NewsArt market
San Francisco fairs reflect the Bay Area's widening wealth gap
While Fog Design+Art and Untitled continue to draw established dealers, younger galleries opt out due to concerns over sustainability
PreviewCommercial galleries
Private view: must-see gallery shows opening in January
Lydia Benglis's sparkly vessels and an abortion rights fundraiser—the best new commercial exhibitions this month
AnalysisArt market
Jitters and reasons to be cheerful: art market experts give their 2020 predictions
Faced with economic uncertainty, turmoil in Hong Kong, Brexit and a shrinking auction market, the art trade has some justifiable anxiety about the coming year
NewsExhibitions
Three exhibitions to see in New York this weekend
From Guercino drawings at the Morgan to meditations on Cézanne at Ceysson & Bénétière
AnalysisThe Year in Review 2019
From cancelled fairs to street art's auction room takeover: the art market's fruitiest stories of 2019
We look back at the stories that have overturned the art world order this year
NewsAppointments & departures
Charles Saumarez Smith steps down as senior director at Blain Southern
Gallery is going through a “period of restructuring”, according to founder Harry Blain
NewsArt Basel in Miami Beach 2019
Montreal dealer Robert Landau to move his headquarters to Lucerne in 2022
He has secured a 40-year lease on a 35,000 sq. m castle-like complex, with plans to create a sculpture park and private freeport
NewsArt Basel in Miami Beach 2019
Discounts give younger galleries a leg up at Art Basel in Miami Beach
A 20% fee reduction for new galleries exhibiting contemporary art has enabled smaller players to join the fair's main section
NewsThree to see
Three exhibitions to see in Miami this weekend
From the Rubell Museum’s inaugural display to Sterling Ruby’s first solo museum exhibition
NewsArt Basel in Miami Beach 2019
South American galleries face down turmoil
Civil unrest and economic shifts have Latin American dealers doubling down on Miami's international market
NewsArt market
Perrotin moves Hong Kong gallery to Kowloon—but it has nothing to do with the protests
The gallery will relocate to a new cultural and residential district developed by billionaire collector Adrian Cheng
InterviewArt dealers
‘I just wanted people’s attention’: dealer Mariane Ibrahim on championing young artists of the African diaspora
Ahead of her debut at Art Basel in Miami Beach, the Chicago-based gallerist walks us through her journey from marketing McDonald's to setting up shop in Seattle
ReviewThree to see
Three exhibitions to see in New York this weekend
From Peter Halley’s day-glo funhouse to Rachel Harrison’s retrospective at the Whitney
NewsCommercial galleries
Cheap rents and larger spaces: Barcelona suburb tries to entice dealers out of the city
Some galleries have moved to the industrial warehouse L’Hospitalet but others say it is too far out of the commercial centre
NewsCommercial galleries
Helen Molesworth to collaborate with Jack Shainman on summer programming
The curator is organising “Feedback” for the gallery’s Upstate New York satellite space, marking her first major curatorial project since leaving LA’s Moca
ReviewThree to see
Three exhibitions to see in New York this weekend
From Wayne Thiebaud’s little-known paintings of the Southwest to Shirin Neshat’s exhibition of Iranian women artists
NewsArt market
London dealers Graham Southern and Harry Blain part ways
Blain Southern gallery is undergoing restructuring but “remains committed to its artists”, Blain says
PreviewCommercial galleries
Private view: three must-see gallery shows opening in November
Conceptual videos by Teresa Margolles and the boys of the Beaux Arts Generation are among our picks of the best commercial exhibitions this month
NewsCommercial galleries
'Like launching a start-up': the modern day growing pains facing commercial galleries
The increasing professionalisation of the commercial art world yields new complexities for dealers
NewsArt crime
'Prominent' Berlin art dealer arrested on suspicion of fraud
Police has raided seven premises in connection with the investigation
NewsFiac
Fiac fever: amidst Brexit drama, we ask 'virgin' dealers why they chose the Paris fair this year
Galleries fresh to the 46th edition explain their decision and reveal their early sales
NewsExhibitions
Plastic bottle peril: Gavin Turk's environmental crusade marches on in new show inspired by Extinction Rebellion
Watercolours of water bottles as well as hundreds of discarded bottles from London's streets will be shown at Amsterdam gallery
NewsArt market
Imane Farès drops out of new Paris gallery complex
