Art market

Collectible design fair’s second New York outing marries ‘folly’ and practicality

Fair's hottest section is devoted to functionally ambiguous but aesthetically inspiring pieces

Timely rediscoveries await at Independent 20th Century

The fair’s fourth edition includes timely works by Russian dissidents, queer underground artists and more

The Armory Show puts spotlight on the American South

Organisers hope the fair—including a sector championing artists from the southern US and another led by an Atlanta non-profit—complicates stereotypes about the region

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The unglamorous world of art market logistics is set to become much more efficient, says Convelio shipping founder Edouard Gouin

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Pioneering Brazilian artist Lygia Pape's estate is now represented by Mendes Wood DM

The Brazilian gallery will hold a career-spanning exhibition of Pape’s work in São Paulo in April 2026

A former director at Lower Manhattan galleries goes it alone Uptown

After stints at Pace, Lehmann Maupin and elsewhere, Christiana Ine-Kimba Boyle is prioritising her nomadic gallery Gladwell Projects, which will open a pop-up in Harlem this autumn

Leaning on luxury goods, Sotheby's launches auction week in Abu Dhabi

The auction house will hold a series of live sales in the emirate this December featuring sports cars, jewellery and handbags

New Orleans artists mark 20 years since Hurricane Katrina

Ferrara Showman Gallery brings together works from ten artists reflecting on two decades since the deadly storm

Jeff Koons returns to Gagosian four years after departing for Pace

The world's most expensive living artist is once again represented by the global mega-gallery

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Rising dealer Sebastian Gladstone expands in LA—what’s behind his success?

This month, Gladstone will open a major expansion in Hollywood, as others shut shop

‘Sometimes you just have to go for it’: as others close, Ben Hunter expands his London gallery

The art dealer, who has taken over an entire townhouse in coveted St James’s, talks overheads, growth and balancing the primary and secondary markets

Artist’s doobie-ous Snoop Dogg collaboration tokes in $148,100 at auction

The artist Erica Kovitz used the remainders of blunts smoked by Tha Doggfather to make a series of mixed-media works

Tanya Bonakdar Gallery will close Los Angeles location

The New York gallery's West Coast outpost will cease operations in September after seven years

Behind-the-scenes Beatles photographs shot by Paul McCartney to go on sale at Gagosian London

The images, taken by the frontman between December 1963 and February 1964, capture pivotal moments of the band's stratospheric rise to fame

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Buyer’s choice: how collectors factor into the art world’s quest for environmental sustainability

With the agency to make decisions on emissions-heavy activities, collectors play a crucial role in the industry

Forged Picasso prints sold at Stuttgart auction recovered as part of international police operation

The replica etchings are among more than 100 fake contemporary works of art that have been seized by Italian authorities since 2022

Christophe de Menil, art patron and heiress to the Menil Collection's founders, has died, aged 92

As the firstborn daughter of the Franco Texan de Menils, Christophe grew up to continue the family's legacy of arts patronage

‘Everyone's suffering right now’: New York and Los Angeles gallery Clearing will close

Olivier Babin tells The Art Newspaper that high overhead costs and the market slowdown made the business unsalvageable

Ancient marble bust returned to Italy following seven-year legal battle

The first-century sculpture was seized from the New York-based gallery Safani in 2018, prompting a series of lawsuits that have finally been resolved

US appeal court upholds $2.5m sanctions ruling in favour of Peter Doig

The long-running court case centres on a painting of a desert landscape, which a former prison guard claims is by the well-known artist

Sotheby’s returns ancient Buddhist gem collection to India after legal pressure

After the Indian culture ministry intervened to halt a sale of the Piprahwa gems, Sotheby’s has sold the trove to a Mumbai conglomerate

Can Hauser & Wirth's new Palo Alto space achieve what its rivals failed to?

Gagosian and Pace packed up shop in the Bay Area—now Hauser & Wirth is the latest mega-gallery to give Silicon Valley a go

‘Slowing the process down’: how a bohemian Somerset art gallery is forging its own path

Close gallery is expanding with a project space in London and exhibitions of the late Jane Harris and “the new Land Artists”

With two fairs and a new festival, Aspen art scene is reaching new peaks

Famous for its high-end ski resorts, the Colorado town has become a major arts destination

US Senators propose anti-money-laundering legislation for the art market

The Art Market Integrity Act proposed by a bipartisan group of US lawmakers would bring US regulation in line with Europe and the UK

New York’s Market Gallery evolves from Chinatown apartment to Soho pop-up

The buzzy gallery, run out of founder Adam Zhu’s renovated storage shed, launched an inaugural group show on Mercer Street

AI portrait of footballer Lionel Messi's favourite goal raises $1.87m for charity

Refik Anadol's re-imagination of the Argentine star’s 2009 header sold in an online auction at Christie's New York

Art Basel Miami Beach to welcome 41 new exhibitors

A handful of galleries are not returning for the 2025 edition

Sharp drop in value of works saved for the UK this past year, official report reveals

A painting by Antoine Watteau valued at £6m was among those granted an export licence after no museum buyer was found, however items including the Second World War notebooks of Alan Turing were saved