Art market

Venice Biennale’s influence shapes Independent 20th Century

The fair’s third edition features a strong contingent of under-recognised artists from Latin America and beyond

Muted expectations meet moderate sales at third edition of Frieze Seoul

The fair feels effects of economic slump, but benefits from two local biennials and new city-wide initiatives

Choppy waters ahead for the art market

Sotheby’s reported plunge in earnings is part of a bigger picture

The Armory Show’s first edition fully under Frieze rings the changes

After three decades, New York’s biggest art fair is shaking things up, with a new parent company, a new director and a more global lineup

My Seoul: a local's guide to the art scene in the city

The collector and curator Su Park reveals what to see in the Korean capital—and where to wind down—during a hectic week

After controversy, Tefaf appoints fifth managing director in four years

Dominique Savelkoul recently served as director of the Mu.Zee museum in Oostende, Belgium

Collector’s eye: the art Heejae Kang has bought and why

The fashion entrepreneur took her time to deliberate when buying an expensive black balloon and finds that Louise Bourgeois’s works resonate with her on a sensual level

Defying market gloom, Nicoletti gallery in London moves to larger space in Shoreditch

Responding to "crisis" with determination, the gallery has relocated to "avoid stagnation"

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Inaugural edition of Art021 in Hong Kong is as ambitious as it is scattered

The sprawling event, staged with a $1.9m investment from the city, hopes to boost flagging tourism and provide a new market moment for Asia

Sotheby’s core earnings down by 88%, according to Financial Times report

A document sent to investors, and seen by the newspaper, ahead of investment from Abu Dhabi’s wealth fund also reveals a 25% drop in auction sales

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Global turmoil and rising taxes tilt art trade towards new era

Increasingly unsettled elites are making a struggling market even less predictable

한국 미술시장, ‘성숙기’에 진입

경기 불황 겪으며 지난 몇 년간의 급성장에 적신호... 정부 주도 최근 정책에 성과 기대

Korean art market enters ‘mature phase’ as third Frieze fair opens

Economic slowdown has halted the recent rapid growth—but new state initiatives could pay off

Rotas Brasileiras spotlights the depth and diversity of Brazilian art

The São Paulo art fair’s third edition adds a new section for monumental works while staying relentlessly focused on the national scene

For New York expansion, Collectible fair’s founders bet on confluence of art and design

The Belgian fair is debuting during Armory Week, as opposed to New York Design Week, in hopes of tapping into a critical mass of collectors

Butter, an art fair presenting the work of Black artists, returns to Indianapolis

The multi-day expo combines the traditional markers of an art fair with a distinct economic structure and community-oriented events

Holocaust-restitution firm Mondex settles legal feud with heir over fees for $24m Chagall painting

"Over Vitebsk" by Marc Chagall hung at the Museum of Modern Art for decades until 2020, when it was restituted to the the heirs of a Jewish-owned art gallery in 1930s Berlin

Noguchi and Marisol sculptures lead sale of storied Abrams family collection

Works owned by the founders of art-book publisher Abbeville Press could make up to $16m at Sotheby’s

Saatchi Collection sends major Ibrahim Mahama work to auction

Estimated at up to £50,000, a large-scale piece made of coal sacks will go on the block at Bonhams in October

Flower power: $25m Monet Water Lily to make auction debut in Hong Kong

The work will headline the inaugural sale at Christie's new Zaha Hadid-designed headquarters in the Henderson building

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Remembering Alain Delon, screen idol and dedicated art collector, who has died aged 88

A personal memoir recalling the French actor’s “serious case of collectoritis” that saw him acquiring works by Albrecht Dürer, Théodore Géricault and Georges Braque

Expert analysis confirms authenticity of disputed Tarsila do Amaral shown at SP-Arte fair

Now authenticated by the leading authority on do Amaral, the work’s price has gone up 275%

World debut for ancient stone sculpture from Papua New Guinea at Parcours des Mondes in Paris

Thought to be 3,500 years old, the squatting ritual figure has never before been exhibited

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Can internet-born platforms fashion a print market fit for Gen Z collectors?

Digital players focus on transparent, algorithmically driven analytics to appeal to a younger base for whom the medium is cool. But that data still needs informed interpretation

Atlanta Art Fair reveals galleries participating in inaugural edition

The city’s first major art fair will bring around 60 galleries to Atlanta, organisers say

London’s new Instagram-friendly ‘museum experience’ opens—with works by Koons, Basquiat and Murakami

Moco’s latest outpost on prime Marble Arch site soft launched with a show by “icons” of contemporary art

Abu Dhabi's sovereign wealth fund to acquire minority stake in Sotheby's

Patrick Drahi will remain auction house's majority shareholder in $1bn deal, as ADQ buys shares to "reduce leverage" and support "growth and innovation"

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Bony Ramirez: from construction worker to coveted emerging artist

A museum solo in the artist's adopted hometown accompanies steady demand among buyers and curators

New York City’s ‘first Ukrainian art gallery’ highlights artists living in the war zone

“Some of the works that we’re selling here, I’m very confident that in three years they will double in price,” says Mriya gallery founder Artem Yalanskiy