Art market
A 'purposely regional' Taipei Dangdai fair suggests Taiwan's art market is slowly recovering from the pandemic
While Mainland Chinese exhibitors remain sparse due to visa restrictions and political tensions, local collectors came out in force
Stephen Friedman opening New York location in Tribeca
It’s the latest in a long line of galleries to open in the upscale New York neighbourhood
Christie’s kicks off New York’s spring auctions with record-breaking Rousseau
The auction house’s bottom line benefitted from the strong performance of works from the collections of S.I. Newhouse and Paul G. Allen
Gagosian to close its vast Britannia Street gallery in London after two decades
The gallery is instead launching a new public platform for large-scale sculpture in October
Abstraction is ascendant at New York’s Future Fair
The fair, a haven for fresh painting, may signal a coming shift in the market power dynamic between representation and abstraction
Photo London's director promises to 'embrace the new'—so why does it look the same?
Now under the directorship of Kamiar Maleki, the UK's largest photography fair returns to Somerset House for its eighth edition
'Not a matter of competition, but natural progression': Pilar Corrias to open new London gallery in Mayfair
The 500 sq m space will replace the Fitzrovia gallery and open this October with an exhibition of work by Christina Quarles
Design dealers set the tone at Tefaf New York
Despite the fair’s small stands in comparison to its Dutch sister fair, gallerists are pairing art with functional design
Taipei Dangdai capitalises on dedicated local collectors
The fourth edition of the art fair opens this week with 90 galleries, 70% of which have premises in Asia
Auction houses anticipate $2.2bn from New York spring sales despite cooling market
Demand for ultra contemporary works may have eased but there is little sign of a sales slump, say the New York firms
At New York’s Independent fair, opportunities to discover the overlooked and the emerging
The fair’s founder Elizabeth Dee wants to preserve its boutique identity while continuing to fill gaps in recent art history and launching a new print project
Officials in Mexico call on Dutch auction house to halt sale of pre-Columbian artefacts
Some 30 objects in an auction this week are protected by Mexico’s cultural heritage laws, authorities there say
Tefaf brings a blend of eras and materials for its eighth New York edition
The Dutch fair’s smaller North American outpost has an eclectic offering emphasising modern and contemporary art as well as antiquities
KAWS wins nearly $1m in damages in counterfeit lawsuit
Artist Brian Donnelly first filed the lawsuit against Dylan Joy An Leong Yi Zhi in 2021
Former OpenSea employee found guilty in first-ever NFT insider trading trial
Former OpenSea product manager Nathanie Chastain has been convicted of wire fraud and money laundering in a landmark case
Hedge to hedge: a secondary market for third-party auction guarantees is on the rise
There is a growing trend for guarantors to spread their risk by selling off parts of their guarantees—violating auction house rules
The Armory Show lines up more than 225 galleries for fair’s third year at sprawling Javits Center
The fair has grown to be among the largest in the world since it began as a hotel fair in 1994
Time to invest in the art market? New 'stock exchange for art' to launch at the Victoria & Albert Museum this month
Francis Bacon’s triptych Three Studies for a Portrait of George Dyer revealed as the first work to be listed on Artex, starting at around $55m
Art Basel appoints Maike Cruse as fair director
The current head of Gallery Weekend Berlin will start in the newly created role in July and oversee the 2024 fair
Remembering Myriam Ullens, art collector, and philanthropist, who launched the first contemporary art museum in China
Belgian entrepreneur in fashion, food and art, co-founded the Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, in Beijing, with her husband, Guy Ullens
On eve of the coronation, Sotheby's offers document in which Charles II set out his vision for restoration of the British monarchy
"Transformational" signed 1660 copy of The Declaration of Breda leads mixed-category sale featuring manuscripts, royal portraits, medals and memorabilia
A Van Gogh Montmartre scene with sunflowers is coming up at Sotheby’s—and could fetch $30m
Looted by the Nazis, after the war it was returned to the Rothschild family
New York collector sues his lawyer for allegedly stealing Warhol canvas
The collector, Stuart Pivar, claims he sold the 1977 portrait of himself to his lawyer for $100,000 because he needed cash quickly; he is now suing that lawyer for $10m
‘Duplicative’ or discarded? Whitney's sale of more Hopper works from historic bequest comes under scrutiny
Questions resurface over New York museum’s rationale for consigning works by the artist to auction
Martin Parr to take centre stage at Photo London fair
The documenter of Britain’s quirks is this year’s Master of Photography
What are you worth? New report reveals art world salaries, from £22,500 for gallery assistants to over £250,000 for top sales directors
The report, published by recruitment firm Sophie Macpherson, used base salary data from 2022
Auction Queen: hammer to fall on Freddie Mercury’s art collection at Sotheby’s
More than 1,500 lots, including original lyrics and Victorian paintings, from the rockstar’s London home will be sold in September by former girlfriend and close friend Mary Austin
A fugitive art dealer convicted of selling counterfeit art 14 years ago has been extradited to the US
Angela Catherine Hamblin, who has been hiding out in a small village in Scotland for over a decade, is being extradited to the US
Rare Gustav Klimt lake landscape to make auction debut in New York
The painting is estimated to sell for around $45m next month at Sotheby's
How do US taxpayers value their art collections? With great difficulty
Possible penalties for donors and heirs make the process of determining the value of artworks a high-wire act