Commercial galleries

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

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

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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

Blanc gallery celebrates 15 years in Chicago's historic centre of Black enterprise

A springboard for emerging and overlooked artists, the Bronzeville space offers a bridge to other institutions

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

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

Gagosian to stage first Willem de Kooning show in 12 years

The gallery brought on Cecilia Alemani to curate the show, which will span five decades

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Mystery in Manhattan: why New York galleries are turning to intrigue this spring

Several dealers are taking a “less is more” attitude by, for example, giving little away in press releases—and it’s making a notable difference

Rising Ethiopian artist Merikokeb Berhanu’s gallery joins forces with two major dealers to help her go global

The gallery Addis Fine Art, which has branches in Ethiopia and London, has partnered with Esther Schipper and James Cohan to promote Berhanu internationally, which shows the positive potential of shared representation

In her comeback show, painter Seung Ah Paik renders her body as a map

After stepping away from the art world and starting a family, the artist is having her first solo show in New York with Gratin and showing two new paintings at Art Basel Hong Kong with Bortolami

São Paulo's newest gallery knows you must ‘burn cash to support great artists’

Yehudi Hollander-Pappi, founded by two former Mendes Wood DM employees and a seasoned collector, opens this week with a 20-strong roster and a clear vision for success

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Dealers are facing the tricky challenge of balancing artist and collector priorities

Gallerists vary in how they navigate between building relationships with the artists they represent and the collectors who are their clients—but there may be an overarching advantage to the struggle

New York’s Charles Moffett gallery moves from the edge to the heart of Tribeca

The upstart gallery is also bringing on Pace’s Hannah Root as director of sales and has added the artist Melissa Joseph to its roster

‘I like being able to walk between my spaces’: Sadie Coles on her gallery's new Savile Row location

The 6,000 sq ft space occupies a townhouse that was once home to a storied gentleman's club frequented by John Ruskin and Dante Gabriel Rossetti

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Comment | Five years after opening, Cromwell Place looks more like a V&A piggybacker than a market disruptor

The London commercial gallery initially had big ambitions, but is now having more success feeding off the nearby Victoria & Albert Museum

Dealers feel justified in forging ahead with Los Angeles art week

It is still too soon to tell how the city’s art scene will be affected by the blazes in the long term

Cross-category exhibitions are gaining popularity, but do they pay off?

Transhistorical shows, often pairing Old Masters with contemporary art, are frequently critical successes but the commercial benefits are less obvious

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Sharing is caring: the New York dealers who are joining forces

Collaborating on projects and sharing spaces allows smaller galleries to keep costs down—and to learn from each other

Bruce Nauman and David Hammons unveil portentously empty galleries in Los Angeles

Marian Goodman and Hauser & Wirth opened their doors to (almost) blank spaces for each artist’s exhibition

‘Los Angeles is like a phoenix’: Frieze gives boost to city’s artists and galleries

Just weeks after the fires, a strong opening at the fair indicates a positive mood among buyers

Galleries, fairs and curators offer works to aid Los Angeles wildfire recovery

Fundraising events both in California and New York aim to support affected artists and art workers

Galleries revamp Frieze plans in wake of fires

Last month’s deadly wildfires have prompted exhibitors to reschedule exhibitions and parties, and launch fundraisers for artists most affected by the disaster

TJ Boulting gallery in London, known for its roster of women photographers, has closed after 13 years

Citing a tough market and a desire to begin a new chapter, co-founder Hannah Watson has ended the Fitzrovia gallery

Mexico City’s oldest art gallery celebrates 90 years

Galería de Arte Mexicano became a nonagenarian with an anniversary show and a mariachi party on its Zona Maco stand

New gallery championing women and queer artists to open in east London

Founder Sarah Le Quang Sang says she feels both groups are still “under-represented and undervalued” in society and the art market

Former owners of insolvent Galerie Thomas in Munich are under fraud investigation

The Munich state prosecutor says the office is looking into “breach of trust in a number of cases,” with damages amounting to millions of euros

In Defence Colony, Delhi finally gets its own gallery district

Thanks to a spate of new openings, the district will soon be home to seven major art galleries

Pace and Galerie Judin to open new Berlin gallery in 1950s petrol station in April

The space, on Potsdamer Strasse, will also include a bookshop and café

Tribeca galleries damaged in two-alarm fire

The Journal Gallery and Asya Geisberg Gallery, both located at 45 White Street in Manhattan, were both impacted by an outbreak of flames

‘The market is still the domain of famous male artists’: Guerrilla Girls open their first commercial gallery show in New York

The feminist art collective’s commercial debut in their hometown, at Hannah Traore Gallery, is intended to introduce their activist work to a new generation