AnalysisCommercial galleries
As galleries begin to re-open, dealerships that survived the Spanish Flu reflect on art sales in the age of pandemics
While some cultivated key clients like the Kennedys and Fords, others relied on close communication even under socially distanced circumstances
AnalysisOutsider art
Outsider art pulls an 'in' crowd in New York
The city's Americana week saw works by 20th century self-taught artists edging out traditional folk art and antiques thanks to a growing celebrity-studded client base
NewsArt market
Art storage demands flare as California fires rage
Calls for emergency art storage are putting pressure on art shipment and insurance firms
ArchiveArt market
Elaborate, traditional pieces sold well at the latest auctions
Chinese and Russian buyers with a taste for the ornate have added a new layer of bidding and are forcing prices ever higher
ArchiveArt market
Decorative arts market report: The field is booming, fuelled by museum buying and style-hounds
"Sold to the person in the Prada suit"
ArchiveArt market
Decorative arts sales shift to Chicago
New York vies with London for nineteenth- and twentieth-century decorative arts sales, but Chicago is coming on quickly
ArchiveArt market
Post-1935 decorative arts, mass produced at exclusive prices
A survey of the decorative arts market
ArchiveArt market
Influx of new collectors of American paintings boosts market
Even third-rate works are now selling for six figures
NewsDesign
When form plus function equals art
High-profile shows are breaking down the boundaries between designers and artists
PreviewArt market
Private view: must-see gallery shows opening this May
New commercial gallery shows—from a new space in south London to an apartment show in San Gimignano
InterviewArtists
Picasso biographer John Richardson dies, aged 95
We recently spoke to the art historian about his new book focusing on his extraordinary life, his homes and his eclectic personal collection
NewsArt market
New York’s Americana week reveals a generational shift in taste
Sales lag while demand for folk art is on the rise as Millennials move away from a ‘Home Alone’ aesthetic
NewsCommercial galleries
Dealers mix Modern furniture with Old Masters in New York
Nicholas Hall and François Laffanour have paired up on the Upper East Side
NewsArt market
Antiques trade adapts to survive
Dealers downsize or go online as tastes in furniture and collecting change
NewsArt market
In the trade, October 2016
NewsArt market
In the Trade, September 2016
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In the Trade, April 2016
NewsArt market
In the Trade, July/August 2015
ArchiveArt market
Collectors flock to Lalanne sheep, driven by recent exhibition at the Paul Kasmin Gallery
Set of sheep sell for $746,500
ArchiveArt market
2011 Sharjah Biennial artists announced
New organiser discloses record 119 artists from 36 countries will be exhibited
ArchiveArtist interview
Interview with Bruce Weber: “We had to work fast—and run”
Photographer Bruce Weber has spent seven years recording the plight of Miami’s Haitian community
ArchiveArt market
Sale of Diego Giacometti floor lamp at TEFAF confirms that design is well and truly in vogue
Dealers cite the design section's new position as the reason for this year's exceptional sales, in proximity to contemporary art dealers
ArchiveObituaries
Obituary and tributes: Ernst Beyeler
Art world remembers a great art dealer, collector and museum founder
ArchiveArt market
Forbes family hold sale of 38 Victorian pictures
Brothers raise cash with a few pictures from their extensive collection
ArchiveBasel
Basel satellite fairs beset by management complications in the midst of US dealers shunning Europe
Exhibitors wary of investing in weak market, while community groups oppose Scope tent on public open space
ArchiveGagosian Gallery
Gagosian doubling space in Los Angeles
Meanwhile, Steven Kasher moves in on Gagosian territory
ArchiveCollectors
Collector Richard Driehaus's private museum gets a classical makeover
Who said it was all about modernism?
ArchiveMay 2009
Chicago's industrialist benefactors built the city’s art collections—but can today’s patrons maintain them?
So far the next generation have yet to replicate their parents’ efforts on the same scale
ArchiveArtist interview
Interview with Chuck Close on how his grandma’s crochet inspired his artistic vision
On the eve of a show at PaceWildenstein in New York, the veteran US artist discusses the importance of the year he spent with his grandmother when he was eleven
ArchiveVideo, film & new media
New Kinetica fair celebrates kinetic and hi-tech art
The event will be held 28 February to 2 March
ArchiveFakes & copies
Difficult timing for autumn fairs in New York as financial crisis hits home
Allegations of “fake” antiques further undermine confidence
ArchiveArt dealers
Paris dealers take on Manhattan as galleries migrate across the pond
“We meet a broader range of collectors here”
ArchiveArt Basel in Miami Beach
Messe Schweiz, parent company of Art Basel, to run Miami Beach Convention Centre
Critics question their priorities, one city commissioner calling their plan to manage the venue “like the fox in the henhouse”
ArchiveArt Basel
Roman Abramovich keeps spirits high and dealers rely on old favourites: Art Basel 2008
While the known and bankable sold at a steady rate, Abramovich was the name on everybody's lips
ArchiveDesign Miami
Brad Pitt spends $1m on contemporary work at Design Miami/Basel 2008
Design is in vogue, as buyers show appreciation for the everyday turned decorative
ArchiveArt Basel in Miami Beach
Art Basel Miami Beach 2009 to boast double the exhibition space
Art Basel owners Messe Schweiz are in pole position to take charge of Miami venue
ArchiveArt market
New York Americana week report: High prices for Colonial, Federal and Native American wares
Collectors seek top antiques in a market with a dwindling supply
ArchiveArt Basel in Miami Beach
Design Miami plans global expansion
The fair, now backed by Art Basel’s owners, targets China
ArchiveDesign Miami
New Korean buyers responsible for most ostentatious purchases at Design Miami/Basel 2007
As the market becomes more international, Jean Prouvé and the Danish school enjoy a resurgence
ArchiveDesign Miami
Dealers double as patrons: Design Miami/Basel 2007
The dealer-artist relationship becomes more prominent as galleries strive for individuality, while Jean Prouvé's dominance is undeniable
ArchiveArt fairs
Asia Week, New York: Dealers and auction houses report strong sales
There were new buyers and more collectors from India and China, but the art fairs were quieter events
ArchiveTate
Tate woos US patrons with cocktails at 10 Downing Street
Guggenheim director says US institutions cannot compete with such incentives
ArchiveArt Basel in Miami Beach
Art Basel/Miami Beach 2006 sees the breakdown of the binary between functional and ornamental
There has has been talk of an unusually high proportion of sales, particularly of design pieces
ArchiveAntiques
Going...going...is the traditional antique gallery dying?
