Art market

Gallery Weekend Berlin’s director on the city’s changing cultural landscape: from funding cuts to censorship

Berlin's largest commercial art event holds its 21st edition under the leadership of Antonia Ruder

Canaletto painting that belonged to Britain's first prime minister to sell for over £20m

The 18th-century view of Venice is likely to break the artist's auction record

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How Myanmar's art community rallied after a deadly earthquake

Galleries, curators and artists are raising funds to support humanitarian efforts in the embattled country, following a natural disaster which claimed more than 3,600 lives

Christie’s names new global president

Alex Rotter's promotion is the latest senior management shuffle at the auction house since Guillaume Cerutti stepped down

New York’s Rachel Uffner Gallery brings on new partner and rebrands

The partnership with Lucy Liu marks an effort to expand the steadfast Lower East Side gallery’s network of younger buyers and international audiences

Ari Emanuel to buy Frieze from Endeavor

The entertainment company’s former chief executive has signed a deal reportedly worth $200m to acquire the leading art fair and media brand

Hollis Taggart to open gallery on New York’s Lower East Side for emerging artists

Taggart says the expansion further downtown is to represent more contemporary artists and appeal to younger collectors

Art trade seeks answers on when, where and how Trump’s tariffs could hit

Collectors are cancelling purchases from and travel to the US, auction houses are rescheduling sales and uncertainty reigns

Canada’s art market takes a nationalist turn amid trade war with US

In addition to keeping the Liberal party and Mark Carney in power, Donald Trump's threats are leading collectors and institutions to prioritise Canadian art through shows and acquisitions

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End of investment art? Why the bottom of the market is flourishing

Sales analyses show a clear reversal in growth trajectory as the top end continues to cool

The Photography Show fair in New York sets new attendance record

Nearly 15,000 visitors attended the fair last week, organisers said

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Older women artists go it alone as new report reveals how the traditional art world is failing them

Meanwhile their younger counterparts struggle more acutely with living costs

Activity and optimism at Expo Chicago attest to the city's 'fearless' community of collectors and patrons

The fair's 12th edition opened with high spirits and swift business in the five-figure price range

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Gallery sharing event Constellations Warsaw brings international flavour to a quickly developing art scene

The show's second edition comes amid a rise in collecting by Poland's professional classes, and the relocation of the city's public Modern art museum

Leading Indian artist Anita Dube accused of ‘intellectual theft’ after using protest poem in Delhi gallery show

The writer Aamir Aziz said in a widely shared social media post that four works by Dube, offered for sale at Vadehra Art Gallery, use his words without permission

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Former Sotheby's chairman recounts the birth of the London art market as we know it

James Stourton's new book explores changes from the power shift to the auction houses in the mid-20th century to the excesses of the 1980s and 90s

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Comment | Trims to Sotheby's African Modern and contemporary art department are just one unwelcome sign for this previously healthy market

Auction sales for contemporary and Modern African art have declined—but African art fairs are still going strong

Banksy balloon heart mural back on view in New York ahead of charity auction

The giant slab of wall adorned with Banksy's "Battle To Survive a Broken Heart" will go to auction to benefit the American Heart Association

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Why the inaugural Art Week Riyadh was a fair in everything but name

The event saw 32 galleries take part to test out Saudi Arabia's growing art market—but organisers maintain it was a non-commercial venture

Expo Chicago connects the Midwest to the global art market

For its second edition under Frieze’s ownership, the Windy City’s art fair aims to extend its international impact, including deepening ties with Korean galleries

San Francisco Art Fair brings attention to Bay Area scene and sales for exhibitors from near and far

The fair’s programming included events with local institutions and stands devoted to non-profits and collectives

Nova Contemporary gallery taps into Thailand’s burgeoning market

The Bangkok space opens new premises this month, ahead of major new private museum Dib Bangkok

David Geffen files countersuit against Justin Sun as collectors' fight over $78m Giacometti escalates

Geffen's countersuit comes two months after Sun, the crypto investor and buyer of Cattelan's Comedian, sued claiming ownership of the sculpture Le Nez

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Regional strength helps insulate Art Dubai from tariff-related turbulence

Lower price points and Dubai's enduring status as a tax haven buoyed sales

Basquiat's family portrait painting could bring $30m at Christie's auction

The painting "Baby Boom" was featured in one of the artist's first solo exhibitions at Fun Gallery

Qatari sheikh wins case against Phoenix Ancient Art over allegedly forged antiquity

The New York- and Geneva-based gallery says it will appeal the ruling in the case brought by Sheikh Hamad Bin Abdullah al-Thani

Monet riverscape could splash down for more than $30m during New York auctions

The painting headed to Christie's, "Peupliers au bord de l’Epte, crépuscule", was on display at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston for more than 30 years

Faith Ringgold’s estate is now represented by Jack Shainman Gallery

The gallery will stage an exhibition of the late artist’s work in November

New app for antiques dealers hopes to make streamlining inventory ‘less daunting’

Online software platform Ronati Studio, which is aimed primarily at vendors of antiques and collectable artefacts, manages inventory from acquisition to resale

Collector’s eye: the art Reem al Roubi has bought and why

The Dubai-based Sudanese patron of major museums explains how she has expanded her collecting horizons from African to Middle Eastern art