Art market
Paris+ par Art Basel's VIP opening: galleries report good sales, the right people and a clear step up from Fiac
Seventeen Gallery—who were presenting a solo show of work by Patrick Goddard at the fair—sold their entire booth to a single US collector by 2pm
UK art centre saves Lowry's football painting from falling into private hands—and makes artist's auction record
The £7.8m work will remain on public display in Salford thanks to a charitable donation
US seeks extradition of London businessman arrested on suspicion of moving art to help Russian billionaire avoid sanctions
The indictment of Graham Bonham-Carter has rattled a number of art market figures
Paris+ par Art Basel's director on his long-term vision for the inaugural fair—and how it compares to Fiac
The fair, which opens today, sees 156 galleries gather at the Grand Palais Éphémère
Asia Now Paris, Europe's premier Asian art fair, moves to the historic Paris Mint
The relocation comes at a time "when Paris is once again a focal point for the art trade," the fair's director says
Paris Internationale fair once positioned itself as a cooler alternative to Fiac—will Art Basel's presence change that?
The fair's eighth edition will take place in the photography studio that hosted the first exhibition of Impressionist art in 1874
London preview opens Windows onto Microsoft mogul’s soon-to-be auctioned art collection
Works from tech giant co-founder Paul Allen's estate go on sale at Christie's New York next month
Major galleries sign Venice Biennale’s women artists—at last
Commercial representation is growing for leading women who launched and sustained careers before the art market cared
Spiralling production costs put pressure on art fairs
PAD London founder says all its suppliers have increased their fees by 20% to 50%
Regent’s Jurassic Park: dinosaurs go on sale at Frieze Masters, but it is a highly complex—and laborious—market
David Aaron gallery’s £1m sale of a 154 million-year-old Camptosaurus skeleton highlights collectors’ growing interest in fossils
Paris vs London: which capital will win the hearts of art collectors?
London’s struggles with the reality of leaving the European Union coupled with a government unsympathetic to the arts means the French capital is gaining the edge over its rival
Christie’s Frieze Week evening sale delivers, as London’s market continues to perform
Led by a £20.8m Hockney and £11.2m Richter, the white-glove sale saw competitive bidding across categories and records smashed for younger artists’ works
Van Gogh landscape coming up for auction should fetch a record price of over $100m
The orchard blossom scene, from the collection of Microsoft founder Paul Allen, is being sold by Christie’s
Art boom as the UK busts: how the economic crisis is affecting the market
Plus, Cecilia Vicuña; 20th-century women artists at Frieze Masters; and Modigliani in Philadelphia
Tracey Emin sells new work for £2.3m at Christie's and will use the money to fund her new art school
Collectors at Frieze London are also investing with White Cube finding buyers for seven works on paper and Xavier Hufkens selarling a large-scale painting in the region of £950,000
Weak pound boosts British artists’ sales during Frieze Week in London
A confluence of factors has given the UK art market a lift—but will it last?
Surging demand for African art brings new galleries to 1-54 fair in London
As auction sales soar, 14 galleries are showing at this year’s contemporary African art fair for the first time
Agnes Gund Foundation selling $5.5m Lichtenstein work to support reproductive rights movement
Proceeds of the sale at Christie's will benefit the reproductive justice organisations
Ultra-contemporary art boom defies economic downturn at Frieze London
New works by young artists are in high demand at the fair, reflecting a surge in prices at auction
Battle of the Francis Bacons: two multi-million-dollar paintings face off at Frieze Masters
Marlborough is offering work by the artist for $30m, while Skarstedt has earlier painting available for $15m
Central London's calling: smaller galleries bank on bigger spaces despite economic uncertainty
In the post-Brexit, post-pandemic era, dealers are moving into new and more central venues in London
For US collectors buying in London, the dollar’s strength may be their only advantage
While the relative weakness of the pound this season has given Americans at Frieze more buying power, many other factors may prevent them from making major purchases
After a single show, Superblue has quietly closed its London space
The experiential art venture is now "looking for an appropriate venue" to continue its programme
As 1-54 London marks ten years, its director discusses her strategy of staying small amid the African art boom
This year the fair will hold a networking event for art centres on the continent
A handyman stole hundreds of Picassos from two heiresses—now the Paris gallery that bought them is on trial
Verdict for the owners of Belle et Belle is expected in November
Could a rare Edward Steichen photograph break the auction record for the medium?
One of the highlights of Christie’s upcoming sale of Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen’s collection, Steichen’s 1904 image is a symbol of photography’s transition into the world of fine art
Christie's comes under fire for 'art handler' streetwear collaboration
After multiple art handlers complained online about low wages, misrepresentation and class tourism, traces of the collaboration with Highsnobiety all but disappeared and a senior executive issued a mea culpa
Charm, pedigree, contacts: how to dupe the art market
Court documents from the ongoing Inigo Philbrick fraud saga reveal that the secretive art market and the sheer attractiveness of its lifestyle will always suck the punters in
Koons, Ray and De Kooning will lead Christie's marquee November sales in New York
Two of the star lots have been consigned by the Greek Cypriot industrialist and collector Dakis Joannou
All hot air on climate action? Auction houses pledge to cut CO2 while organising global tours for star lots
In our new series Reality Bites, we assess whether the art market's key players are addressing the urgent issues affecting the wider world