Commercial galleries

Baselarchive

Basel art gallery forced to shut shows as Euro 2008 kicks off

This precaution was taken due to the safety of stock being compromised by influx of football fans

Art Basel Miami Beach 2009 to boast double the exhibition space

Art Basel owners Messe Schweiz are in pole position to take charge of Miami venue

Collectorsarchive

Collector launches website to rate dealers

Helping young collectors to find the right gallery

Indiaarchive

Plans for Kolkata Museum of Modern Art: India's answer to Tate Modern?

A major new museum to be built in eastern India is being largely supported by commercial galleries and corporate collections

Gagosian goes for Gupta

Indian artist Subodh Gupta is in the mega-gallery's sights

Comment: The problem with privately-funded museums

There is a danger that the conservatism of the museum sector will be challenged by a new generation of board members who feel that “rules are for other people”

Paris Photo earns stamp of approval as “the Basel of photography”

Weak dollar and strikes in the capital did not deter buyers

Rome gallery opening: “Larry Gagosian has always expanded in a recession”

Why is the most successful contemporary art dealer in the world opening a branch in Rome this month?

Art makes a scene in virtual platform Second Life

The online virtual world is becoming one of the best places for artists, curators and dealers to meet

May 2007archive

The problem with art advisers

In 2007 we observed that while most are seen as opportunistic shoppers, some are as knowledgeable as museum curators

Iran loses case against Barakat Gallery ordering return of artefacts seemingly taken from Jiroft

UK courts ruled that Iran presented insufficient evidence to warrant the antiquities' reacquisition

Art fairsarchive

The trouble with art fairs: curators, collectors and dealers are starting to feel fatigued

As the sheer number of annual events continues to grow, fair fatigue has become a common condition

Former fugitive opens decorative arts gallery

Roberto Polo, once the toast of Paris, returns in style

Gagosian grows London presence

New Davies Street gallery is added to the pile

Art Baselarchive

Ena Swansea splits from Gasser & Grunert after exclusion from Art Basel fair selection

The gallery's loss of one of its stars only contributes to their recent bout of poor fortune

Collector C.I. Kim to open second contemporary art gallery in Cheonan, South Korea

The Korean collector has chosen the British architect David Adjaye to design the new building

Art marketarchive

Is the art market in a boom or bubble?

Our art market editor assesses the current rise in spending

Russia’s largest private gallery opens

Collector and dealer Alexander Yakut's new enterprise is his most ambitious yet

Iranarchive

Iran sues Barakat Gallery for return of antiquities apparently looted from Jiroft

The gallery's owner makes no comment on artefacts' origins, but insists that all purchases were made legally

Business as usual at Knoedler's renowned Upper East side branch after $500,000 restorations

The modernisation of this landmark is an example of Knoedler's adaptability, as one of the US's longest established commercial galleries