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
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
InterviewFrieze Los Angeles 2019
Confessions of a dealer: Brian Faucette
We speak to the senior director of Night Gallery in Los Angeles about art world small talk, forgotten studio visits and the resurgence of photography
NewsCommercial galleries
David Kordansky doubles gallery space and expands diverse artist roster
Last year, the LA gallery took on Michael Williams, Fred Eversley, Huma Bhabha and Lauren Halsey as well as the estates of Tom of Finland and Betty Woodman
NewsFrieze Los Angeles
Art and entertainment worlds cosy up at Frieze Los Angeles
Having for years viewed each other with suspicion, relations between agencies and galleries may start warming up
NewsNazi loot
Max Stern: dealer's heirs still fighting for looted art justice
With works from the forced liquidation of his gallery by the Nazis still regularly turning up in Germany, two current restitution claims by his heirs could have major ramifications for all those seeking to recover looted art
NewsArt market
Economic policies introduced by Mexico’s new president have yet to dent dealers' sales at Zona Maco
Works at mid-tier price points are moving quickly at the 16th edition of the Mexico City fair, according to exhibitors
NewsAuctions
The Fine Art Society closes Mayfair gallery after 142 years with 'emotional' sale at Sotheby’s
Sculpture of Peter Pan and painting by Gluck were among the stars of five-hour long auction
NewsCommercial galleries
Private View: our pick of February gallery shows around the world
New commercial gallery shows—from figuration to incarceration
NewsArt market
The Armory Show offers a free booth to emerging galleries to celebrate its 25-year legacy
The first recipient of the new Gramercy International Prize, Ramiken gallery, will present two artists at the 2019 edition of the fair
NewsCommercial galleries
New York’s scrapped L-train shutdown is an ‘emotional rollercoaster’ for Brooklyn-based galleries
Many art dealers have made tough business decisions over the last year as plans to repair the vital transportation link between Brooklyn and Manhattan shifted
BlogLinda on the loose
A standout portrait of a towering James Baldwin
A show at David Zwirner explores the writer's life, his circle and his legacy
PreviewArt market
Acceptable in your 80s: first monograph and a London show for octogenarian sculptor
Book accompanies Paul de Monchaux's new exhibition, a collaboration between his young dealer Megan Piper and Bowman Sculpture
NewsCondo
Condo London brings new energy to former gallery hub in Cork Street
Complex in heart of Mayfair will be occupied by three "temporarily spaceless" galleries for city-wide event
NewsArt market
Art dealer Mary Boone claims early-life trauma prompted her criminal tax evasion
A psychological evaluation submitted by her lawyers to a Manhattan federal court ask for leniency in judge’s ruling
NewsArt Basel in Miami Beach
The tax man cometh: new laws on sales tax pose problems for US art dealers
US Supreme Court decision is causing anxiety among dealers
NewsIvory
$1.3m worth of ivory seized in California—the largest haul since a ban was adopted in the state
The Carlton Gallery of San Diego and a nearby warehouse had hundreds of pieces
BlogLinda on the loose
Everything is black and white: Liam Gillick and Adam Pendleton in friendly competition at Eva Presenhuber
BlogLinda on the loose
Art-induced whiplash at TEFAF New York
A dizzying mix of antique oddities and gems attract browsers to the city's third iteration of the fair
AnalysisFiac
Art world figures at Fiac reveal the main challenges they face today
From fair fatigue to unearthing new talent, gallerists and collectors at the Paris event share their concerns
NewsThree to see
Three shows to see in New York this weekend
Head downtown for Sarah Lucas, a deep-dive into LES galleries and Toyin Ojih Odutola's beguiling portraits
NewsArt market
Galleries on New York's Lower East Side band together to boost foot traffic
More than 20 galleries will participate in the inaugural LES Art Week, launching 17 October
CommentArt market
The all-powerful market is sounding the death knell for connoisseurship
Today, art history is increasingly being written by dealers and auctioneers to suit their own purpose
NewsFrieze London 2018
Wasteful art world gets ready to clean up its act
Shipping firms seek to replace single-use crates
InterviewFrieze London 2018
Confessions of a dealer: Franck Prazan
We speak to the director of Paris's Applicat-Prazan gallery about dealers in denial and the pleasures of Pink Floyd
FeatureFrieze London 2018
Contemporary galleries start looking to the next generation
The gallery gene does not normally survive beyond one generation, so how can contemporary art galleries survive their founders and keep their edge?
