Anna Brady
Paris fairs musical chairs: Fine Arts Paris and La Biennale to merge into one event
The new combined art and antiques fair will run for the first time this November
Florence Bourgeois is named director of Fiac and Paris Photo fairs
She will replace Fiac's former director of 18 years, Jennifer Flay, who is rumoured to be joining Art Basel as it prepares to launch a new Paris fair in the Grand Palais—the Swiss company has declined to comment
Object lessons: from a 16th-century angel to a jaunty walking stick
Our pick of the highlights from upcoming fairs and auctions
Art Cologne director takes to Instagram to criticise rival Art Basel’s ‘colonialism’
Daniel Hug posted that the Swiss company "is only interested in making money and keeping Art Basel the number one fair worldwide"
Edel Assanti launches new London gallery in former Fitzrovia haberdashery
Gallery co-founders Jeremy Epstein and Charlie Fellowes discuss renovating the Grade II-listed Arts and Crafts building which opens this week with a show of new work by Noémie Goudal
War of the fairs: Art Basel owner kicks Fiac out of Grand Palais in Paris
The French cultural body RMN put Fiac's October slot up for tender last year—now the Swiss firm MCH will launch a contemporary art fair, paying €10.6m for a seven-year contract
Giving it another go: MCH Group gets back into bed with Art SG—just a few years after the Art Basel owner pulled out of the Singapore fair
After selling its share in late 2018, the Swiss conglomerate has again taken a 15% stake in the event
Art Basel Hong Kong hedges bets for March fair with Covid-contingency plan in May
Well over half the galleries participating in the fair are opting for satellite booths as travel restrictions continue to disrupt large-scale events
Hectic June awaits: Tefaf Maastricht announces new fair dates (right after Art Basel)
The Dutch art and antiques fair was forced to postpone its March event due to continuing Covid-19 restrictions, but will now run from 25 to 30 June
Victoria Siddall makes 'difficult decision' to leave Frieze
Siddall, the global director of Frieze fairs, has been at the firm for 18 years. She will leave after the Los Angeles event this February but remain on the board
This £45m Magritte painting could double artist's previous record
The monumental L’empire des lumières, painted in 1961 for the artist's muse Anne-Marie Gillion Crowet, has never been sold before but will now be auctioned at Sotheby's in London in March
Get ready for the new world order: art market experts make their predictions for 2022
US dominance, industry collaborations and increased concern about climate change are all on art market experts’ minds—and, of course, NFTs
Object lessons: from a Renaissance drawing unseen for a century to a work by Mali’s pre-eminent photographer
Our pick of the highlights from coming fairs and auctions
Feeling demotivated? Sign up for an art career mentor
Art Market Mentors is looking for mentees for next year's programme, and applications close on 31 December
'Very, very strange and wildly illiquid': Freakonomics' Stephen Dubner on the 'bizarre' art market
The New York-based author has just released a three-part podcast series on The Hidden Side of the Art Market. Here, he speaks about what he learned—and why art is a bad financial investment, but a good emotional one
Christie’s 2021 sales total $7.1bn, with $150m from NFTs and $103.4m from the most expensive work sold this year, a Picasso
Results are the highest since 2015 and come in just behind Sotheby’s $7.3bn. Hong Kong expansion plan will continue despite Beijing crackdown, as auction house "separates what is political and what is business"
From NFTs to LFTs: 2021's biggest art stories—and what they mean
The Art Newspaper team picks apart this year’s most important developments, from demands for colonial restitution to the return of culture wars
Tefaf Maastricht 'postpones' March fair—but some exhibitors are outraged over refund policy
The Dutch event is asking all dealers to pay €7,500 "towards expenses and other contractual obligations". A new date for the fair next year is to be confirmed
'We don't want to create caricatures or exoticise': symposium aims to delve into the role of Jewish art dealers in the European art market between 1850 and 1930
London Art Week has partnered with the Jewish Country Houses research project to hold a three-part online talks programme
Magdalena Abakanowicz's haunting installation 'Bambini' expected to sell for up to $3.6m at auction in Poland
The work, consisting of 83 child-size figures in concrete and wood, was made in the late 1990s and has been exhibited on the roof of New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art and in the Museo Reina Sofia in Madrid
As interest in artists of Caribbean heritage grows, Tate Britain show aims to create 'landmark' moment
“Rich and fascinating” connections explored in Life Between Islands: British-Caribbean Art 1950s-Now
Highlights from December’s auctions: from an unseen Schiele to the first ever postage stamp
Our pick of the works coming up for sale in London and Munich
Miami Beach moves to attract sun-seeking tech community—and Art Basel hopes to cash in
The fair's chief executive Marc Spiegler says greater gallery diversity and a changing global scene have shaped this month’s event
Frieze appoints Christine Messineo as director of US fairs
Messineo, who previously worked for Bortolami and Hannah Hoffman galleries, will head up Frieze Los Angeles and Frieze New York following the departure of Bettina Korek and Loring Randolph
Sotheby's to offer The Hamilton Aphrodite, an ancient Roman marble last sold 70 years ago now expected to fetch up to £3m
The larger than life-size statue was brought back from Rome by the Duke of Hamilton in the 18th century and is named after his Scottish palace
Big money, new collectors: the low-down on the New York auctions
Plus, Fabergé in London and a rediscovered Dürer
Highlights from November's auctions: from Picasso’s homage to friendship to Cy Twombly’s photographs
Our pick of the works coming up for sale in Paris, New York and Rome
Christie's to sell 'The Vision', the last of Constable's famous view of Salisbury Cathedral left in private hands
The oil sketch, Salisbury Cathedral from the Bishop's Grounds, has never appeared at auction before and is expected for sell for between £2m to £3m this December in London
Art dealer's huge studio ceramics collection is up for sale—including the pot that Hans Coper swapped for a goat called Jennea
Phillips and Maak Contemporary Ceramics will jointly sell the collection of the late John Driscoll on 10 November, including works by Lucie Rie, Bernard Leach and Hamada Shoji
Wilhelmina Barns-Graham's collection is up for sale—including the sketch Barbara Hepworth gave her as a wedding present
Works owned by the St Ives artist will be auctioned at Lyon & Turnbull in London tomorrow night