Art market
The Armory Show is ‘business as usual’ at first edition since Frieze acquisition
Sales were off to a bustling start at New York City’s largest art fair, even as questions remain about what changes the new ownership will bring
Robert Colescott’s 1919 sells for $3.5m at Bonhams during special Armory Week auction
The painting, which featured prominently in a recent Colescott retrospective, hammered slightly below its estimate
Photofairs New York shows the promise and peculiarity of an evolving market
The new fair uniting conventional photography and new media makes a unique pitch to the trade during Armory Week
Newly attributed Guercino work previously carrying €6,000 high estimate goes on sale for €2m
The Biblical painting will be shown at Moretti Fine Art gallery in Paris
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Seoul has all the ingredients for success—can Frieze now take its market to the next level?
The city’s collectors, museums and state support make it a key player in Asia—but sales from the fair show its market is still nascent
Korean emerging artists to watch at Frieze Seoul and Kiaf
From Boschian epics and BDSM hardware to understated sculptures and irreverent paintings, a new generation of Korean artists is making a splash
A $20m Joan Mitchell will lead Sotheby's offering of works from the collection of New York dealer John Cheim
The late-career painting is expected to break the artist’s $16.6m auction record this November
Frieze Seoul diary: from BTS at Bottega Veneta to Korea’s sweaty answer to Basel Social Club
Plus, designer and fair director Teo Yang opens his chic home to the public
They Want it All: Freddie Mercury collection smashes expectations at Sotheby’s
Objects ranging from Japanese art to a plush red crown and cape drove bidders into a frenzy on New Bond Street
New ‘non-fair’ for art to open in London
Minor Attractions will stage exhibitions at two London venues to counteract the focus on sales during Frieze Week
‘Seoul is still a boomtown’: solid sales at Frieze and Kiaf defy market dip
An economic downturn and an overlap with the Armory fair in New York appear not to have put off collectors at the concurrent fairs in the South Korean capital
Art, furniture and more from the Rothschild family’s private collection could fetch $30m in unprecedented New York sales at Christie’s
The autumn auctions will mark the first dedicated sales in North America tied to the powerful banking family
Bullish amid cooling market, galleries keep betting on New York real estate
Hollis Taggart is expanding its Chelsea footprint, White Cube will soon open on the Upper East Side and the South African gallery Goodman is prepping a Manhattan pied-à-terre
South African gallery Southern Guild opening a permanent space in Los Angeles
The Cape Town-based art and design gallery will inaugurate its Los Angeles location in February of 2024
Hauser & Wirth announces representation of Venice Golden Lion winner Sonia Boyce
The move comes after the UK artist split from Simon Lee Gallery in London
Pace gallery to open in Tokyo next year
The mega gallery's forthcoming space comes as Japan adjusts its art tax laws to attract international dealers
Venture capitalist Tony Lyu on his collection and favourite spots in Seoul
Lyu discusses how a light-filled former apartment informed his early art purchases, and what the legacy of the crypto boom will be for South Korea
Seoul gets another art fair as Art Busan opens design-led outpost
The Korean capital’s status as an art world hub will be bolstered by Define Seoul
Inaugural Frieze Seoul artist award winner Woo Hannah to make breast-shaped fabric installation at fair
The Korean artist's work will be suspended from the ceiling of the Coex venue
Sotheby’s to sell €11m collection from the Hydra home of Pauline Karpidas
The British patron’s annual meetings on the Greek Island were a “who’s who of the contemporary art world”
Scenes from the 2021 fatal shooting incident on Alec Baldwin’s film set reimagined at Marseille fair
Alex Margo Arden’s paintings at Art-o-rama raise questions about the responsibility of artists when depicting tragic real-life events
Christie’s calls off further sales of Heidi Horten’s controversial jewellery collection
Horten’s late husband became a billionaire during the “Aryanisation” of Nazi-era Germany
Dealers look to Frieze Seoul after bumpy year for Korean art market
After breaking records in 2022, South Korea's art sales have dropped to pre-Covid 19 levels amid wider economic problems
South Africa's Goodman Gallery expands to New York with an office and viewing room
South Africa’s leading gallery is making its first permanent inroads in the US
N.C. Wyeth painting purchased at a thrift shop for $4 could sell for $250,000 at auction
The painting's whereabouts were unknown for 80 years, but a Facebook post led to its rediscovery
Fresh ‘Avocado Salad’ painting by Wayne Thiebaud could fetch $1.8m at Hindman
The rare savoury still-life from 1962 will return to the market for the first time in at least 55 years
Hundreds of works from Los Angeles's infamous Ace Gallery to be liquidated via online auction
At least $230,000 worth of art and ephemera is being offered to repay creditors in the gallery's 2013 bankruptcy
Eye-opening filings in Lisa Schiff lawsuit reveal dozens of new claims and more than 100 missing works
The embattled art adviser is facing two lawsuits accusing her of running a "Ponzi scheme" and defrauding her clients
Christie’s eyes Austin, Texas as a potential hotspot for millennial clients
The auction house will host its first outreach event in the rapidly growing Texan capital next month