Podcast
Frieze special: the fair and the top shows, with Doris Salcedo and Ragnar Kjartansson
We talk to the art market specialist Melanie Gerlis about the fair, to Doris Salcedo and Ragnar Kjartansson about their shows, Massimiliano Gioni about the New Museum’s video-art pop-up in London—and much more. Produced in association with Bonhams, auctioneers since 1793.
NewsArt market
At Expo Chicago, a ‘slow burn’ of interest from collectors
Exhibitors benefit from the curatorial heft of local art institutions
BlogThe Buck stopped here
Space (and time) shifting at London's Hayward and Matt's Gallery
NewsArt market
Nan Goldin signs up with Marian Goodman Gallery
The photographer and anti-opioid activist will show works at Frieze and Fiac
ReviewExhibitions
An enigma solved: Old Masters and contemporary artists mix together well at David Zwirner
A show co-organised with the dealer Nicholas Hall demonstrates the endlessly exciting possibilities of blending the old and the new
NewsArt market
Max Hetzler defies Brexit uncertainties and opens London gallery
New space on Dover Street will focus on historical exhibitions and two-person shows
NewsArt market
Chinese art and antiquities spared from Trump’s tariffs
Auction houses and art dealers express ‘relief’ even as the US-China trade war escalates
BlogLinda on the loose
Charline von Heyl at Petzel Gallery is the show to beat this season in New York
BlogThe Buck stopped here
Child prodigies: works by schoolchildren up for grabs in silent charity auction at Alison Jacques
BlogLinda on the loose
Beads and art world bigwigs abound at the opening of Lehmann Maupin’s new Chelsea gallery
NewsArt fairs
Brigitte Macron cheers up dealers at a smaller La Biennale Paris
One stand is closed down in a vetting crackdown at the French art fair, which organisers say can return to its former glory if "dealers would stop bickering"
PreviewArt market
Private View: our pick of September gallery shows
New exhibitions at commercial galleries, from Joan Mitchell's last show at Cheim & Read, to Francesca Woodman's haunting photographs in Venice
NewsArt market
New York's Chelsea galleries hope new storefronts will bring new business
After waves of closures, the pricey West Side art district sees a frenzy of growth this fall
NewsArt market
Dealer Mary Boone pleads guilty to $1.6m in tax fraud
The art dealer will pay $3m in restitution to the IRS after falsifying returns to hide her use of gallery profits to upgrade her Manhattan home
NewsCommercial galleries
Artist withdraws work from gallery group show inspired by Peter Sellers brownface film
An op-ed criticising the exhibition for its dismissal of the movie's racist overtones has prompted some reflection
InterviewVideo, film & new media
‘I like the liberation of film’: the photographer and experimental film-maker Duane Michals explains why he prefers moving pictures
The 86-year-old artist is showing three new short films at DC Moore Gallery in New York
NewsArt market
David Zwirner appoints curator-cum-Instagram-influencer as its first online sales director—why?
