Commercial galleries

Not just bricks and mortar: how can gallerists operate without a permanent space?

With a raft of galleries, including blue-chip names, forced to scale back physical spaces, innovative dealers are side-stepping the high overheads associated with a traditional gallery

Frieze Masters balance shifts towards Global South

More non-Western art is represented at this year’s edition, along with galleries from North Africa, the Middle East and South Asia

It’s a wrap: the art world implications of the EU’s new packaging regulations

The EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) is requiring art galleries, museums, studios, auction houses to report and improve the sustainability of their packing materials

Artists impacted by Stephen Friedman gallery closure out in force at Frieze London

After the gallery’s shock collapse, many of its artists are present at the fair under different representation

New kids on the block: the young dealers who are shaking up the Old Masters market

Whether they are joining the family firm or striking out on their own, a growing number of younger professionals are smashing the stereotype of what an Old Master dealer looks like

Peter Nagy—Nature Morte gallery founder who transformed Indian contemporary art market—has died

The artist-dealer launched the careers of some of India’s greatest art stars working today

Small is beautiful: boutique fairs bring fresh ideas to London’s Frieze Week

Several new fairs are debuting in the UK capital this year, while another changes venue

Hong Kong gallery Tang Contemporary closes amid row over outstanding debts

The gallery’s Wong Chuk Hang branch faces accusations of unpaid artist fees and legal action

New York's Split Level art fair returns to Madison Avenue design showroom for second edition

The fair is once again taking over Rimadesio’s design showroom, giving pride of place to young galleries with a focus on experimentation and affordability

At The Armory Show, emerging galleries are clear-eyed about the risks and rewards of doing fairs

The fair’s Presents section for younger galleries, often among its most vibrant sectors, features bold stands organised by ambitious dealers who understand the costs of doing business

Why one of Berlin's hottest young galleries has relocated to London

A real-estate crisis, fraught politics, and a market downturn have all factored into Heidi's move

Art marketanalysis

BBC art dealing game show reveals 'crisis of commodification' facing galleries

What is the future for the art market when monetary value trumps aesthetic value?

The Armory Show spotlights Caribbean artists and galleries

New York’s biggest art fair has revamped its footprint to place artists of the Caribbean and its diasporas in the foreground, as well as stalwarts of the hometown scene

Comment | Mega-galleries reducing their real estate footprint might seem to spell doom—but a bit of perspective is needed

Property moves by the largest galleries may signal adaptation rather than retreat in an unsettled art market

Ellie Rines opens new Tribeca gallery after a decade in Chinatown

Having helped establish Henry Street as a New York art destination, the dealer now has a new gallery name, a new space and a new director

Art marketanalysis

Dealers make moves around Manhattan

From Soho to Chelsea, established local galleries, newcomers and others are opening new spaces or relocating their businesses

Marlow Moss, overshadowed De Stijl pioneer, gets first London show in decades

A Jewish non-binary lesbian who fled the Nazis and lost much of her work in a 1944 studio fire, Moss's paintings and sculptures are the subject of a commercial exhibition at Ward Moretti

South Korea’s art market correction signals maturity

Though the value of the country’s market has yet to regain its 2022 peak, it has consolidated its position as a key regional centre for art

Art marketanalysis

When galleries go bust, artists and collectors can struggle to recover their works—here, legal experts offer advice

Without proper written agreements, consigners sometimes find themselves in a protracted and costly process

Buyers sue London's Alison Jacques gallery over cancelled sale of Monica Sjöö paintings

Yoed and Natasha Anise’s first-ever art purchase unravelled after the artist’s estate allegedly decided they are not sufficiently serious collectors

‘Stopping while ahead’: London gallery Sid Motion to shut after a decade

Eponymous founder says she is winding up "while the programme and finances are still intact"

Gagosian exits locations in Basel and London's Burlington Arcade

The closures are the latest mega-gallery real estate downsizes this summer

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Artforum bids farewell to back-cover star in style

Long-running series of quirky advertisements for Bruno Bischofberger’s Swiss gallery has come to an end

James Cohan Gallery becomes Norr Cohan as founders step back

Longtime senior director David Norr assumes sole ownership following a years-long leadership transition

Los Angeles's Post-Fair will expand to Paris during Art Basel week

The alternative fair’s first international edition will occupy two architecturally distinctive venues in the Marais

New York exhibition fundraising for Venezuelan earthquake relief efforts

More than 200 works on view at Henrique Faria Fine Art are on offer to raise funds for emergency aid in Venezuela through the World Central Kitchen

Art marketanalysis

Why one season of successful auctions won't transform the art market

While impressive results in New York and London suggest buoyancy at the very top end, further news of closures and downsizing illustrates the soaring costs facing bricks-and-mortar galleries

Big names pay off for Basel Exclusive

Early sales under the new initiative included artists such as Picasso and Guston

Art Basel veteran Galerie Nordenhake celebrates 50th birthday

Claes Nordenhake has been taking his dealership to Art Basel since 1978