NewsArt fairs
Amid Covid-19 surge in UAE, Art Dubai fair moves dates and venue
Postponed fair will now host almost half as many galleries as heightened restrictions prevent international travel
NewsArt market
House of Frieze: fair company reveals more details about new London gallery space
No.9 Cork Street will launch in October, to be hired out to galleries for pop-up exhibitions and used for Frieze talks and events year round
NewsArt market
Will it ever happen? Inaugural Art SG postponed for a fourth time
The first edition of the Singapore fair, first announced in 2018, is now scheduled to happen in January 2022
NewsArt market
New York's ADAA Art Show moves to November from 2021 and beyond
The fair is normally held at the Park Avenue Armory in February
NewsArt market
'The London art world we started in could fit in a single pub': Frieze turns 30
The magazine and fair brand celebrates three decades with an online festival this month and launch of new membership programme
ReviewArt market
'Renegade' Outsider Art Fair opens in multi-venue format in New York
Exhibitions are taking place across several galleries, although some workshops that support artists with disabilities have been unable to take part due to challenges of pandemic
NewsArt market
New online fair Intersect 21 brings together cross-cultural mix of galleries
Boutique invite-only event consists of 21 galleries from Southern California, the Middle East, and North Africa
NewsArt market
Tefaf Maastricht 2021 postponed again—this time to September
Dutch art fair will now run immediately before the delayed Art Basel, while Tefaf New York Spring has been cancelled altogether this year
NewsArt market
Asia’s art fairs pin hopes on vaccine rollouts
Spring events must negotiate ongoing travel restrictions and quarantines, and some organisers have already postponed
NewsArt market
Déjà vu: Art Basel postponed from June to September—again
Swiss fair was also delayed from June to September in 2020, before being cancelled altogether due to coronavirus
NewsArt fairs
Expo Chicago art fair is postponed again, until at least July
Online edition will open in April, however, as planners prepare for an in-person version, perhaps even later in September or next year
PreviewThe Year Ahead 2021
Art fairs in 2021—expect spring jitters, a summer crush and maybe even a return to some normality
After a year marked by cancellations, international fairs such as Art Basel, Frieze and Tefaf are vying for attention in an already crowded year
PreviewThe Year Ahead 2021
Our guide to the top biennials and triennials coming up in 2021
Previews of the 34th Bienal de São Paulo, Prospect.5 and the 11th Liverpool Biennial—plus, lots of dates for your diary
News1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair
1-54 Contemporary African art fair pops up at Christie’s in Paris as Marrakech edition is postponed
French fair is a “one-off”, according to its founding director, though a good opportunity to “test the market”
NewsArt market
Organisers confident physical Art Dubai fair will go ahead in March 2021
It will be the first major international art fair to return to the art world calendar since the pandemic upended business around the world
NewsArt market
Frieze takes gallery space on London's Cork Street for 'ambitious' exhibitions
Magazine publisher and fair organiser plans to rent the premises on a permanent basis
AnalysisArt fairs
The art world's Miami vice: bored with OVRs, galleries return with some physical events in lieu of Art Basel—but should they?
While the city’s flagship art fair was cancelled this year, other in-person events and pop-up projects abound despite rising coronavirus cases
NewsArt fairs
In Nigeria, art is spreading the word about police brutality
Opening online today, Art X Lagos fair to show more than 100 works about #EndSARS protests
AnalysisArt market
Art market 2020: the year of cancel culture and bricks-and-clicks
A year marked by wholesale event cancellations and job losses has also seen the art market innovate to keep businesses going.
