By asking for participation fees upfront, art businesses are hedging their bets against poor sales—but how ethical is this practice?

Commercial representation is growing for leading women who launched and sustained careers before the art market cared

Plus, Cecilia Vicuña; 20th-century women artists at Frieze Masters; and Modigliani in Philadelphia

Delays in entry and an 'insane crowd of socialites' leave a bad taste for some, while others chose to leave rather than wait

Collectors at Frieze London are also investing with White Cube finding buyers for seven works on paper and Xavier Hufkens selarling a large-scale painting in the region of £950,000

New works by young artists are in high demand at the fair, reflecting a surge in prices at auction

Pyotr Pavlensky, who faces prosecution for leaking video of French politician Benjamin Griveaux, could not obtain visa in time for opening of exhibition

In the post-Brexit, post-pandemic era, dealers are moving into new and more central venues in London

In our new series Reality Bites, we assess whether the art market's key players are addressing the urgent issues affecting the wider world

Turner Prize winner will inaugurate Gathering, a space that will support artists whose practices stand outside of the market

Pyotr Pavlensky has been ordered to stand trial in France over leaked sex videos that brought down a close ally of President Emmanuel Macron

The fair’s parent company MCH Group is developing "new digital formats" to support galleries

For each work sold, 15% will go to a charity or institution of the artist’s choice—but will the new sales format ruffle dealers’ feathers?

Claims were first published by Die Zeit newspaper, but König says the report is “false and misleading”

The collaboration with Artory is the first in the history of the decorative arts

Works by Miro, Hockney and Glenna Goodacre are among those being sold to pay off creditors as couple face allegations of embezzlement

Cambodian government says stone artefacts kept at San Francisco home of billionaire Lindemann family match those looted from sacred site

Organisation's chief still sees Hong Kong as "primary gateway to region" despite Beijing crackdown causing jitters for businesses

The event was to be held at the Place de la Concorde in October to coincide with the inaugural Paris+ par Art Basel

Artist will destroy thousands of his works at Newport Street Gallery in London this autumn

Marc Spiegler remains global director of the Swiss fair and will oversee De Bellis—but will take on a more “strategic” position

There were few fireworks in the three-part sale as the froth comes off the top of the market

Several men ambushed a jewellery stand—though the fair has now been secured

Castor and Indigo+Madder are jointly taking a space and will share offices and viewing rooms—though will operate separate exhibition programmes

Robert Newland worked for Philbrick’s secondary market business Modern Collections before stints at Hauser & Wirth and Superblue

A series of sketches for the artist's monumental SDI painting of 1986 are believed to be the "only studies for an abstract painting to have survived"

The French-US artist is showing a hologram sculpture with Marianne Boesky at Art Basel

The fair’s opening day was buoyed by the presence of a new generation of artists, collectors and dealers

As Swiss fair returns to its traditional June dates, the organisation is growing its fair portfolio