Commercial galleries
Vanity, vanity: the problems facing China’s private museums
Spaces bloom and then wither as founders’ commitment quickly fades
Art Basel Miami Beach 2011 makes the art its sole priority
The public programme includes a sculpture park and videos screened on Frank Gehry’s New World Center
Are fairs big enough for both galleries and auction houses?
Some galleries feel the major auction houses are encroaching on their rightful territory
Extramural shows at Art Basel Miami Beach 2011
If collectors are hungry for more, they can drop by commercial shows outside the fair organised by five of its galleries
Dealers have nothing to fear as crisis fails to impede sales at Art Basel 2011
The most expensive pieces may have been slow to sell, but otherwise it was as if the downturn never happened
Design Miami Basel embraces the modern with an increase in early-20th-century stock
The fair's effort to give a detailed insight into recent developments of design distinguishes it from competitors
How the Art Basel brand was built
Tracing the Swiss fair's ascent from discreet elite beginnings in the 1970s to its current prestige as the international art world's hot ticket
This year's Art Basel prepares to surpass last year with adjustments to layout
Art Parcours heads indoors to the city’s historic quarter, while the Messeplatz remains sculpture-free
Gian Enzo Sperone: 'The nature of the art market has changed for ever'
The Italian dealer and co-founder of Sperone Westwater spoke to us in 2011 about botany, the difference between European and US galleries and why the "big gallery" systems won't last
Interview with dealer Richard Nagy on Schiele: “It is about sex, it is tense, anxious and emotional”
His new space in London will open with an exhibition on the Austrian painter
Berlin gallery rejected from Art Basel calls for trade support
Following the Eigen+Art's exclusion from the fair selection, owner Gerd Harry Lybke protests with a request that his artists are not made available at any other stand
Rumoured expansion west for Cheim & Read
While opening remains unconfirmed, it would be among a spate of other galleries branching out
Eykyn Maclean's debut exhibition in New York to boast Giacometti's Grande Tête Mince
The show revolves around the family of Silvio Berthoud, who was Giacometti's nephew
Should fairs feel threatened by gallery weeks?
A complementary relationship is far more likely…
Gagosian empire expands to China
Hong Kong will soon be home to a branch of the super-gallery
Interview with Sprüth and Magers: “We didn’t want to become bigger, we wanted to become smaller”
Dealers Monika Sprüth and Philomene Magers discuss the benefits of teamwork and the Berlin art scene
The rise of 'curators' in commercial spaces blurs the lines of the art world, with galleries offering non-selling and historical shows that mimic a museum
“Here’s this unbelievable stage... why make it just about money?”
Court battle fuels calls for less art market secrecy
Lines are drawn between those who favour openness and others who prefer “handshake” culture
New director and location for New York's Knoedler engenders personnel overhaul
Building, staff and some artists on the way out
News from the US: Sue Williams learns big is not best in the current economic climate while Dennis Oppenheim lights up Las Vegas
Meanwhile, Scott Alger puts on a show at a Vaudeville theater
Interview with dealer Andrea Rosen on 20 years in the business: “People are rightfully cautious and focused. I like that”
The pioneer of the resale agreement talks about the recession and what it means for both artists and collectors
Fascination with tree life comes to the fore at Art Basel Miami Beach '09
As stands teem with the wooded and leafy, dealers try to explain the trend at this year's fair
Will Art Basel Miami Beach's enlargement be to dealers' advantage?
A major redesign has increased the space substantially and produced a radically different layout
How to beat the recession: cut costs, slash prices, don’t lie and be creative
During the Great Recession in 2009 we reported that gallerists must act "quickly and brutally" in order to survive
Art Basel celebrates its fortieth birthday
The milestone is marked with nod to all the dealers who have contributed to the event since 1970
Basel satellite fairs beset by management complications in the midst of US dealers shunning Europe
Exhibitors wary of investing in weak market, while community groups oppose Scope tent on public open space
Watercolours by Cholla the painting horse featured at the Venice Biennale
An equivalent was not to be found at Art Basel, which upheld tradition in its biped-only selection
Hauser & Wirth to open in New York
Gallery hopes to buck the downturn with transatlantic expansion
Museums lending to commercial galleries: The debate
Director of the Rose Art Museum examines both sides of the argument
US collectors are driving hard bargains in what has become a buyer’s market
In an economic downturn, collectors are calling the shots