Commercial galleries
Come together: how London galleries are making it work in the capital
As rising costs and a softer market force dealers to rethink their strategies, galleries across the capital are experimenting with new business models
Comment | Farewell, Los Angeles’s ‘punk’ Box gallery
The Chinatown stalwart championed overlooked artists, from Barbara T. Smith to Wally Hedrick
Comment | As Pace slashes business, could shrinking be the next growth model?
Constant expansion and rising prices in the primary market necessary for a mega gallery are "unfixable", says chief executive Marc Glimcher
London Gallery Weekend 2026: our critics pick their top shows
With over 120 galleries across the UK capital participating in this year's London Gallery Weekend, our critics have chosen their top 20 shows to guide you through the weekend
Blue-chip gets a boost, but edgier art remains in the doldrums
New York’s marquee auctions made record figures for established names, but precious few by young artists. Meanwhile, struggling gallery sector is impacting primary contemporary market
Why artists' works held in storage can be seized when a gallery goes bust
Artists in the UK are poorly protected when it comes to insolvencies
Tiwani Contemporary, gallery dedicated to African art, ceases operations after 15 years
Due to "wider market uncertainties", the London- and Lagos-based dealership that helped launch the careers of Joy Labinjo and Gareth Nyandoro has closed
For young dealers, being in New York is key to surviving and thriving
Josh Kline’s recent essay revived a generations-old conversation about the city’s corrosive costs and stresses for artists, but having a foothold in Gotham remains essential for art-market success
Tribeca Gallery Night brings together more than 80 spaces
The influx to the Lower Manhattan neighbourhood includes three recent arrivals
Latin American galleries dominate at Frieze New York
Despite mounting costs and political pressures, exhibitors from Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Mexico and elsewhere are bringing their artists’ work to the city—with the fair committed to representing the region
Cai Guo-Qiang joins White Cube
The Chinese artist presents a new iteration of his gunpowder paintings at Tefaf New York
Gallery Weekend Berlin opens ranks as city faces identity crisis
A new section Perspectives invites seven younger galleries to take part, helping to refresh the event and combat accusations of elitism
Full extent of Stephen Friedman Gallery's £7.8m debt revealed in filings
The bankrupt gallery owes £800,000 to three prominent artists—Alexandre Diop, Deborah Roberts and Kehinde Wiley—while other major creditors include the logistics company Crozier
Pittsburgh’s burgeoning gallery community readies for its moment in art world spotlight
As the latest Carnegie International arrives, Pittsburgh’s long-running and newer commercial art spaces make the case for a more supportive, sustainable and slower-paced scene
‘The extremely happy part of the crowd’: Hungarian arts figures hope for change after 16 years of Orbán rule
While it is too early to say how Hungary’s new government will impact the arts, some figures in the industry express hope for increased institutional autonomy and space for criticism
Robilant and Voena gallery founders part ways to start separate ventures with their children
After 22 years in partnership dealing in Old Master, Modern and contemporary art, dealers Edmondo di Robilant and Marco Voena will form independent firms with the next generation
London galleries Edel Assanti and Emalin both announce expansions
While Edel Assanti's second space will join a cluster forming in St. James's, Emalin will take over the Helmet Row location formerly occupied by Modern Art
Overdue payments to artists, landlords and workers at a popular gallery reflect pressures squeezing the dealer sector
The New York gallery The Hole has closed its Los Angeles space after struggling to pay bills and artists
Gagosian chooses Paris location to present three important late paintings by Francis Bacon
The artist had a deep relationship with the French capital
The rise and fall of ‘buy-one, give-one’ art sales
A once-popular mechanism that allowed collectors to secure an in-demand work if they gifted a second to an institution, market shifts have made "bogos" less viable
Is most art now just too expensive for most people?
As billionaires chase blue-chip trophies, a widening wealth gap leaves most would-be collectors priced out. Perhaps it is time artists focused on selling affordable prints again
Show me the money: UK gallery and auction house accounts reveal reality of a tough market
When the venerable Stephen Friedman gallery shut last month, it followed a number of recent closures. Financial filings of the biggest names in the art market paint a picture of collapsing profitability
New book digs into the little-known gallery that brought Modern art to America
The publication's author on how it has taken decades of research to tell the story of the New York gallery, which exhibited artists such Picasso and Mondrian
'Permabase' vs 'flexispace': which is better for commercial galleries?
The commitment to bricks and mortar can be expensive and inflexible for galleries
Pace Prints will open printmaking studio and gallery in Los Angeles
The New York-based publisher sees opportunity in the city’s large community of artists
End of the line for Bergamot Station, Santa Monica’s arts hub?
The city is eyeing the site, home since 1994 to more than a dozen galleries and arts nonprofits, as a possible location for state-mandated housing development
Art Basel reveals exhibitors for Swiss fair’s 2026 edition
The firm's hometown fair will feature 290 exhibitors from 43 countries and territories
Austrian pavilion artist Florentina Holzinger joins Thaddaeus Ropac
The choreographer and performance artist is best known for her radical theatre performances
Mexico City street market gallery makes art accessible
Galería Tianguis Neza offers affordable works in an approachable setting
Stephen Friedman Gallery goes into administration after 30 years
Both London and New York spaces are now shut





























