Commercial galleries
Comment | A spate of dealer anniversaries offers hope amid art market doomerism
Several New York galleries have hit major milestones in recent months—what lessons can those in charge impart?
‘Be really great. No alternative’: what Mary Boone has learned from a half-century in the art world
The dealer’s first curatorial project since her release from prison re-examines the art boom of the 1980s, when she cemented her place in the market
Young at art: inside Frieze London's Focus section
Our pick of the best stands in the section devoted to galleries up to 12 years old
‘Like a carefully choreographed performance’: meet the logistics professionals who bring art fairs to life
From re-assembling a baby T. rex skeleton and digging a hole in Regent’s Park to wrangling a kinetic credit-card snaffler, no challenge is too great
Altman Siegel, stalwart of San Francisco’s gallery scene for 16 years, will close
The gallery’s current exhibition by the Japanese painter Shinpei Kusanagi will be its last
Almine Rech reopens in London with downsized gallery
The new venue is around a quarter of the size of Rech’s former London gallery, which closed in August
Peter Doig is bringing a cult classic London pub back to life—here's why it matters
The prominent artist and his partner, the gallerist Parinaz Mogadassi, will be preserving McGlynn’s in King's Cross at a time when such important community hubs are continuing to go under
‘Is it possible to come back from this?’: Tehran’s art community on recovering from the 12-day war
Following the conflict between Iran and Israel in June, galleries in Tehran are continuing to show resilience
Colnaghi, world's oldest gallery, to open Saudi Arabian outpost
The London-based dealership specialising in Old Masters and antiquities is launching in Riyadh—but is there enough demand?
Pace to shut Hong Kong gallery
The mega gallery will be the latest high-profile departure from the H Queen's building as the city's art market struggles with economic slowdown
Almine Rech shuts London gallery but will open another there 'soon'
The prominent art dealership has closed its London operations in “a technical step to restructure a lease that no longer aligned with its plans”
Knoedler gallery faking scandal is a gift that keeps on giving
Writer Barry Avrich has followed up his 2020 documentary about the $80m art fraud case with a new book on the saga
New York’s Tilton Gallery staging final exhibition after more than four decades in business
The closure comes eight years after the death of the gallery's influential founder Jack Tilton
Thaddaeus Ropac is betting on Milan—will it pay off?
The dealer has opened a gallery in the northern Italian city, which is welcoming an influx of new money and favourable tax structures for art
UK money laundering crackdown continues, as art dealer faces a fine of more than £150,000
Latest penalties from UK’s customs and revenue office reveal a ramping up of regulatory enforcement
Picasso or Bitcoin? How art’s status is changing among the super-rich
The art market is failing to attract the highest spenders, whose sights are set on other investments as the trade plateaus
‘We craved external validation, but what's important has shifted’: Dubai gallery The Third Line celebrates 20 years
Founder Sunny Rahbar reflects on the rise of the Gulf scene and her gallery's journey, from 9/11 to the financial crash of 2008
It’s back to business for the art market—but can the trade keep ticking over till Christmas?
As dealers end their summer breaks, closures, cancellations and some worrying economic indicators point to tough times ahead
After 50 years, LA Louver is closing its gallery in Venice, California
The gallery will donate its vast archive to the Huntington as it shifts to a new business model
Dealers get creative pairing artists at Duet—just don’t call it an art fair
The new project, featuring 11 galleries and a group show, frames itself as an alternative to more conventional Armory Week fairs
Artists who defy categorisation take pride of place at Independent 20th Century
The fair, which spotlights art from the previous century, is showing overlooked women Modernists as well as boundary-pushing painters and sculptors
Comment | Why New York can be a risky place for dealers and museums to hold art
Could the Manhattan district attorney's seizures be putting people off sending artworks to the city?
New York's digital art gallery reboot
The opening of the NFT platform SuperRare’s physical space and Heft Gallery, both on the Lower East Side, signal growing collector interest and institutional acceptance
Pioneering Brazilian artist Lygia Pape's estate is now represented by Mendes Wood DM
The Brazilian gallery will hold a career-spanning exhibition of Pape’s work in São Paulo in April 2026
A former director at Lower Manhattan galleries goes it alone Uptown
After stints at Pace, Lehmann Maupin and elsewhere, Christiana Ine-Kimba Boyle is prioritising her nomadic gallery Gladwell Projects, which will open a pop-up in Harlem this autumn
New Orleans artists mark 20 years since Hurricane Katrina
Ferrara Showman Gallery brings together works from ten artists reflecting on two decades since the deadly storm
Jeff Koons returns to Gagosian four years after departing for Pace
The world's most expensive living artist is once again represented by the global mega-gallery
‘Sometimes you just have to go for it’: as others close, Ben Hunter expands his London gallery
The art dealer, who has taken over an entire townhouse in coveted St James’s, talks overheads, growth and balancing the primary and secondary markets
Tanya Bonakdar Gallery will close Los Angeles location
The New York gallery's West Coast outpost will cease operations in September after seven years
Buyer’s choice: how collectors factor into the art world’s quest for environmental sustainability
With the agency to make decisions on emissions-heavy activities, collectors play a crucial role in the industry





























