its art inventory

Wendy Red Star brings contemporary Native American art to London

The rising artist’s first UK dealer show is connecting with collectors across cultural boundaries

Bonhams will move New York headquarters to historic site on Billionaires' Row

The auction house is expected to relocate its New York operation to 57th Street by the end of 2025

Larry Gagosian and Peter Doig join forces in ‘unique collaboration’

The British painter, who left his longtime dealer Michael Werner last year, is curating a show at Gagosian's New York gallery in November

Largest Morandi exhibition in almost 20 years to open in New York

The show, organised by the Italian dealer Mattia de Luca, coincides with the 60th anniversary of the artist’s death

London’s Courtauld Institute gets down to business with new art market-focused degree

The art and business MA is being set up to equip students with commercially valuable skills alongside an understanding of the history of the market

Four galleries and four artists team up on collaborative project Suite Berlin

The international alliance will present an exhibition and events in one building during Berlin Art Week

Marseilleanalysis

Marseille has built a hot moment for contemporary art—can it withstand a cooling market?

This year's edition of Art-o-rama fair saw high exhibitor turnover and mostly muted sales, while the city’s growing number of grassroots projects shine

Alleged leader of ‘biggest art fraud in the world’ sentenced in Canada

Prosecutors described David Voss as the leader of a forgery ring that created thousands of fake works by Norval Morrisseau

Meticulous handiwork wins the day at New York's Art on Paper fair

The fair champions art made on and with paper, in every form and style

Independent 20th Century was built to counteract the hype cycle. The trade's downturn is its biggest test

The fair's third edition leans into the middle market and museum interest to expand the canon—and commercial fortunes—of Modernism

Despite art market ‘doomsayers’, Armory Show dealers see signs of 'a good turnaround' in opening sales

Works at price points up to the high six figures found buyers during the VIP preview of the fair’s first edition fully under the Frieze corporate umbrella

The art market slump, the artist freed in the US-Russia prisoner swap, Max Ernst in Paris — podcast

What’s behind the troubles facing auction houses and galleries? Plus, Sasha Skochilenko recounts her experience of being arrested—and incarcerated—in Russia, and the story behind a 1937 Surrealist painting by Ernst

Collectible fair offers handcrafted design and artists’ functional objects in New York debut

The Belgian fair’s first stateside edition offers objects for every aesthetic sensibility and budget

Venice Biennale’s influence shapes Independent 20th Century

The fair’s third edition features a strong contingent of under-recognised artists from Latin America and beyond

Muted expectations meet moderate sales at third edition of Frieze Seoul

The fair feels effects of economic slump, but benefits from two local biennials and new city-wide initiatives

Choppy waters ahead for the art market

Sotheby’s reported plunge in earnings is part of a bigger picture

The Armory Show’s first edition fully under Frieze rings the changes

After three decades, New York’s biggest art fair is shaking things up, with a new parent company, a new director and a more global lineup

My Seoul: a local's guide to the art scene in the city

The collector and curator Su Park reveals what to see in the Korean capital—and where to wind down—during a hectic week

After controversy, Tefaf appoints fifth managing director in four years

Dominique Savelkoul recently served as director of the Mu.Zee museum in Oostende, Belgium

Collector’s eye: the art Heejae Kang has bought and why

The fashion entrepreneur took her time to deliberate when buying an expensive black balloon and finds that Louise Bourgeois’s works resonate with her on a sensual level

Defying market gloom, Nicoletti gallery in London moves to larger space in Shoreditch

Responding to "crisis" with determination, the gallery has relocated to "avoid stagnation"

Art marketanalysis

Inaugural edition of Art021 in Hong Kong is as ambitious as it is scattered

The sprawling event, staged with a $1.9m investment from the city, hopes to boost flagging tourism and provide a new market moment for Asia

Sotheby’s core earnings down by 88%, according to Financial Times report

A document sent to investors, and seen by the newspaper, ahead of investment from Abu Dhabi’s wealth fund also reveals a 25% drop in auction sales

Art marketanalysis

Global turmoil and rising taxes tilt art trade towards new era

Increasingly unsettled elites are making a struggling market even less predictable

한국 미술시장, ‘성숙기’에 진입

경기 불황 겪으며 지난 몇 년간의 급성장에 적신호... 정부 주도 최근 정책에 성과 기대

Korean art market enters ‘mature phase’ as third Frieze fair opens

Economic slowdown has halted the recent rapid growth—but new state initiatives could pay off