Art market

Disgraced adviser Lisa Schiff's art holdings planned for auction at Phillips starting in November

Bankruptcy trustees have proposed selling hundreds of works through the auction house, with hopes to recover up to $2m

The estate of the late American photographer Larry Fink acquired by the MUUS Collection

The firm, which purchases, studies and promotes the work of under-recognised photographers, will stage a show of Fink's images at Paris Photo in November

Late Freud nude to make auction debut in London with £10m-£15m estimate

Ria, Naked Portrait (2006-07) depicts an art handler who approached the artist, then in his 80s, to pose for the painting

New Delhi’s India Art Fair will expand to Mumbai in 2025

The new event, with a focus on contemporary art and design, will coincide with the existing fair Art Mumbai in November

Art marketanalysis

Perrotin and its artists have made a €6m donation to the Pompidou—could the move set a precedent?

The gift of 23 works by 17 of the mega gallery's artists, worth over three times the museum's annual acquisitions budget, will go on display next month

Eyelash magnate Sydell Miller’s art collection estimated to bring around $200m at Sotheby’s

The sale's most valuable lot, a water lily painting by Claude Monet, is expected to sell in the region of $60m

Magritte painting could bring more than $95m at Christie's marquee New York sales this autumn

If it goes for the auction house's estimate, "L'empire des lumières" (1954), from the collection of late interior designer Mica Ertegun, would set an auction record for the Surrealist artist

United Talent Agency suspends its fine arts division, closes Atlanta and Los Angeles galleries

The Hollywood talent agency was the first to open a branch dedicated to visual art

Christie's will become first global auction house to operate in Saudi Arabia

With the announcement of Riyadh-based managing director Nour Kelani, the firm hopes to deepen ties with the Kingdom's collectors and ambitious cultural projects

Christie’s to acquire classic car auction house

Gooding & Company was founded in 2003 by a former Christie’s director

Art fairsanalysis

Under new director, Viennacontemporary opens tightly curated edition

Exhibitors—up 60% from last year—made reasonable, though not strong, sales to collectors from Austria and Eastern Europe

Art marketanalysis

Key takeaways from the Art Business Conference in London

Unhelpful infighting between Paris and London, hopes for the new Labour government and a greater push for philanthropy were all on the docket

Having to ‘strive to survive’ holds no fears for new Geneva gallery

L’Appartement opens this October with an exhibition of sculptures by Takis and Yves Dana

Fashion and media brand 032c launches commercial gallery in Berlin

032c gallery will operate within a traditional art market model and opens with a group show on the intersection between art and fashion

Over 50% of gallerists have a poor work-life balance, with those in the US most acutely affected

A new survey reveals that fewer than half of gallery employees feel like their lives are well-balanced

Marlborough Gallery building goes up for sale for more than £25m

The gallery folded earlier this year and is in the process of dispersing its art inventory

Wendy Red Star brings contemporary Native American art to London

The rising artist’s first UK dealer show is connecting with collectors across cultural boundaries

Bonhams will move New York headquarters to historic site on Billionaires' Row

The auction house is expected to relocate its New York operation to 57th Street by the end of 2025

Larry Gagosian and Peter Doig join forces in ‘unique collaboration’

The British painter, who left his longtime dealer Michael Werner last year, is curating a show at Gagosian's New York gallery in November

Largest Morandi exhibition in almost 20 years to open in New York

The show, organised by the Italian dealer Mattia de Luca, coincides with the 60th anniversary of the artist’s death

London’s Courtauld Institute gets down to business with new art market-focused degree

The art and business MA is being set up to equip students with commercially valuable skills alongside an understanding of the history of the market

Four galleries and four artists team up on collaborative project Suite Berlin

The international alliance will present an exhibition and events in one building during Berlin Art Week

Marseilleanalysis

Marseille has built a hot moment for contemporary art—can it withstand a cooling market?

This year's edition of Art-o-rama fair saw high exhibitor turnover and mostly muted sales, while the city’s growing number of grassroots projects shine

Alleged leader of ‘biggest art fraud in the world’ sentenced in Canada

Prosecutors described David Voss as the leader of a forgery ring that created thousands of fake works by Norval Morrisseau

Meticulous handiwork wins the day at New York's Art on Paper fair

The fair champions art made on and with paper, in every form and style

Independent 20th Century was built to counteract the hype cycle. The trade's downturn is its biggest test

The fair's third edition leans into the middle market and museum interest to expand the canon—and commercial fortunes—of Modernism

Despite art market ‘doomsayers’, Armory Show dealers see signs of 'a good turnaround' in opening sales

Works at price points up to the high six figures found buyers during the VIP preview of the fair’s first edition fully under the Frieze corporate umbrella

The art market slump, the artist freed in the US-Russia prisoner swap, Max Ernst in Paris — podcast

What’s behind the troubles facing auction houses and galleries? Plus, Sasha Skochilenko recounts her experience of being arrested—and incarcerated—in Russia, and the story behind a 1937 Surrealist painting by Ernst

Collectible fair offers handcrafted design and artists’ functional objects in New York debut

The Belgian fair’s first stateside edition offers objects for every aesthetic sensibility and budget