Art market
New faces and spaces take centre stage at Gallery Weekend Berlin’s 20th edition
The event will feature debuts from galleries such as Molitor, while mega gallery Pace hosts a pop up and eviction-induced relocations take place behind the scenes
The Week in Art podcast | Klimt’s last picture auctioned, Rebecca Horn in Munich, a Cézanne restored
Unpacking the mystery around the Austrian artist’s painting, which sold for €30 million in Vienna, plus a look at a retrospective of Horn’s pioneering practice and a newly conserved Cézanne
Haystack painting by Claude Monet could sell for more than $30m at Sotheby’s New York
Sotheby’s will sell a rare Monet haystack five years after a similar work broke the artist’s record at auction
Klimt portrait surrounded by mystery sells for €30m in Vienna
The price paid by a buyer from Hong Kong was at the lower end of the estimate range, but still an auction record for Austria
Ewa Juszkiewicz’s Venice exhibition brings together five years of faceless portraits
The show at the Palazzo Cavanis includes 15 works in which the Polish artist uses the device of concealment to critique historical depictions of women
Vivienne Westwood’s personal wardrobe goes under the hammer—with a nod to Keith Haring
More than 200 items spanning 40 years will be sold with part of the sale proceeds going to charity
Four Joan Mitchell paintings could collectively bring more than $50m during New York's spring auctions
The four works, spanning nearly 40 years of the Abstract Expressionist’s career, will hit the auction block at Sotheby’s in May
Major Leonora Carrington painting poised to smash Surrealist’s auction record
The artist’s dazzling, Boschian composition “Les Distractions de Dagobert” is expected to fetch as much as $18m at Sotheby’s in New York next month
Study for Winston Churchill portrait that was famously burned is up for sale
Destruction of final portrait by Graham Sutherland was captured in an episode of "The Crown". Now a study is being toured by Sotheby’s
Monira Al Qadiri exhibition to open Johann König’s new Munich gallery in a former power plant
König says the new space, König Bergson, is one of the largest commercial galleries for contemporary art in Germany
New York’s Meredith Rosen makes waves across the Atlantic
The dealer’s discovery-driven programme, which embraces both contemporary and unsung 20th-century artists, is finding outsize success in Europe
South African auction house edges into London market
Strauss & Co’s pop-up selling exhibition of works by Alexis Preller shows commitment to highlighting Africa’s more “neglected” artists abroad
Expo Chicago’s first outing under Frieze draws bustling crowds and engaged buyers
The art publishing and presenting titan implemented layout changes to buoy smaller galleries
Basquiat stretcher-bar painting could reach $30m during New York spring auctions
“The Italian Version of Popeye has no Pork in his Diet”, last publicly displayed in 2007, will be offered by Christie’s during its May sales
The Week in Art podcast | Marlborough Gallery closes, Rose B. Simpson in New York, Caravaggio’s final painting
Looking back at the history of the pioneering dealership in post-war art, plus a thought-provoking new installation in Madison Square Park and Caravaggio's The Martyrdom of Saint Ursula
Proud mum Madonna drops in on son Rocco’s Miami show
His "Pack a Punch" paintings are inspired by Thai boxers
New initiative between Art Money and Christie’s will allow collectors to bid at auction and pay over time in instalments
Bidders will be able to pay for art over ten months instead of all at once
Leaders of Expo Chicago and the Museum of Contemporary Art on the Chicago art scene's unique vitality
Tony Karman and Madeleine Grynsztejn discuss the local ecosystem for artists, the importance of collector education and how they support dealers
Hong Kong edition of Art021 fair to launch this year
The new event is supported by the public Mega Ace Fund, which subsidises large cultural projects in the Special Administrative Region
Milan fair Mega launches in abandoned railway yard—promising industrial chic setting and dealers behind DJ booths
Christie’s withdraws four ancient Greek vases amid concerns about their provenance and connection to disgraced antiquities dealers
The vases, which were estimated to sell for as much as $71,000, were pulled from a sale in New York this week
Gavin Brown donates gallery archive to Bard College
Bard's Center for Curatorial Studies will receive artist files, catalogues and more from the more than 25 years the dealer operated Gavin Brown's Enterprise
Leadership shuffles show auction houses and mega-galleries rethinking the trade
In a stubbornly stagnant market, the big players are searching for new ideas that will bring sustained growth
Lehmann Maupin to debut latest seasonal space in Milan
Pop-up space syncs with spring events, furthering city’s growth as an art hub
Max Levai, former president of soon closing Marlborough Gallery, brings Frank Auerbach exhibition to Venice
The dealer will show 12 works by the German-British painter spanning 50 years of his career
Expo Chicago aims to retain identity under new ownership
As Frieze, which bought the Windy City’s fair last year, promises refinement, not reinvention, the first step sees special sections taking on more central positions at the city’s Navy Pier
Authenticity of Tarsila do Amaral painting shown at SP-Arte called into question
A leading Brazilian auctioneer claims that the painting, which was offered for $3.2m in a private viewing during the fair, is a forgery
Early sales at the Dallas Art Fair prove even a solar eclipse can't overshadow Texas's hot market
As demand for art in Dallas and the rest of Texas heats up, dealers are eager to get a foothold in the Lone Star State—including at the new-ish Dallas Invitational satellite fair
Auction of 1,400 African art pieces halted by last-minute bankruptcy filing
The court-ordered sale of objects that had been stored for years at the expense of taxpayers in Houston was called off the night before
Art Market Eye | Can Inigo Philbrick return to the art market?
The convicted art dealer is out of jail—and likely to return to the trade