Art market

New art fair Arrival brings collectors to the bucolic Berkshires

Gallerists and artists from around the US have set up shop at the Tourists hotel in North Adams, Massachusetts

Sotheby’s offers peek at Breuer building’s makeover

New renderings show the subtle interventions the auction house is making to its new Manhattan locale ahead of the marquee autumn auctions in November

Location, location, location: behind the Art Basel floor plan beef

A longtime exhibitor has pulled out of the Swiss fair in a row over the location of its stand—so how are fair layouts decided?

More than 200 galleries are signed on for The Armory Show's next edition

The fair’s September 2025 edition will include a new design sector and have a focus on artists from the American South

Expert and restorer in fake Versailles furniture scandal found guilty

Bill Pallot and Bruno Desnoues have been convicted of forging historic chairs and selling them for large amounts

Art Basel exhibitors will show ‘the most ambitious works’ despite economic headwinds

Amid a drop in global sales and looming US tariffs, when Art Basel opens next week it will appeal to emerging collectors with a brand-new Premiere section for ultra-contemporary work, says the fair's director

Art marketanalysis

Is Ari Emanuel getting a good deal with his purchase of Frieze?

The entertainment company’s former chief executive paid a reported $200m for the art fair and media brand—a sum which has raised eyebrows

Paintinganalysis

Have we reached peak painting?

In a digital age, painting may seem quaint, but its appeal endures, among artists, scholars and collectors

Pauline Karpidas collection estimated to make £60m at Sotheby's

The London sales of mostly Surrealist art have the highest estimate ever placed on a single collection by the auction house in Europe

Prosecution of gallerist under UK’s Terrorism Act should serve as ‘warning to all art dealers’, says Metropolitan Police

The first-of-its-kind case saw Oghenochuko Ojiri, an expert on the BBC's ‘Bargain Hunt’, sentenced to two and a half years in prison earlier this month

Newly attributed Turner painting, last sold for £500, goes under the hammer at Sotheby's with £300,000 estimate

The work was previously attributed to a follower of the 18th-century artist Julius Caesar Ibbetson, but experts agree it was infact painted by a teenaged Turner

London Gallery Weekend 2025: must-see shows for digital art lovers

Artists whose work demonstrates the porous boundary between digital and physical formats are to the fore in exhibitions across the UK captial

Amid tariff and economic struggles, the newly rebranded Beijing Art Season persevered

The event comprised of Beijing Gallery Weekend and two fairs, Beijing Dangdai and the newly renamed Art021 Beijing

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‘A true champion of artists’: Victoria Miro's artists celebrate gallery's 40th anniversary

Grayson Perry, Celia Paul and more discuss the gallerist's impact on their careers

Which galleries are returning to Frieze London and Frieze Masters 2025—and which are not?

More than 280 exhibitors will take part across the two fairs this October

Rediscovered Artemisia Gentileschi painting offered for sale in London for £1m to £2m

David with the Head of Goliath, fully attributed to the artist in 2020, will headline Sotheby's Old Master evening auction on 2 July

Crime news

Taylor Swift's former neighbour pleads guilty to selling fake Basquiat, Warhol and Picasso works

The one-time elite admissions counselor has admitted to selling forged works by blue-chip artists to unsuspecting customers

Paris gallery directors join forces to launch ‘open-ended’ advisory

Samy Ghiyati, formerly of David Zwirner, and Nicolas Nahab, who previously led Mendes Wood DM Paris, have founded NG, which is focusing on experiential commercial ventures and a raft of client services

Art marketanalysis

Amid uncertainty over Trump’s tariffs, many collectors pause purchases while others ‘hold their noses and pay’

The antiques trade and lower- to mid-tier sectors of the art market are waiting for the situation to stabilise, while the most deep-pocketed collectors continue to transact

Art marketinterview

‘About to throw a wrench in the market’: a legal expert's view on upcoming changes to EU import law

The regulations, which comes into force this month, require proof that certain cultural goods have been lawfully exported from their country of origin

Folklore, mythology and tradition: five must-see shows at London Gallery Weekend

Our pick of exhibitions of female artists whose practice is rooted in cultural traditions, processes and storytelling

London Gallery Weekend 2025: the best shows for photography lovers

This year's city-wide event is emphasising London as a location in which to experience non-traditional image-making

Art marketanalysis

Augmented reality enjoys growing appeal as a tool for the art trade

Artists, auction houses and galleries are warming to the idea of virtual visits, attendance and sales

Los Angeles dealer Ariel Pittman launching new gallery in MacArthur Park

A veteran of Vielmetter and Various Small Fires, Pittman is pursuing an adaptive business model for her own gallery, Official Welcome

Ten artists accuse Arusha Gallery of non-payment of nearly half a million pounds

The London space, which is planning to open a wellness centre in King Charles’s former Welsh home, says it has been "working exceptionally hard through a crisis" relating to a “performance drop off" and the death of the gallery's co-owner

Art Basel reveals exhibitor lineup for Paris fair's 2025 edition

The Swiss art fair giant's French expo continues to grow, with more than 200 exhibitors signed on for October

Diaryblog

‘Year One after Damien Dies’: Hirst announces plans for posthumous works

In a recent interview with The Times, the mischievous artist also revealed that he “sort of” said no to a knighthood

European-American investment company to buy Artnet and take it private

Beowolff Capital also has a majority stake in Artsy, and plans are in the works to combine the two companies, according to a former Artnet shareholder