NewsArt fairs
Salon fair releases glossy, digitally enhanced publication instead of another online viewing platform
The New York art and design event has issued a 152-page magazine with interviews, features and QR codes that link to multi-media content
NewsArt market
Frieze Los Angeles bids goodbye to Paramount Studios as art fair is postponed to July
Social distancing rules have limited the number of people on film sets creating a movie production backlog
NewsArt market
Art Basel in Hong Kong postponed to May as coronavirus throws 2021 art fairs into disarray
Summer crush expected with Art Basel’s flagship show in Switzerland still scheduled for June and Taipei Dangdai moved back to July
AnalysisArt fairs
'Dealers are smiling under their masks': Shanghai art week pulls in art-starved collectors
More than 100 art exhibitions and events have taken place in the Chinese city this week and galleries are reporting strong sales
NewsArt market
Frieze art fairs global director Victoria Siddall takes ‘strategic’ role as board director
Frieze magazine publisher Rebecca Ann Siegel appointed director of Americas and content and will oversee the New York and Los Angeles fairs
NewsArt market
All eyes on Shanghai as city hosts multiple fairs despite first coronavirus case in months
New Art Tower will be hub of a busy art week alongside Art021 and West Bund Art & Design Fair
NewsArt market
French and German art fairs forced to cancel as new national lockdowns come into force
Fine Arts Paris and Art Cologne boldly believed they could run Covid-secure events in November, but both have had to relent to new restrictions
NewsArt market
Ancient Greek bust of Hercules dug up in a garden will now appear in virtual reality at Tefaf Online
ArtAncient has created a VR experience of the marble bust to enliven the digital version of the now-cancelled New York fair
NewsFrieze New York
Frieze New York relocates to non-profit institution The Shed for 2021 edition
Global director Victoria Siddall says it is a time “for creativity, flexibility and collaboration” as fair is reduced by more than two-thirds
ReviewResidencies
New York artists find second chance in Governors Island residency programme showcase
The free residencies were part a multi-organisation initiative to replace the annual artist-run Portal art fair and other cultural programming cancelled due to Covid-19
NewsArt market
Asia Now fair swoops up would-be Fiac exhibitors
Paris fair makes up for lack of Asia-based exhibitors with some blue chip galleries who were meant to be participating at the larger, cancelled fair
NewsArt fairs
ArtRio forges ahead, making it the first major event to take place in Brazil since the pandemic began
Marking the fair's tenth anniversary, a live event with limited ticketing for collectors continues even as Covid-19 cases climb
AnalysisAmerican art
'Comatose' pre-war American art market gets a digital jolt
Forced online due to Covid-19, this year's American Art Fair boasts more exhibitors as auction houses see new records set for late 19th century works
NewsArt market
Miami Design District aims to fill in the fair gap with winter arts event
The Design Miami fair will return to the Moore Building, and other galleries that regularly show in Art Basel will be given temporary spaces
AnalysisArt fairs
'If you're coming to buy, you have two hours to do it': what it's like at London's real-life 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair
In the absence of the major fairs and auctions, Modern and contemporary African art is in the spotlight in London this week
AnalysisArt market
A Covid success story: how the London Original Print Fair helped its 68 dealers keep selling
London’s longest-running art fair survives virus by going fully online and diversifying
NewsArt market
Tefaf Maastricht shifts back from March to May as Covid-19 disruption extends into 2021
The 34th edition of the Dutch art fair will run from 31 May to 6 June, two days shorter than normal, while the fate of Tefaf New York Spring hangs in the balance
NewsArt market
Art Basel to make real-life appearance as fair partners with Fine Art Asia in Hong Kong
Local galleries have been invited by Art Basel to apply for participation in the November fair
NewsGrand Palais
Grand Palais's long-awaited renovation curtailed over soaring costs
Following government intervention, the historic Parisian exhibition space will now undergo a more 'sober restoration'
NewsArt market
Art Basel in Hong Kong and Art Central—under one roof in 2021
The two fairs will take place at the same time in the Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre in March
NewsArt market
Class of 2020: five picks from Art Basel's online viewing room (another one)
The latest virtual fair, OVR:2020, limits 100 galleries to showing six works each, all produced this year—we pick our highlights
NewsThe Art Car Boot Fair
‘Viral’ online art fair crashes and is postponed after proving too popular
The launch of the first virtual edition of the Art Car Boot Fair was cancelled after users overwhelmed the website
NewsArt fairs
Online market place for art continues to grow as new digital fair announced during Frieze week
Daata fair is dedicated to video and digital works and aims to reach collectors who “simply don’t have the patience” to watch films at real-life fairs
BlogDiary
Cattelan’s notorious banana finds a home at the Guggenheim
NewsArt market
Controversy erupts over Fiac cancellation
Paris's major contemporary art fair has been scrapped due to Covid-19 fears, but galleries are divided over whether the decision was wise or "lacking courage"
AnalysisArt market
The fairs are back in town: greater China reopens for business
Art021, West Bund Art & Design Fair and Art Taipei among fairs due to open in the region this autumn despite travel restrictions, shipping woes and Covid-19 fears
NewsArt fairs
Fiac cancelled as new travel restrictions are imposed across Europe
The Paris art fair had seemed defiant in the face of coronavirus but organisers say they could not “meet the legitimate expectations of its exhibitors”
NewsArt market
2021 art fair calendar already in flux after Taipei Dangdai moves from January to May
Delay and cancellation of events early next year prompts the question: will Frieze Los Angeles still take place in February?
