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Anny Shaw
Anny Shaw is a contributing art market editor at The Art Newspaper and author of Resist: Rebellion, Dissent & Protest in Art
House of Lords report slams UK government’s 'complacent' and 'incoherent' approach to the arts
Committee warns the future of Britain as a cultural leader is at risk
Another monumental Munch painting once hidden from Nazis in a barn heads to the block
Heirs of Jewish art critic forced to sell the work estimated at $15m now set to benefit from Sotheby’s auction
The art world in 2023: market predictions, big shows and museum openings
From a post-pandemic Brexit watershed to Hip Hop's 50th birthday, The Art Newspaper team dicuss what lies ahead this year
New business, familiar face: former Sotheby’s chairperson Patti Wong launches advisory focused on top Asian collectors
Patti Wong & Associates will partner with London-based advisory The Fine Art Group to expand its global reach
‘An absolute art market record’: Christie’s posts $8.4bn in sales for 2022
Single-owner collections and millennials boost auction house’s revenues despite “challenging macro environment”
Sotheby’s on track to make $8bn in 2022, the company’s highest total ever—but don’t be fooled by the top line
Fine art accounts for $5.7bn of that total, a 9.5% drop from 2021
The elephant in the booth: the environmental toll of art fairs
With a host of identikit international fairs showing works already viewed online and often already sold, is there a point to generating all those air miles?
Can art actually help improve Saudi Arabia's abject human rights record?
Culture is being used by Saudi Arabia to project an image of a state that “enriches lives, celebrates national identity and builds understanding between people”
Little progress is being made in diversifying US museum acquisitions, report preview finds
Data from the Burns Halperin Report 2022, published 13 December, shows the limited purchasing power of museums and how much they rely on donors to shape their collections
The last hurrah? Art world excess at Art Basel Miami Beach
Plus, UK culture cuts and Ukrainian Modernism in Madrid
Art Basel in Miami Beach sales report: dealers brace for gloomier times ahead
The fair saw healthy sales, particularly at the market’s top end, but many galleries are wary of a downturn
Miami mega-collector Jorge Pérez: 'I hate to see where America is now'
Other leading cultural figures also respond to Florida's swing to the right
Gagosian announces new board of directors including LVMH's Delphine Arnault and filmmaker Sofia Coppola
Star-studded board of 20 will “raise the bar on the gallery’s vision for the future”, mega-dealer says
The five year warranty on the Salvator Mundi by Leonardo is about to run out—could the buyer have asked for their money back?
Warranties of authenticity offered to buyers can be hard to enforce when auctioneers can fall back on the “generally accepted opinion of scholars and experts”
Banksy in Ukraine: seven new works appear in war-torn sites
The pieces are located throughout the country, from Kyiv to Borodyanka
Five years after #MeToo, what has changed for female artists?
Recently, some major galleries have signed high-profile women, many of whom launched artistic careers long before the industry cared
Censored? London premiere of Andres Serrano’s Capitol attack film pulled for being 'pro-Trump'
US artist says that Prince Charles Cinema has “misinterpreted” his work
Art Week Tokyo’s perfectly orchestrated official launch leads some gallerists to ask—do we really need a fair?
As the city attempts to grow its position as a global art hub, some dealers express a preference for gallery-hopping events
Crisis, what crisis? Global import and export of art set to hit record levels by the end of 2022, according to Art Basel/UBS report
Demand from collectors remains “extremely resilient”—but survey asks how long can the current model be sustained?
Pakistani artists raise money for its devastating floods—and question which causes garner art world support
Osman Yousefzada and nine others sold specially created prints, but Pakistan’s worst natural disaster in living memory has yet to galvanise the industry
‘Pay-to-play’ galleries—which charge artists thousands to exhibit—are on the rise
By asking for participation fees upfront, art businesses are hedging their bets against poor sales—but how ethical is this practice?
Major galleries sign Venice Biennale’s women artists—at last
Commercial representation is growing for leading women who launched and sustained careers before the art market cared
Art boom as the UK busts: how the economic crisis is affecting the market
Plus, Cecilia Vicuña; 20th-century women artists at Frieze Masters; and Modigliani in Philadelphia
VIPeeved: collectors complain about huge Frieze queue and fair full of 'time wasters'
Delays in entry and an 'insane crowd of socialites' leave a bad taste for some, while others chose to leave rather than wait
Tracey Emin sells new work for £2.3m at Christie's and will use the money to fund her new art school
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
Ultra-contemporary art boom defies economic downturn at Frieze London
New works by young artists are in high demand at the fair, reflecting a surge in prices at auction
Babestation-backed sex-tape artist unable to travel to his London show from France
Pyotr Pavlensky, who faces prosecution for leaking video of French politician Benjamin Griveaux, could not obtain visa in time for opening of exhibition
Central London's calling: smaller galleries bank on bigger spaces despite economic uncertainty
In the post-Brexit, post-pandemic era, dealers are moving into new and more central venues in London
All hot air on climate action? Auction houses pledge to cut CO2 while organising global tours for star lots
In our new series Reality Bites, we assess whether the art market's key players are addressing the urgent issues affecting the wider world
British artist Tai Shani gets her first UK commercial show at new London gallery for 'less commercially viable practices'
Turner Prize winner will inaugurate Gathering, a space that will support artists whose practices stand outside of the market