Art market

Led by £10.2m cheetah miniature, Aga Khan collection breaks all-time record for South Asian art sale

The auction at Christie's London made £45.8m, and closes out a landmark year for the Indian art market

Art Toronto gets sales boost from baseball World Series

Canada’s biggest art fair appeared to benefit from the Toronto Blue Jays’ first crack at baseball’s top trophy since 1993

‘I’m not trying to impress anyone with what I buy’: how Catherine Walsh went from cosmetics queen to art collector

The patron and collector had a stellar career in the cosmetics business, but now surrounds herself with beauty of a different kind

Forged Picasso, Rembrandt and Kahlo paintings seized by Bavarian police

A 77-year old man is the main suspect in an investigation that has involved raids in Germany, Switzerland and Liechtenstein

Comment | A spate of dealer anniversaries offers hope amid art market doomerism

Several New York galleries have hit major milestones in recent months—what lessons can those in charge impart?

Art Toronto reflects Canadian art scene’s emphasis on Indigenous representation

Canada’s largest art fair spotlights a growing market for work by Indigenous artists while challenging stereotypes and expectations

Wealthy women spent 46% more on art than male peers in 2024: findings from the latest Art Basel and UBS Survey of Global Collecting

The latest annual report looks at gender and generational differences when it comes to tastes and collecting behaviour

Ascendant Art Basel Paris rewards top dealers, while smaller galleries compete for attention

The fair's new Avant-Première preview for the most important VIPs generated seven- and eight-figure sales of blue-chip art, but things were quieter upstairs in the emerging gallery sector

Paris Internationale announces plans to launch Milan edition in 2026

As the fair's eleventh edition opens in the French capital, dealers are bullish about their prospects

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‘Everyone benefits’: Art Basel’s chief on the new Paris VVIP slot and the viability of its Qatar fair

Noah Horowitz sees the fair company’s inaugural Doha show as a “moment of expansion, not saturation”

Art Toronto gives Latin American artists pride of place with new curated section

Amid trade war between US and Canada, Toronto’s largest art fair strengthens ties with Latin America’s art scene

Actor Gene Hackman’s art collection and original paintings head to auction

Bonhams will offer art, movie memorabilia and personal effects that belonged to the Hollywood star, who died in February 2025

Disgraced Miami art dealer tries his hand at selling Labubus—or are they 'Lafufus'?

Les Roberts, who was charged with selling fake Warhols in April, recently opened a store called Labubu Headquarters

‘Be really great. No alternative’: what Mary Boone has learned from a half-century in the art world

The dealer’s first curatorial project since her release from prison re-examines the art boom of the 1980s, when she cemented her place in the market

Bonhams sold to Pemberton Asset Management—leading to overhaul of leadership team

The auction house has been acquired for an undisclosed fee, two years after previous owner Epiris tried to float it for $1bn

Double-edged sword: arms and armour play a small—but mighty—role at Frieze Masters

Quirky items, from crossbows to Bronze Age spearheads, can be found at the fair

Is Art Basel Paris set to consume the original Swiss fair?

There is no doubt Paris is on a high, writes Georgina Adam, but there are several things that continue to make Basel distinctive

Altman Siegel, stalwart of San Francisco’s gallery scene for 16 years, will close

The gallery’s current exhibition by the Japanese painter Shinpei Kusanagi will be its last

Rare wooden Alexander Calder mobile heads to Christie’s

An early example of Calder’s most famous creations, the work carries a record estimate of $15m to $20m

Embracing independence: meet the artists giving galleries a swerve

A growing number of emerging and mid-tier artists are building their own networks, and using new channels to sell directly to collectors

In the frame: photography comes to the fore at Frieze London and beyond

A medium once marginalised in the art world finds new momentum at the fair and in exhibitions across the capital

Comment | Galleries are looking to merch to keep spirits up—it's a joyful move in challenging times

Playful events such as Lyndsey Ingram’s ‘Bourdon Street Chippy’ are a gateway to higher spending, writes Melanie Gerlis

Diamonds as old as Earth itself go on show at Frieze Masters

The 3.5 billion-year-old gemstones are part of a display from the diamond company De Beers

‘Quality always rules’: VIP day sales at Frieze London 2025

According to gallerists, collectors are taking longer to make decisions this year—but they are still showing up to buy

Thinking bigger: gallery stalwarts Sadie Coles, Maureen Paley and Stuart Shave on why they're expanding to new London spaces

Amid a challenging art market, the gallerists remain positive about London's resilience as an international hub

A tale of two philanthropies: why private foundations differ in London and Paris

While the new Fondation Cartier exemplifies the heft of corporate giving in Paris, the additions of YDP and Ibraaz bring London greater diversity

Palestinian artist ‘cancelled’ by US museum comes to Frieze Masters

Samia Halaby’s retrospective at the Eskenazi Museum of Art was cancelled last year, but she's in London with a message of optimism

'I want to show the real deal': property developer Rajan Bijlani on his Modernist design collection

Few collectors are as well positioned for Frieze as Rajan Bijlani, whose home, a former pottery studio, is a ten-minute stroll across Regent’s Park