Elena Soboleva to head up the virtual gallery and expand its collector base as galleries embrace selling art digitally as an 'evolution of the walk-in business'
News#metoo
Poland’s answer to the Guerrilla Girls—the 'bison ladies'—stage protest against Araki exhibition in Warsaw
Japanese artist became embroiled in #Metoo movement over treatment of long-time model
NewsCommercial galleries
Radical performance artist Ulay to show rarely seen works in London exhibition
Marina Abramovic’s ex-partner has signed up with Richard Saltoun gallery
NewsAppointments & departures
Charles Saumarez Smith to leave Royal Academy of Arts to become senior director of Blain Southern
Secretary and chief executive of the London museum says he wanted to go “at a time of obvious strength and success”
NewsArt market
White Cube appoints Warhol expert Eric Shiner artistic director in New York
Is the London-based gallery growing its US team to open an exhibition space there?
NewsArt market
Banksy painting sells for record £1.5m as ‘greatest hits’ show opens at London gallery
Prices for larger works by the Bristolian street artist could fetch more than £5m
NewsArt market
From project space to mega dealer: Jay Jopling celebrates 25 years of White Cube
Hong Kong show features rarely seen archival material, while 23 artists have made new works for an exhibition dedicated to memory in London
PreviewLondon Art Week
Re-discoveries, the Holy Grail of Old Master dealers: we pick out four at London Art Week
From a Van Dyck once thought to be by Rubens to William Nicholson's portrait of an actress identified only weeks ago
NewsArt market
Private View: our pick of July and August gallery shows
New shows at commercial galleries, from Canova's prank portrait of Giorgione to a feminist take on Pop art
NewsCommercial galleries
What to see in Condo New York
The American edition of the international gallery exchange programme brings exhibitors from Cairo, Tokyo and Kolkata
NewsArt market
Have gallery representation and exclusivity had their day?
Increasing numbers of young artists are choosing to go it alone
NewsArt law
Jeff Koons and Larry Gagosian file motion to dismiss collector’s 'impatient' demands for work he did not receive
Steven Tananbaum sued the artist and gallery in April for failing to deliver works he bought in 2014, likening the incident to a Ponzi scheme
ReviewExhibitions
Joaquín Torres-García, mapped and remapped
Acquavella Galleries’ exhibition of the Uruguay-born Modernist is a primer for the uninitiated and a treasury of rarely seen gems
CommentArt Basel 2018
Rapper pays $18.5m for work at auction but the artist gets nothing—is the system in need of reform?
Anny Shaw asks if auction houses and dealers should pay their dues to the artists from whom they profit
NewsArt Basel 2018
Three cheers for Zeng Fanzhi
Hauser & Wirth will host concurrent exhibitions of the Chinese artist Zeng Fanzhi this autumn in Zurich, London and Hong Kong
NewsArt market
New York gallerist Tanya Bonakdar to open first space in Los Angeles
The dealer says her artists encouraged the expansion
NewsArt Basel 2018
ShanghArt and Waldburger Wouters to open project space during Art Basel
This will be the first time a major Chinese gallery has opened a space in Europe
ReviewHoward Hodgkin
A great send-off: Howard Hodgkin's extraordinary final paintings go on show at Gagosian
Late artist completed six paintings in five weeks, all of which are included in London gallery exhibition
PreviewArt market
Paris Gallery Weekend is a shot in the arm for city’s under-the-radar gallery scene
The state-backed fifth edition is biggest ever with 44 galleries across five districts
NewsArt market
Jan Fabre explores Belgian identity—and rails against far-right nationalists—at new Galerie Templon show
New space for the Paris dealer consolidates gallery’s position as primary market power in France
NewsObituaries
Chicago dealer Richard Gray has died, aged 89
The gallerist and patron was a key figure in the city’s art scene for more than 50 years
NewsArt fairs
Former exhibitor in dispute with Photo London over stolen Juergen Teller
London dealer Alison Jacques says the photograph was taken from last year's fair and another work was damaged due to temperature fluctuations
NewsArt market
First exhibition on Jean Dubuffet’s fascination with cities to open this summer
Hauser & Wirth show in Zürich includes loans from the Tate, the Stedelijk Museum and the Fondation Dubuffet
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”
Melanie Gerlis