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Estate of Ralph Iwamoto—Japanese-American painter overlooked after early-career successes—gains gallery representation

New York gallery Hollis Taggart is preparing a solo show of Iwamoto’s Surrealist works of the 1950s

New York dealer Sean Kelly’s son takes the reins at Los Angeles outpost

Sean Kelly Gallery, a powerhouse of the New York art scene yet for a long time one of the few major players without a location in another city, has kept things in the family at its West Coast space

New York gallery migration continues as Marian Goodman and Alexander Gray plot moves to same Tribeca block

The galleries, longtime fixtures of the Midtown and Chelsea gallery districts, will open directly across Broadway from each other

Seeking more space, a San Francisco dealer relocates to the suburbs

Anthony Meier is joining many of the City by the Bay’s residents who have migrated out of the centre to more spacious surroundings since the start of the pandemic

Is an influx of Latin American collectors turning Madrid into the art world’s next Miami?

As the Spanish capital attracts a moneyed contingent from Mexico, Colombia and Venezuela, regional galleries are following suit

Gold rush: collectors snap up California artists’ work at Frieze Los Angeles

Dealers open new outposts and auction house activity intensifies around the growing fair

Palms by the hotel pool: a relaxed environment for robust sales at the Felix Art Fair

A pre-Frieze opening, record VIP visitors and strong in-person engagement are helping the homegrown fair go from strength to strength

In pictures: Frieze Los Angeles goes big with towering sculpture, large-scale installations and more

Many of the works on show capitalise on the soaring spaces offered by this year's new location at Santa Monica Airport

Former Los Angeles train depot, transformed into an arts centre in the 1990s, bounces back with influx of new galleries

Municipal support during the pandemic and an influx of new tenants is helping to restore Santa Monica's Bergamot Station Arts Center to its former glory

New programme matches artists with Los Angeles communities for residencies

Hayley Barker's Night Gallery show draws on her time living at Laguna Castle, a residential group built on communal traditions

Wheeling and dealing: Los Angeles galleries move into old car showrooms

Roberts Projects and Hauser & Wirth take over two of the city’s historic car showrooms, while Lisson slides into a former sex club

Peter Doig leaves international dealer Michael Werner after 23 years

British painter is choosing to work independently to ensure “transparency in all dealings”

'Manhattan favourite 303 gallery stays relevant by staying small'

A new show by Esteban Jefferson affirms that the Chelsea gallery takes a reassuringly traditional approach to bringing on new talent

Republicans press Hunter Biden’s dealer for information on his art sales

Members of the House of Representatives’ Oversight and Accountability Committee have also asked Georges Bergès for details of his communications with the White House

Are charity art auctions, not donations, the new model for offsetting taxes?

Paul Allen’s estate has pledged proceeds of its $1.6bn Christie’s sale to unnamed philanthropic causes, while FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried vaguely promised to give away his fortune

Mumbai's commercial gallery scene undergoes major 'post-pandemic' expansion

India's leading dealers have added or opened locations in the city—but newer independent spaces are fewer on the ground

'It helps Hong Kong if other Asian cities do well': Chinese gallerist Kevin Poon discusses his new Singapore gallery

The influencer and dealer has opened an outpost of his WOAW gallery in the Southeast Asian city, which is enjoying a new art market spotlight

Influential Düsseldorf dealer Hans Mayer—the first to show Warhol in Germany—dies aged 82

The gallerist is credited with introducing European audiences to post-war US artists

Ronald Feldman, art dealer who ‘championed big ideas’, has died, aged 84

Feldman, an early supporter of artists like Joseph Beuys and Chris Burden, opened his gallery in 1971 and quickly established himself as a gallerist willing to take risks

Gerhard Richter, giant of German painting, signs exclusively to David Zwirner gallery

Richter, a native of Dresden, will have his first solo show with the Cologne-born mega-dealer in March 2023

Next year—for the first time—a Miami gallery is going to Art Basel in Switzerland

David Castillo Gallery will become the only local dealer to make the jump to the mothership in its more than 50-year history

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Miami's next big art hub? Dilapidated, industrial district Little River attracts new galleries and art spaces

The neighbourhood will soon see the arrival of the non-profits Oolite Arts and Locust Projects, attracted by its vibrant community and relatively affordable real estate

Gagosian showing new Amoako Boafo work in Miami before hosting his first New York solo show

The Ghanaian painter and market darling has not formally joined the world’s biggest gallery—for now

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More artists leave König gallery amid 'sexual misconduct' allegations against its founder Johann König

Monica Bonvicini's departure from the gallery's roster is one of many in recent months

Paris gallerists—found guilty of selling Picasso works stolen by handyman—receive suspended jail sentences

Belle et Belle gallery has now been dissolved, closing the chapter on a decade-long criminal investigation

Gagosian announces new board of directors including LVMH's Delphine Arnault and filmmaker Sofia Coppola

Star-studded board of 20 will “raise the bar on the gallery’s vision for the future”, mega-dealer says

LVMH and Gagosian: why the rumour of a buy out makes sense, even if it isn’t true

A shared client base, product exclusivity and international reach—just some of the reasons why these two brands are perfect bed fellows

Mexico City gallery Kurimanzutto expands its New York footprint with Chelsea storefront

What the gallery co-founder Mónica Manzutto calls “a space that lets you wander a little bit” is the gallery’s first major venture in the US since an Upper East Side project space in 2018

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Art Week Tokyo’s perfectly orchestrated official launch leads some gallerists to ask—do we really need a fair?

As the city attempts to grow its position as a global art hub, some dealers express a preference for gallery-hopping events