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
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
InterviewCommercial galleries
Dominique Lévy: ‘I just don’t think big is better’
She started off as an apprentice clown and did a stint as a currency trader, but it’s as a dealer in works of art in the vanguard of social change that Dominique Lévy has found her true calling
PreviewArt market
Private view: must-see gallery shows opening this June
New commercial gallery shows—from notions of black culture in London to immigrant identity in Los Angeles
FeatureArt market
'Those were different times': the antics of an Imps and Mods dealer in the swinging sixties
Martin Summers recalls a long and eventful career in the trade
NewsKnoedler
Knoedler owner Michael Hammer may be liable for fraud over fakes, New York judge finds
The ruling was based on the loose business dealings of Hammer, the gallery and its parent company—like reimbursing him $2m for luxury cars
NewsArt market
Carl Freedman opens Margate gallery 30 years after first visiting town with former girlfriend Tracey Emin
Dealer, who started out mounting exhibitions in East End warehouses in the 1990s, has opted for a change of pace—and much larger space—in seaside town
NewsCommercial galleries
Warhol and Basquiat's fruitful friendship goes on show at Jack Shainman gallery
Exhibition in upstate New York includes over 100 works, from polaroids to film, some of which are for sale
NewsArt market
Italian galleries no longer have to pay artist royalties on primary market sales
New guidelines are published after six year negotiation, but galleries will have to provide written contracts with artists when acting on consignment
NewsDesign
When form plus function equals art
High-profile shows are breaking down the boundaries between designers and artists
NewsFrieze New York 2019
The walls come tumbling down at new Object & Thing fair
Brooklyn fair waives stand fees, charges a commission on sales instead
NewsFrieze New York 2019
African art fair 1-54 decamps to NY’s West Village
Newcomers seize on a “logical place to be”
NewsFrieze New York 2019
Is it time to drop the ‘Latin American’ artist label?
Galleries are starting to move away from the historic term as new awareness builds
NewsFrieze New York 2019
Amassing a Frieze Library, book by book
Galleries donate publications for a collection that will go to the Metropolitan Museum
BlogFrieze New York 2019
Frieze New York diary: from Ron Nagle's psychedelic works to Hockney's portrait of a cross-dressing superstar
Plus, the Rubin Museum's wheel of fortune and Videofreex's comeback
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
BlogThe Buck stopped here
Denzil Forrester's new London retrospective offers zingy blast from the parties of the past
Artist's works from last four decades bring London’s reggae and dub club scene back to life at Stephen Friedman Gallery
PreviewExhibitions
Twelve exhibitions not to miss during Frieze New York
From the Leipzig School artist Neo Rauch at the Drawing Center, to Nari Ward at the New Museum, there's plenty to see around New York City during Frieze
NewsArt market
Larry Gagosian launches art advisory firm in New York
Laura Paulson, formerly of Christie's, to head up new business, while her husband Andrew Fabricant has been promoted to the new position of chief operating officer
CommentArt market
Should dealers reveal past prices in provenance?
London case surrounding Brueghel painting raises questions over whether a work's full sales history should be listed—even when that shows a big markup
NewsArt market
Kamel Mennour to show controversial 'rediscovered' Caravaggio in Paris gallery
Judith beheading Holofernes—due to be auctioned this June estimated at £86m-£129m—will be juxtaposed with a Daniel Buren installation
PreviewPrivate view
Private View: must-see gallery exhibitions opening this April
New commercial gallery shows—from East African scenes to Freud’s sitter
NewsExhibitions
Making art history: Zeng Fanzhi organises first show on Cézanne, Morandi and Sanyu
Non-selling exhibition at Gagosian Hong Kong includes works from Asian private collections
NewsArt Basel in Hong Kong 2019
Brisk sales at satellite fair Art Central Hong Kong despite economic downturn
Upbeat mood at harbourfront fair despite a "recent slow market in the region," founder says
NewsArt fairs
What has sold at Art Basel in Hong Kong?
Early sales reports raise old questions about the process of selling at a fair
InterviewCommercial galleries
Five minutes with… Brett Gorvy on the Asian art market
Lévy Gorvy launches its Hong Kong space with a group show exploring how nature and tradition have provided comfort in turbulent times
PreviewExhibitions
Six exhibitions to see during Art Basel in Hong Kong
Escape fairtigue with gallery shows across the city, from Mary Corse and Louise Bourgeois to Tishan Hsu and Richard Lin
NewsArt market
Historic Bernheim-Jeune and Fine Art Society galleries shut up shop
A sign of the times, two of London and Paris’s oldest firms closed their premises in the traditional art heartlands of the cities
CommentArt market
Should galleries adopt the Tinder approach?
Dealers face a difficult marketplace and industry leaders say “engagement is the currency of the 21st century”
NewsArt market
Galleries are focusing on female artists to tackle the industry's gender divide
Dealers are attempting to redress the balance as report shows that women continue to be underrepresented
NewsArt market
Blain Southern to open in New York
British art dealers will open in Cheim & Read's former Chelsea space in May with a show of Malian artist Abdoulaye Konaté
PreviewCommercial galleries
Private View: our pick of March gallery shows around the world
New commercial gallery shows—from sculpture to shipwreck paintings
PreviewArt fairs
From poaching to plastic: London's Collect craft fair takes on politically charged topics
Fifteen artists show conceptual craft and design works, some of which reflect current concerns
NewsArt market
Blue chip galleries partner with London's Selfridges store to sell art
Shop's programme highlights Crossrail artists’ commissions including Chantal Joffe, Yayoi Kusama and Darren Almond
NewsArt market
Mary Boone's Manhattan galleries will close in April following her jail-time sentencing for tax fraud
Facing 30 months in prison beginning in May, the dealer calls herself the "Martha Stewart of the art world"
ReviewExhibitions
Jasper Johns’s latest work is unmistakably his own, transmitting traces of the past
From the very first painting in his show at Matthew Marks Gallery, visitors will find familiar themes
InterviewFrieze Los Angeles 2019
Confessions of a dealer: Alex Freedman
We speak to the co-founder of Freedman Fitzpatrick gallery in Los Angeles about coding, George Bush and mistaking dealers for magicians
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
Melanie Gerlis