Fairs
Viennacontemporary triumphs in round two
Fair returns after seeing off its longer-established rival Viennafair
Untitled’s gone surfing: Miami Beach satellite fair hits the waves with artist collaborations
Expect to see participatory work by Rirkrit Tiravanija and Tomas Vu, Pussy Riot-themed surfboards and jungle photography
Object lessons: from a $4m Chinese emperor's handscroll to Giacometti's mouse stools
Our pick of highlights from the week's auctions and art fairs
Paris's Slick art fair slips away ahead of 11th edition, citing France’s economic situation
This is the third Fiac satellite event to be cancelled in recent months
Biennale des Antiquaires draws new blood from Old Masters
Historic fair revamps exhibitor list after merger with Paris Tableau
What summer slowdown? Seattle Art Fair expands
The event draws blue-chip galleries from across the US to the Pacific Northwest
Fiac expands with a move into the historic Petit Palais opposite
The leading Paris fair is launching two new spaces after its satellite Officielle event is dropped
Six things to see at Masterpiece London
Sales made on opening day suggest the country’s political woes have not put collectors off buying
Masterpiece London turns away from luxury roots
Cross-disciplinary fair focuses on art and design to lure collectors and curators
Houellebecq lights up Paris with photography show—and a smoking room
Controversial author caters for fellow smokers at Palais de Tokyo show
Earplugs required for Douglas Gordon's Bound to Hurt performance plus more Basel gossip
Life imitates art, beer bellies magnified in Unlimited installation, and so much more
Confidence in market rises against the odds
ArtTactic's latest survey shows art market experts are more confident than they were at the beginning of the year
She’s got the look: where to find self-portraits, a jeune fille, muses and an unmerry widow at Art Basel
Private museums that put the public first
From Basel's finest to the Broad, the institutions that set an example
Soweto uprising remembered in work created at Art Basel
South African artist Robin Rhode used his handprints to create a mural to mark 40th anniversary of the deadly protest
Art-shipping start-up raises $1m investment
Art-world figures, including Anita Zabludowicz, are among the funders of Arta
Design Miami branches out in Basel by doubling its cutting-edge Design Curio section
Thought the fair was all about French Modernism? Director Rodman Primack wants you to think again
Russian authorities thwart Moscow gallery's Design Miami/Basel plans
Cardboard cut-outs stand in for Soviet Art Deco pieces after temporary export licence is refused
Four decades on, punk’s not dead at Art Basel
Visitors may be surprised to find punk-inspired works across the blue-chip fair
It’s a family affair at Dieter Roth’s studio plus more Basel gossip
Swinging in Prouvé's prototype, a Guggenheim with legs, and so much more
Art Basel puts photography in the frame
Wolfgang Tillmans to get Beyeler’s first show of photos, as collectors buy major works at the fair
Collectors take a long hard look at themselves at Art Basel
Artists hold up a mirror to everyone who makes the art world go round
Andres Serrano’s scenes of cruel and unusual punishment
Volunteers in France and former political prisoners from Northern Ireland pose for US photographer's Torture images
How artists and museums are addressing the refugee crisis
Works at Art Basel and beyond aim to stir the conscience and raise funds in aid of the “biggest challenge of our time”
Art Basel's Unlimited section is one big party
Curator Gianni Jetzer says that organising the show is like party planning—and with a record 88 works this year, he has pulled out all the stops
Dealers have a Happy Meal plus more Basel gossip
Duran Duran raise the roof at UN shindig, the cross-eyed communist, and so much more