Dealers race to sell stock at auction as buying tastes change
ArchiveArt market
Warring New York dealers guilty of tax evasion
Court orders Helen Fioratti and James Sansum to repay huge sums
ArchiveArt Basel in Miami Beach
The new domesticity in Contemporary art
Focus is on the decorative arts at Art Basel Miami Beach
ArchiveDecorative arts
SOFA fair, Chicago. Who are the craft collectors?
Many who buy paintings and sculpture are now starting to invest in contemporary decorative arts
ArchiveArt market
Western collectors still paying highest prices for top lots of Asian art
While Chinese sustain the middle market for rare but flashy cinnabar, rhinoceros horn and cloisonné
ArchiveArt market
Appeal over Peter Brant ownership of Warhol
Ms Lindholm has been attempting to regain Warhol's Red Elvis since 2000
ArchiveMuseums
MoMA acquires $25 million Matisse
The plum blossoms painting is one of the artist's last works
ArchiveTate Modern
Tate Modern hopes to expand by half by 2011
The museum has announced an ambitious development project which could cost up to £135 million
ArchiveExhibitions
UBS art goes on show at MoMA
Founder Donald Marron has been instrumental in the acquisition of classic Modern and contemporary art
ArchiveCollectors
Collector Bob Rubin's proves passion for Prouvé in $1 million restoration
The artist’s Maison Tropicale is on show this month at Yale
ArchiveArt market
America votes for giltwood at the International Art and Antiques Show
Decorative arts dealers reported good sales but paintings were harder to shift
ArchiveChristopher Dresser
From flea market to Manhattan penthouse: the revival of Christopher Dresser
Gilbert and George and Mickey Wolfson are among the enthusiastic collectors
ArchiveAntiques fairs
Winter Antiques Fair: “The Academy Award of dealers’ shows”
Exhibitors reported enthusiastic buying as collectors embraced new areas of the market
ArchiveArt dealers
Diary of a New York dealer: Carlton Rochell
Contemporary art collectors are coming to Southeast Asian art. Hollywood’s fascination with Buddhism is also a trigger
ArchiveChicago
Special shows and artists on site made Chicago the capital of the craft market
Prevailing gloom did not deter buying
ArchiveArt fairs
Tough times at the 2002 Armory
Collectors were cautious as economic woes continue
ArchiveArt dealers
Diary of a New York dealer, Hans Kraus, Jr: “The old medium has died and digital has taken over”
Why collectors of 19th-century painting are crossing over into photography
ArchiveArt dealers
A market for baskets: Interview with New York dealer Sebastian Izzard
The difference between Japanese and European taste in the field of Japanese art
ArchiveArt market
Diary of New York art advisors: Nancy A. McClelland and Lars Rachen on trends in the decorative arts market
Sophisticated collectors are crossing over from 19th- and 20th-century painting
ArchiveArt fairs
Americana in high favour at Philadelphia Antiques Show 2002
The event has become the main venue for collectors in this field
ArchiveArt market
How sothebys.com is cutting costs
The loss-making site is shutting down its UK offices
ArchiveArt fairs
Fifth annual artpalmbeach shows Florida as glass capital of the US
Collectors are buying for sun-drenched second homes
ArchiveSotheby's
Sotheby’s ends auctions in Chicago
Twentieth-century decorative arts market may shift to local firms and Phillips
ArchiveTextiles
Antique textiles: A boom from the loom as museum buying and new collectors hike prices
As other items become inaccessible to some collectors, many in the middle market have turned to textiles
ArchiveArt fairs
Three new events for New York
Just as social observers are deploring the hectic roster of arts fairs, three new events have been added to the already crowded calendar.
ArchiveArt market
Architecture is taking centre stage in the art world, and the market for architectural drawings is heating up
Few dealers, scarce material, but a growing audience
ArchiveArt fairs
High end sales as glassware proves a winner at fourth SOFA fair
SOFA fair report '01
ArchiveMay 2001
Interview with economist William N. Goetzmann: 'The financial and the art markets do not crash at the same time'
In 2001, the Yale professor attributed the one- to two-year lag between crashes to the time it takes to liquidate assets
ArchiveAsian art
Asia Week in the galleries
From Shang to the present, Asian art in all its diversity