NewsArt market
Cosmoscow determined to be first major fair to go ahead
Event still plans to run this week and hopes for a less distracted local Russian collector base, starved of international art travels
NewsContemporary art
Berlin Art Week: shows in disused airports and nightclubs defy gloomy predictions
From Berghain's lockdown exhibition to the Brücke Museum's Vivian Suter display, here's what to see in the reigning contemporary art hub this week
NewsArt fairs
Art Basel cancels Miami Beach edition in December
The fair's organisers say they have "no other option" as Covid-19 cases in Florida stay stubbornly high and US travel restrictions remain in place
NewsArt fairs
Unrepresented minority artists get a boost at virtual edition of SP-Arte
In light of recent social shifts, major market events "need to rethink, reinvent and rejuvenate" by including more under-represented classes of artists, director says
NewsFrieze London
Alberta Whittle named the winner of this year's Frieze Artist Award
Exploring themes around the fear of contagion and xenophobia, the new film commission will debut online as part of the virtual edition of Frieze London
NewsArt market
Photo London abandons socially distanced fair to go online
Decision "feels like natural progression for the market”, exhibitor says
NewsArt fairs
Scaled back 1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair will go ahead in October—despite Frieze cancellation
Smaller fair and online collaboration with Christie's planned as UK government says trade fairs can resume from 1 October
NewsExhibitions
Frieze to open delayed sculpture show at New York's Rockefeller Center in September
Free-to-visit, open air exhibition includes site specific works by Ghada Amer, Beatriz Cortez and Andy Goldsworthy
BlogThe Buck stopped here
Niru Ratnam opens a new West End gallery
Newscoronavirus
Tefaf cancels postponed autumn edition in New York
Citing international travel restrictions and the city's strict reopening plan following coronavirus lockdown, the fair's organisers say too many uncertainties remain
NewsArt market
Frieze directors ‘left with no choice’ but to cancel London fairs in October
Continued restrictions on large-scale events and travel due to coronavirus have made the show logistically impossible
NewsOnline sales
Online marketplaces proliferate as the coronavirus pandemic continues
Dallas Art Fair and Design Miami/ have launched their own year-round sales platforms as art fairs grapple with uncertain futures
NewsArt fairs
Art Basel in Miami Beach waives August withdrawal fee for dealers amid surge in Florida coronavirus cases
Fair organisers say they remain “committed” to the show in December even as the lease for a temporary hospital and Covid-19 testing site at the Miami Beach Convention Center is extended
NewsArt market
Fiac organisers determined to go ahead with Paris fair this October despite coronavirus turmoil
But dealers ponder crucial question of whether US collectors will venture overseas by the autumn
PreviewLondon Art Week
From a £16m Rembrandt to a £3,000 dolphin, London Art Week for every (ok, some) budgets
Highlights from the online version of the “pre-contemporary art” event for galleries and auction houses which launches today and runs until 10 July
ReviewArt market
Undeterred by looming National Security Law, Hong Kong's newest art fair draws nearly 3,000 visitors
Twelve galleries ventured out again for the bijou pop-up event Unscheduled
NewsArt market
Might Rupert Murdoch be Art Basel's next big investor?
Media and television mogul is reportedly in negotiations to take a stake in art fair's Swiss parent company MCH Group
NewsArt market
To encourage galleries, Art Basel in Hong Kong relaxes application criteria for 2021 fair
Galleries no longer required to have a physical space, down payments cut from 100% to 25% of stand fees and automatic re-admittance for 2020 ABHK exhibitors
NewsArt fairs
October Frieze fairs in London will be smaller, reconfigured and may be combined—if they can go ahead, organisers say
The fair group sent a letter to exhibitors guaranteeing full refunds if its autumn events are also forced to cancel due to virus concerns
NewsArt fairs
Nanne Dekking steps down as Tefaf chairman, replaced by Hidde van Seggelen
Art dealer takes the reins of the fair's executive committee, while four women join the board of trustees
NewsArt market
How artists are adapting their work to virtual fairs and online viewing rooms
As Art Basel's online viewing room opens, Tracey Emin, Jim Shaw and Avery Singer speak about lockdown and creating for the digital sphere
NewsArt market
Shanghai fair launches immersive art show—in a shopping mall
With the future of large-scale events and travel still uncertain, the November fairs Art021 and West Bund are exploring "consumer alternatives" in unusual settings
CommentArt market
Who are the art market's virtual winners?
