Art market

US judge allows artist Deborah Roberts's copyright infringement lawsuit against New York gallery to proceed

The lawsuit brought by Roberts in 2022 has received a mixed ruling from Judge LaShann DeArcy Hall, but she denied dealer Richard Beavers's motion to dismiss it

Isabel Nolan to represent Ireland at the 2026 Venice Biennale

Georgina Jackson, the director of The Douglas Hyde Gallery of Contemporary Art at Trinity College, Dublin, will be the pavilion's curator

‘My poems are as important to sustaining my life as my art’: Rei Naito, one of Japan's best-kept artistic secrets

The enigmatic installation artist shares the thinking behind her minimal yet profound meditations on human existence

In partnership withArt Week Tokyo
Crime news

Co-creator of UndeadApes NFTs found guilty of fraud and money laundering in 'rug pull' scheme

Berman Jerry Nowlin Jr, known in the NFT community as "Repulse" and “Zayous”, faces up to five years in federal prison

Mumbai gallery Mirchandani + Steinruecke to open Delhi location

It is the latest Indian gallery to expand to a second city

Artissimaanalysis

Dealers at Artissima await 'potentially transformative' changes to art tax in Italy

The 31st edition of the contemporary art fair sees Italy's art market players cross their fingers—or fear for the worst

Kyotoanalysis

Art Collaboration Kyoto finds its groove by connecting past and present

The unusual Japanese fair is holding its fourth edition with 69 local and international galleries participating

Nudes by major Indian artists F. N. Souza and Akbar Padamsee embroiled in 'obscenity' dispute

The seven works were seized by Mumbai customs last year due to their sensitive content

Art fairsanalysis

In the face of economic uncertainty, Art x Lagos focuses on non-commercial programming

The fair—opening with Nigeria’s naira in a slump—has carried forward its “concise” gallery section format from last year and expanded its broader activities

'A real leap of faith': Swiss auction house to offer works authenticated by AI

The move fuels the debate about whether artificial intelligence can replace the human eye and expertise in assessing a picture’s authorship

Two-for-one: double-sided Van Dyck to be sold at Christie's

An Andalusian horse was last sold at the auction house in 2000, after which another landscape was discovered, hidden on the back

The ADAA Art Show spotlights the Houston art scene

The fair's new "Spotlight On..." programme will call attention to a new city each year

Marc Straus is the latest New York dealer to open in Tribeca

The new gallery will open in David Lewis’s former space

Revealed: the surreal dispute over Leonora Carrington’s late bronze sculptures

Scholars and heirs are divided over bronze editions attributed to the British-Mexican Surrealist’s final years

Art fairsanalysis

Inaugural Taipei Art Week brings together almost 90 galleries and museums

Government-backed initiative adds to long running Art Taipei fair

Marian Goodman Gallery opens sprawling Tribeca headquarters

The 47-year-old gallery has made a big move Downtown—to street level—and launched its new space with a sprawling show of works by 50 artists

Art Toronto offers moments of connection, catharsis and commerce for Canada's art world

The country’s biggest art fair, with more than 100 exhibitors, is both a centre of commercial activity and a sprawling diorama of a national aesthetic

Dealer Yves Bouvier owes more than $800m in back taxes, Swiss court rules

Meanwhile Dmitry Rybolovlev, with whom Bouvier settled a high-profile legal saga last year, has had charges against him dismissed

Kabir Jhala. With additional reporting by Vincent Noce
Educationfeature

Old Master forgeries’ second lives as teaching tools

Museums, universities and other art organisations have tapped into the enduring fascination with forgeries for pedagogic purposes

Istanbulanalysis

Contemporary Istanbul welcomes galleries from Spain and Latin America

The fair's 19th edition sees it strengthen its footing as an international art market destination

Maurizio Cattelan’s famous duct-taped banana could bring more than $1m at auction

"Comedian" (2019) is one of the most viral (and controversial) works of art of the past decade; Sotheby's is betting it has not lost its a-peel

Frieze's parent company exploring ‘potential sale’ of the fair and media brand

Entertainment giant Endeavor is reviewing its event assets as it prepares to go private

Gen X are the biggest spenders on art as ‘speculative’ millennials drop back, latest UBS/Art Basel survey finds

The 200-page report, authored by Clare McAndrew, also revealed stable Chinese buying and buoyancy at the lower end of the market as top end softens

Yu Hong’s moment in the Western market has finally arrived

Painter’s first London gallery show debuts three decades after she helped define China’s “New Generation”

Art marketcomment

Comment | Paris vs London debate is a 'non-troversy', says Christie's Guillaume Cerutti

Auction house chief executive argues that of greater concern is the decline of Europe's art market as America and Asia charge ahead

Painting by AI robot Ai-Da could bring more than $120,000 at Sotheby's

The robotic brainchild of British gallerist Aidan Meller will make her auction debut on Halloween

Egon Schiele’s death mask to be auctioned in London

The mask was produced from a mould made in 1918, after the artist had succumbed to Spanish flu

Art fairsfeature

The fair bringing international galleries to Kyoto

Art Collaboration Kyoto brings together Japanese and international galleries during a city-wide celebration of the arts

In partnership withArt Collaboration Kyoto (ACK)

Art Basel Paris exhibitors hit by rainwater from Grand Palais roof leak

The historic venue, recently restored to the tune of €466m, is among a number of cultural institutions in Paris affected by heavy rains this week