Gallery was due to take a space in Komunuma, housed in a 1940s former manufacturing plant in Romainville, a north eastern suburb
FeatureArt market
Running a contemporary gallery is tough: we look at London's lost commercial art spaces
There is a long list of innovative ventures to have fallen by the capital’s waysides but some have left a lasting legacy
NewsFrieze London 2019
Frieze returns to safe haven of painting amid threat of recession and political instability
Traditional medium is back in fashion amid looming Brexit
NewsFrieze London 2019
Early sales at Frieze London
Stanley Whitney, Elizabeth Peyton and Joy Labinjo are among the first works to attract buyers at this year's fair
Interview
South African dealer Liza Essers on refusing to give in to legal browbeating
Goodman gallery director discusses being taken to court by President Zuma and acknowledging her privilege
NewsFrieze 2019
White Cube to open 'office and viewing rooms' in Paris
Launch is latest high-profile opening in the French capital pre-Brexit
PreviewCommercial galleries
Private view: must-see gallery shows opening in October
Steamy Trinidad scenes and black female fetishisation—the best new commercial exhibitions this month
ReviewThree to see
Three exhibitions to see in New York this weekend
From the Met Breuer’s Vija Celmins retrospective to Kehinde Wiley’s first public sculpture
BlogThe Insiders
New York gallery season kicks off with rights, wrongs and rising above the ‘other’
ReviewThree to see
Three exhibitions to see in Los Angeles this weekend
The West Coast gallery season opens with its own slate of must see shows, from Tala Madani's scatological depictions of motherhood to Kenny Scharf's jabs at consumerism
NewsThree to see
Three exhibitions to see in New York this weekend
From the LMCC’s Art Center inaugural season to William Powhida’s watercolour memes
NewsArt market
Is this $30m portrait the 'last Botticelli'?
Painting will be exhibited at Frieze Masters next month, after a "style of Botticelli" sleeper sold for over £6m at Zurich auction in June
NewsArt market
Sean Scully to take over Picasso’s Château de Boisgeloup
Sprawling exhibition marks Irish artist’s first with Almine Rech gallery
NewsArt dealers
Banksy's former agent quits gallery world citing snobbery and the death of subculture
Steve Lazarides leaves Lazinc in Mayfair to pursue solo projects
AnalysisCommercial galleries
Mega-galleries pick up the pace in the race for space
Commercial galleries continue to expand in Manhattan despite steep real estate costs
NewsThree to see
Three exhibitions to see in New York this weekend
From the Rubin Museum's meditation on “power” to the Costume Institute's celebration of camp
PreviewCommercial galleries
Private view: must-see gallery shows opening in September
New commercial gallery shows—from Baroque blackness in Chicago to flying saucers in London
NewsLaw
London art dealer Joseph Nahmad spared jail after banging ex-partner’s head against wall during drunken row
Nahmad received a suspended sentence on Friday and must attend 20 days of rehab
NewsCommercial galleries
Perrotin picks up four new artists post-KAWS
Emily Mae Smith, Genesis Belanger, Claire Tabouret and Gabriel de la Mora join the Paris dealer's growing gallery network
NewsCommercial galleries
Australia's only gallery dedicated to female artists to open in Melbourne
Founder of Finkelstein Gallery aims to counter the low representation of women in the Australian art world
NewsAfrican art
African art gallery co-founded by Hemingway's son opens Tribeca storefront
The gallery originally opened in the 1970s as a venue for the launch party of Hemingway's memoir
NewsObituaries
Dealer Karsten Schubert—champion of YBAs including Rachel Whiteread and Gary Hume—has died, aged 57
The German-born gallerist and publisher was a key figure in the London art world for more than 30 years
InterviewDealers
Michael Findlay: 'You don’t make art good by making it expensive’
A fixture of New York’s art scene since the 1960s, dealer Michael Findlay mourns the loss of the city’s local market and fears that the cost of real estate will destroy innovation
NewsCommercial galleries
‘Grand Paris’: new art complex to open in Parisian suburb
Galleries such as Air de Paris and Fabienne Leclerc will relocate to a refurbished industrial space in Romainville
CommentArt market
An increasingly polarised marketplace needs a third way
The divide between primary and secondary markets blur as sales skew in favour of a few recognised, bankable artists
NewsArt market
Are exotic islands and big bucks the way to an artist’s heart?