As digital fatigue sets in, a little editing goes a long way with online viewing rooms—and sometimes a humble PDF with a few human touches makes a welcome break
AnalysisArt market
A brave new virtual world or joyless mundane experience? Glamour of collecting gets lost in online translation
Digital transactions cannot replicate the social cachet of buying art at exclusive events—and prices will inevitably slide as a result
NewsArt market
La Biennale Paris dealers will consign works to Christie’s online sale as part of new partnership initiative
Art fair and auction house boundaries blurred in wake of the coronavirus outbreak
NewsArt market
Art Basel cancels Swiss edition in September due to coronavirus concerns
Flagship fair will relaunch next June in Basel as organisers focus on delivering Miami Beach show in December
NewsArt market
Art Basel's September fair thrown into further doubt
In frank letter, organisers scrap Monday deadline for exhibitors as Swiss authorities delay decision on large-scale events until 24 June
NewsArt fairs
No boys allowed: this year’s Chart art fair will only exhibit women artists
Event across five Nordic cities tackles issue of male-dominated art world head on
NewsArt market
As most of the world's art fairs have been cancelled or postponed, Hong Kong launches a new one
Unscheduled will take place in June in the revamped Central Police Station compound
NewsArt market
Art SG cancels inaugural fair—again
After postponing last year, first edition planned for this autumn will now happen in November 2021 due to coronavirus pandemic
NewsArt market
Art dealers across the US struggling to survive as new report projects a 73% loss in revenue
A survey conducted by the Art Dealers Association of America also reveals a 74% reduction in employment of contractors and freelancers due to coronavirus
NewsArt fairs
Nada launches new collaborative fair model to help support galleries
Opening 20 May, the online fair requires no upfront fee and features around 200 galleries, all of which will share their profits
NewsArt market
Photo London plans to open in tent this October with social distancing
Timed entry and face masks are set to become the “new normal” for art fairs, organisers say
NewsArt market
La Biennale Paris cancels 2020 edition. What does this mean for other art fairs this autumn?
President of the Paris show says that thousands of dealers and collectors cannot gather this year due to the coronavirus pandemic
PreviewArt market
Whisky drinking, dog walking and gardening: art dealers' plans for the alternative Frieze New York
With the "real-life" fair cancelled due to coronavirus, exhibitors give their thoughts on the event's first online viewing room experience
AnalysisArt market
How Covid-19 has forced the art market’s speedy digital conversion
In lockdown, many galleries have had a Damascene moment with online programming
NewsArt fairs
Will Art Basel actually happen in September? A letter to exhibitors suggests potential for more delays
Fair extends deadline to confirm participation until 1 June, but concedes "there are simply too many open questions" to know if the fair will happen at the moment
AnalysisArt market
Will art fairs return in 2020?
As coronavirus lockdowns are extended across much of the world, leaving galleries unable to trade, hopes are fading that autumn events will be able to go ahead
Commentcoronavirus
Will coronavirus-related cancellations spell the end of ‘fairtigue’?
When the merry-go-round restarts, it will be in a changed landscape. While fairs have been postponed and others cancelled, there may be benefits
NewsArt fairs
Frieze offers full refunds to exhibitors after cancelling its New York fair due to coronavirus
The fair will also launch a new online viewing room feature at no cost to planned exhibitors and will apply reimbursements to future editions
Analysiscoronavirus
Post-pandemic, the art market might return to 'normal'—but do we want it to?
Many in the art world see the impact of coronavirus as a chance to slow down the frenetic pace of global activity and rethink the whole system
Newscoronavirus
After much speculation, Art Basel postponed to September due to coronavirus
Swiss art fair is the latest of numerous fairs to be moved to the autumn, as the pandemic decimates the art world calendar
Newscoronavirus
Tefaf Maastricht comes under fire as Covid-19 cases surge among the fair's attendees
Infected participants criticise fair’s decision to open in March as virus was spreading
AnalysisArt market
Muted sales in Art Basel’s online viewing rooms as art market turns to technological solutions amid coronavirus crisis
Dealers say expectations were low but are grateful to be in touch with the art community
NewsArt market
Latest art fair to succumb to coronavirus: Tefaf New York Spring postponed to autumn, swallowing up sister fair
Event has now moved to the dates normally occupied by Tefaf New York Fall, which has been scrapped as a result but will return in 2021, organisers say
NewsCovid-19
Frieze New York cancels its ninth edition due to coronavirus
The fair is the latest to respond to the Covid-19 pandemic as cases in the city rise to 1,339
BlogArt market
Pyjamas and cava: the diary of an Art Basel VIP in an online world
A blow-by-blow account of the Hong Kong digital viewing rooms that launched this morning
NewsArt market
As Art Basel in Hong Kong launches online, we look at how the art market is using cyberspace to combat coronavirus
From VIP virtual viewing rooms to grassroots digital action
CommentArt market
No rest for the frazzled for many in the art world
As galleries and auction houses slowly awaken from lockdown (some of them, at least), this summer will be one of work, not rest
Melanie Gerlis