Art market
The Photography Show fair in New York sets new attendance record
Nearly 15,000 visitors attended the fair last week, organisers said
Older women artists go it alone as new report reveals how the traditional art world is failing them
Meanwhile their younger counterparts struggle more acutely with living costs
Activity and optimism at Expo Chicago attest to the city's 'fearless' community of collectors and patrons
The fair's 12th edition opened with high spirits and swift business in the five-figure price range
Gallery sharing event Constellations Warsaw brings international flavour to a quickly developing art scene
The show's second edition comes amid a rise in collecting by Poland's professional classes, and the relocation of the city's public Modern art museum
Leading Indian artist Anita Dube accused of ‘intellectual theft’ after using protest poem in Delhi gallery show
The writer Aamir Aziz said in a widely shared social media post that four works by Dube, offered for sale at Vadehra Art Gallery, use his words without permission
Former Sotheby's chairman recounts the birth of the London art market as we know it
James Stourton's new book explores changes from the power shift to the auction houses in the mid-20th century to the excesses of the 1980s and 90s
Comment | Trims to Sotheby's African Modern and contemporary art department are just one unwelcome sign for this previously healthy market
Auction sales for contemporary and Modern African art have declined—but African art fairs are still going strong
Banksy balloon heart mural back on view in New York ahead of charity auction
The giant slab of wall adorned with Banksy's "Battle To Survive a Broken Heart" will go to auction to benefit the American Heart Association
Why the inaugural Art Week Riyadh was a fair in everything but name
The event saw 32 galleries take part to test out Saudi Arabia's growing art market—but organisers maintain it was a non-commercial venture
Expo Chicago connects the Midwest to the global art market
For its second edition under Frieze’s ownership, the Windy City’s art fair aims to extend its international impact, including deepening ties with Korean galleries
San Francisco Art Fair brings attention to Bay Area scene and sales for exhibitors from near and far
The fair’s programming included events with local institutions and stands devoted to non-profits and collectives
Nova Contemporary gallery taps into Thailand’s burgeoning market
The Bangkok space opens new premises this month, ahead of major new private museum Dib Bangkok
David Geffen files countersuit against Justin Sun as collectors' fight over $78m Giacometti escalates
Geffen's countersuit comes two months after Sun, the crypto investor and buyer of Cattelan's Comedian, sued claiming ownership of the sculpture Le Nez
Regional strength helps insulate Art Dubai from tariff-related turbulence
Lower price points and Dubai's enduring status as a tax haven buoyed sales
Basquiat's family portrait painting could bring $30m at Christie's auction
The painting "Baby Boom" was featured in one of the artist's first solo exhibitions at Fun Gallery
Qatari sheikh wins case against Phoenix Ancient Art over allegedly forged antiquity
The New York- and Geneva-based gallery says it will appeal the ruling in the case brought by Sheikh Hamad Bin Abdullah al-Thani
Monet riverscape could splash down for more than $30m during New York auctions
The painting headed to Christie's, "Peupliers au bord de l’Epte, crépuscule", was on display at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston for more than 30 years
Faith Ringgold’s estate is now represented by Jack Shainman Gallery
The gallery will stage an exhibition of the late artist’s work in November
New app for antiques dealers hopes to make streamlining inventory ‘less daunting’
Online software platform Ronati Studio, which is aimed primarily at vendors of antiques and collectable artefacts, manages inventory from acquisition to resale
Collector’s eye: the art Reem al Roubi has bought and why
The Dubai-based Sudanese patron of major museums explains how she has expanded her collecting horizons from African to Middle Eastern art
Art Dubai is cementing its position as the region’s key art market
As the UAE’s art scene continues to grow, Art Dubai is looking to expand too, including expanding its Downtown Design event to Saudi Arabia next month
Is the art market coming to the end of the age of eternal growth?
Further weak auction results, plus economic turmoil, raise fears the trade may have passed its peak
Dealer Daniella Luxembourg to sell $30m of art from personal collection at auction
The sale at Sotheby's New York next month includes works by Lucio Fontana, Michelangelo Pistoletto, Alexander Calder and Claes Oldenburg
Dallas Art Fair offers first test of collectors’ appetites amid Trump’s trade war
A tight-knit community of patrons and a resilient state economy keep sales strong in Dallas despite macroeconomic headwinds
Trump turns on museums and libraries, the art market’s 12% fall, Evie Hone and Mainie Jellett—podcast
What are the implications of the US president’s attempts to gut and transform arts organisations? Plus, discussions about the Art Basel and UBS Art Market Report 2025 and works by two leading Irish modernists
Warhol electric chair canvas could bring $30m during New York auction season
Christie's will offer the rose-hued “Big Electric Chair” from the collection of influential Belgian art patrons Roger Matthys and Hilda Colle
Billionaire collector Thomas Kaplan to sell Rembrandt lion drawing to raise funds for wildlife conservation
Young Lion Resting, which went on show in Amsterdam this week, could approach a record price for a work on paper at auction next year
The Dallas Art Fair is ‘a new front’ for dealers
The Texas fair has a record of resilience, largely shielded from economic dips that affected the US at large, but this year’s edition will be the art market's first major test since President Trump's new tariffs
Global art sales plummeted by 12% in 2024, latest Art Basel/UBS report finds
A cooling contemporary market and lack of high-end sales has contributed to another “challenging year”, in which sales fell in almost every region
‘We are in uncharted territory’: Trump’s tariffs scramble art trade
There is widespread confusion about whether or not new US tariffs—and those imposed by trading partners in retaliation—apply to art and antiques