As artists and their estates become choosier about representation, galleries are going all out to keep them happy
NewsCommercial galleries
Chelsea gallery reshuffle: Kasmin expands as Pace/MacGill consolidates
Kasmin to gain more than 4,000 sq ft with new space, while Pace/MacGill moves in to Pace's headquarters
NewsCommercial galleries
‘Brexit changes the game’: David Zwirner to open Paris gallery
Mega-dealer’s first space on the European continent will open to coincide with Fiac art fair this autumn
ReviewBook Shorts
This catalogue succinctly surveys Leon Kossoff’s London life paintings
Cityscapes and portraits, along with his Old Master transcriptions, feature in this book that accompanies an exhibition at Lodnon's Piano Nobile Gallery
NewsCommercial galleries
US-China trade war proves the 'last straw' for Pace Beijing
The gallery closed its mainland China outpost after ten years due to ongoing tariff hikes, but may expand its Hong Kong presence
PreviewCommercial galleries
Private view: must-see gallery shows opening this July and August
New commercial gallery shows—from a sense of spirituality in Liverpool to Long Island loving in New York
NewsCommercial galleries
'You can’t do this by yourself': in a lean market, New York's smaller galleries stick together
Younger dealers share experiences and expertise to survive the middle-market squeeze
NewsHong Kong
Hong Kong’s art world unites as demonstrations gather momentum
The gallery community has encouraged strike action, with many closing to enable staff to join protests
NewsEconomics
Sizing up salaries in the visual arts world
A US survey compares compensation for employees by age, job type and education level
NewsCommercial galleries
Transvangarde pioneer October Gallery turns 40
The London space champions emerging artists from across the globe
BlogThe Buck stopped here
The aerodrome: Michael Stanley remembered at Ikon Gallery
The show is loosely structured around Rex Warner's eponymous novel and co-curated by George Shaw and David Austen
NewsArt Basel 2019
Now showing: why do art fairs neglect video art?
Collector interest in videos is rising, but the medium still struggles to find floor space
NewsBauhaus
Big birthday is a boon for Bauhaus
How the market for artists associated with the German movement is hotting up in this centenary year
NewsArt Basel 2019
Off-floor selling boosts trade at Art Basel
Viewing rooms, appetite-whetting preview publications and digital platforms are all paying off for galleries at the fair
NewsCommercial galleries
Salon 94 gallery is moving to a huge property on Manhattan's Upper East Side
The founder of the art and design space plans to consolidate the gallery programme
NewsArt Basel 2019
Auction prices: the elephant in the room at Art Basel
The first rule of art fairs is don't talk about auctions—but sometimes they can benefit artists and their dealers
NewsArt Basel 2019
At Art Basel, dealers are looking to reap the rewards of the Venice Biennale
It is an open secret that sales are made in Venice, but dealers at the Swiss art fair are looking to capitalise on the buzz the Biennale creates
NewsPhotography
Hauser & Wirth to represent Annie Leibovitz worldwide
US photographer and gallery are looking at editioning her works
NewsGagosian Gallery
Gagosian's pop-up gallery in Basel to become permanent
Mega-dealer says “world-class museums” and Ernst Beyeler’s legacy are behind the move
NewsArt market
Goodman Gallery will open in London to rail against 'heightened nationalist sentiment and populist politics'
South African gallery is first to be confirmed for new Cork Street redevelopment which has been empty since it was finished last year
NewsNew York real estate
Artists and dealers resist the development of New York’s Chinatown
The coalition Art Against Displacement rallies against the construction of four contested luxury towers in a Manhattan Supreme Court hearing today
NewsCommercial galleries
Marlborough rebrands and expands in New York's Chelsea neighbourhood
Max Levai will head up the newly consolidated global gallery as blue-chip dealers increase their real estate footprint and stretch their family legacies
CommentArt market
'We felt we had to make a choice and we chose scholarship': why Galerie St. Etienne went non-profit
Jane Kallir explains why, after 80 years as a commercial enterprise, the New York gallery has become a foundation
Jane Kallir