Art market
Consumer culture art: Sylvie Fleury talks brands, cars and irreverent Minimalism
The Swiss artist is celebrating a 30-year career at Sprüth Magers in London
‘Accelerator’ Artissima marks its 30th anniversary
Italy’s leading contemporary art fair embraces its ‘start-up’ ethos
Scheme to sell fractions of Banksy’s Valentine’s Day Mascara could be illegal, lawyer says
Online company managing the Margate mural, intended as a comment on domestic abuse, has already sold more than £250,000 in shares
Can Taipei's art scene get better co-ordinated?
At the latest edition of Art Taipei fair, a concerted effort to galvanise the island's art scene like its regional neighbours could be felt
The Gray Market: Prints and multiples may finally be ready for the market spotlight—it only took a few hundred years of confusion
The latest edition of the IFPDA Print Fair in New York and a slew of moves by mega-galleries look set to reshape this long-overlooked category
Dmitry Rybolovlev’s former attorney, France's justice minister Eric Dupont-Moretti, faces trial next month
The former defence attorney is accused of using his position to settle scores, including against a judge who investigated the Russian oligarch in Monaco.
Long-unseen Basquiat self-portrait could reach $60m at Sotheby’s New York
"Self Portrait as a Heel (Part Two)" (1982) hasn’t been displayed in public since its last appearance at auction, in 1999
Christie’s brokers restitution settlement with heirs of art dealer and Swiss museum to offer $35m Cézanne at auction next month
Fruits et pot de gingembre, one of three Cézanne paintings included in the sale, was found to have been sold under duress after the Nazis took power in Germany
Christie’s longtime global president Jussi Pylkkänen is stepping down
After nearly 40 years at the auction house, Pylkkänen will work as an independent art adviser
Auction houses use lucrative tools to prop up the art market—could they become victims of their own success?
Shielding art prices from organic market conditions doesn't always pay off
Mendes Wood DM’s new Paris space boosts the Brazilian-founded gallery’s position within a global market
The gallery's fourth location across three continents has opened on the Place des Vosges in the Marais district
Paris+: is the French capital still on the rise as a cultural hub?
Plus, Hiroshi Sugimoto at the Hayward Gallery in London and Marie Laurencin's 'La femme-cheval'
1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair expands its reach into Hong Kong
Organisers have announced a series of selling exhibitions at Christie's Hong Kong in March next year
'More Americans than at Frieze': sophomore edition of Art Basel's Paris+ fair opens to packed aisles and punchy sales
Major deals suggest a shift in power between Paris and London, though some attendees noted an aesthetic conservatism in the French fair's offerings
'The city is more open than before—it's bearing fruit': Paris+ by Art Basel director Clément Delépine on the future of art as a lifestyle
The fair's sophomore edition brings together 154 leading galleries at the Grand Palais Éphémère
Alicja Kwade joins Pace Gallery—and leaves embattled dealer Johann König after 15 years
Pace will feature a work by the Berlin-based sculptor at Paris + and stage a solo show of her work in Los Angeles in 2024
How to get started as an art collector
Art is not just for the mega-rich: there are ways to buy good-quality works on a modest budget
Atlanta’s art scene grapples with changes from within and elsewhere
On the heels of the second Atlanta Art Week and news of a fair launching in 2024, the city’s dealers and power brokers reflect on all the work they have done, and how much remains
Art Basel increases security for Paris + fair following state of alert in France
Anti-ram barriers will be placed around the venue following a terrorist incident in France, linked to Israel-Hamas war
Park Seo-Bo, one of South Korea's leading artists, has died aged 91
The father of the Dansaekhwa movement was known for monochrome works with roots in Buddhist philosophy
Lines redrawn: how artists and auction houses are shaking things up with new ways of working together
Phillips’s recent private selling exhibition of Damien Hirst works marked 15 years of artists collaborating with auction houses, with or without gallery cooperation
Jitters, few jolts at Phillips's 20th century & contemporary evening sale in London
Results offered at least modest reassurance at the house’s premier Frieze Week auction
Christie’s brings in a solid £96.5m across back-to-back Frieze Week evening auctions in London
The evening kicked off with a sale of 20th- and 21st-century art, followed by works from the collection of the late businessman Sam Josefowitz
The magic behind Sotheby's Freddie Mercury sale
There was a certain degree of sleight of hand at play by the auction house to achieve 100% of lots sold
Frieze turns 20: what's next for the popular art fair?
Plus, we speak to the artist Hildigunnur Birgisdóttir, who will be representing Iceland in Venice next year, and pick a work from the Matisse show at the Metropolitan Museum in New York
‘The market has changed’: Sotheby’s scrapes together £45.6m from Frieze Week double-header in London
The auction house’s The Now sale of ultra-contemporary art was a success, but its marquee contemporary art sale came up well short of expectations
Economic turmoil in China hits the country’s commercial galleries
Though the wealthiest collectors remain untroubled by recent jolts to the economy, many galleries and younger collectors are being hit hard
Blurred lines: are galleries and museums getting too cosy?
As public institutions are working more with the private sector, there are calls for greater transparency