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Young, emerging artists continue to dominate Frieze week auctions as Phillips sets seven records
Asian bidders set the pace again as several works sell for ten times their lower estimate at the auction house's 20th century and contemporary art evening sale. But are these prices sustainable?
Too much too young? The double-edged sword of early success for artists
As British painters in their 20s and 30s are commanding huge sums for their work, how does the market frenzy affect their career in the longer term?
Where does art fit in a post-liberal world?
Western liberal democracies have long called the shots when deciding what is “good” art. But that could be about to change
Young female painters and bored apes turn heads at Christie's £64.6m auction
The first NFT to be sold at auction in Europe sells for £800,000, while collectors compete for emerging women artists, leaving more established names on the shelf
The silencing of Belarus's dissenting artists
A growing number of culture workers are being given long prison sentences on spurious charges
Too much too young? The double-edged sword of early success for artists
As British painters in their 20s and 30s are commanding huge sums for their work, how does the market frenzy affect their career in the longer term?
Frieze London's new section Unworlding hoped to bring young artists exposure—but it brought sales too
The curated selection comprises radical and experimental art looking at "ideas of collapse and rebirth"
Covid and Brexit issues delay monumental sculpture arriving at Frieze
Shortage of materials and transport problems mean Daniel Arsham's public work has only just arrived in London
Come inside: Frieze London moves beyond the park with new permanent space
No.9 Cork Street, which will provide opportunities for pop-up exhibitions, opens as the celebrated Mayfair gallery hub gains a new lease of life
Ibrahim El-Salahi on the importance of stories, trees and why he misses Sudan
The pioneer of African Modernism, whose work appears in this year’s Frieze sculpture park, explains how nature inspires him
The Week in Art podcast
A podcast bringing you the latest news from the art world, every week
Can the art world really change its wasteful ways?
Plus, Mark Rothko’s late paintings at Pace’s new London space and Nicolas Poussin at the National Gallery
Jasper Johns: a radical look at a colossus of post-war American art
Plus, Venice's tourism problem and Finnish artist Outi Heiskanen
It’s a wrap: Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s final fabric project unveiled in Paris
Plus, Art Basel: are the buyers back? And Mary Beard on images of power
All glitz and glamour? Hollywood’s new Academy Museum of Motion Pictures
Plus, the rise of private museums and Renaissance portraits at the Rijksmuseum
Should the art world boycott China over its treatment of Uyghur people?
Plus, Van Gogh’s final months and master printer Kenneth Tyler on Helen Frankenthaler
Adventures with Van Gogh
Adventures with Van Gogh is a weekly blog by Martin Bailey, our long-standing correspondent and expert on the artist. Published every Friday, his stories range from newsy items about this most intriguing artist to scholarly pieces based on his own meticulous investigations and discoveries.
Stunning $30m Van Gogh watercolour resurfaces at Christie’s New York following complex behind-the-scenes deal
The auction house—which estimates the painting at $30m—helped broker a deal between the seller and the descendants of two Jewish families who had it in the Nazi era
Art market
Buy one, gift one free: why collectors acquire two works and give one away
Buying a work and donating another to a museum sounds like a win-win—but who really benefits?
Young female painters and bored apes turn heads at Christie's £64.6m auction
The first NFT to be sold at auction in Europe sells for £800,000, while collectors compete for emerging women artists, leaving more established names on the shelf
Banksy world record as shredded work sells to Asian collector for £18.6m at Sotheby's
A previous painting called Girl with Balloon was shredded live at a Sotheby's auction three years ago, the resulting work, Love is in the Bin, has now sold
Former Sotheby’s heavyweights form Art Intelligence Global, an art advisory with lofty aims
Led by Yuki Terase and Amy Cappellazzo, the company aims to have firm footing in both Western and Asian markets.
It all started with a Roman bowl bought for 75p: antiquities dealership Charles Ede celebrates 50 years in business
The London gallery, now run by Martin Clist and Charis Tyndall, is marking five decades with an exhibition of Greek black glaze pottery opening this week
Museums & Heritage
Italian mayor launches underwater excavation to find third Riace bronze
Town of Riace is planning a museum, while a new investigation hopes to confirm whether there are more ancient Greek statues to be found
A £2.8m transformation of London's Studio Voltaire addresses shortage of affordable studio space
The not-for-profit has added 45 spaces for artists as well as a cafe and shop
Small Northern English town gets UK’s first museum dedicated to Spanish art and culture
Many pieces on show in the Spanish Gallery are from the personal collection of financier Jonathan Ruffer, the main backer of a £150m regeneration project in Bishop Auckland
Hubert van Eyck, Jan’s older brother, painted parts of the Ghent Altarpiece
New research indicates Hubert started the work but had to stop, so Jan took over
New blood reinvigorates MoMA leadership
The museum has appointed four impressive women who are breathing new life into the curatorial, education and outreach divisions, including 23-year MoMA veteran Sarah Suzuki.
Exhibitions
Three exhibitions to see in New York this weekend
From gilded figures at the Hispanic Society Museum and Library to Christo at Galerie Gmurzynska
The Big Review: Judy Chicago at De Young Museum
The retrospective of the legendary feminist offers some familiar pleasures and a chance to re-evaluate her recent work
London’s National Gallery makes a song and dance about Nicolas Poussin
New exhibition unearths the French artist’s more joyful works from the museum's collection, which will be joined by key loans
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Last photograph of Lucian Freud’s stolen Francis Bacon portrait published for first time
Image taken at Neue Nationalgalerie moments before the 1988 theft features in a new book of the artist’s copper paintings
How the Beano encouraged generations of artists to break the rules
We asked eight artists about the comic's influence ahead of a new exhibition exploring the publication's history and featuring contemporary art with that "Beano sensibility"
October Book Bag: from a history of colour to how portraits of ‘murderous autocrats’ have shaped art
Our roundup of the latest art publications
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A brush with... Thomas J Price
An in-depth interview on the artist's big influences, from Giorgio Morandi to Alberto Giacometti
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Louisa Buck, our contemporary art correspondent, brings us all the gossip from the UK's hippest art events
