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Dallas Art Fair brings Texas's relationship-driven collecting community into focus

Low exhibitor turnover and deliberative buying underscore a market built on long-term connections, while younger dealers shape the city’s evolving cultural context

Art Basel reveals 33 medalists for second edition of its awards

The shortlist for the Art Basel Awards spans artists, curators and collectors ahead of the June ceremony in Basel

Art Dubai announces updated gallery list for postponed 2026 edition

Around 75 exhibitors due to take part will not attend, following the US-Israel war in Iran

Chicago’s Neighbors and Barely fairs show the strengths of smaller, alternative formats

The two Expo Chicago satellite fairs compliment the main event with accessible settings filled with ambitious presentations

SP-Arte underscores Latin America’s resilient rise amid global market recalibration

Brazil’s largest art fair showcases local identity as regional galleries capitalise on shifting international attention

Is Dubai’s loss Palma's gain? Newly revived Mallorca fair offers ’sun, sand and safety’ for wealthy Germans

VIP day of Art Cologne Palma Mallorca saw brisk sales at the lower end, while war in the Middle East boosts the Spanish island's position as a holiday and culture destination

Expo Chicago’s local focus pays off as Midwestern collectors, institutions buoy sales

The fair’s first edition under director Kate Sierzputowski aims to offer a more tightly curated experience

Chicago’s Obama Presidential Center has art at its core

The centre’s art-filled campus will open in June, but visitors to Expo Chicago can get a preview of its art commissions in two special curated sections of the fair

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Art Cologne heads to the beach with revived Mallorca edition

Nearly two decades after its short-lived debut, the venerable German fair returns to Palma’s newly energised art scene with a strong showing of local galleries

Paying tribute to storied printmaker Kenneth Tyler at the IFPDA Print Fair

On the occasion of the publication of "Tyler Graphics: Catalogue Raisonné, 1986–2001", the National Gallery of Australia is celebrating the printmaker’s legacy and ongoing influence at the New York fair

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Art crowd saddles up at the High Desert Art Fair

A motel in Pioneertown, a community in California's Mojave Desert, offers local grit and an antidote to art fair fatigue

Chile's leading art fair foregrounds affordable works, often with a political edge

The 16th edition of Chaco boasts a plethora of affordable works by Latin American artists in an inclusive atmosphere

Ten must-see works in Art Basel Hong Kong's new section

The fair’s Echoes section is dedicated to art created in the last five years

New Hong Kong fairs offer fresh opportunities for a changing market

The events spotlight mid-career artists, try new fee structures and show works that fit inside a suitcase

Gullah artist Sam Doyle’s narrative portraits shine at Outsider Art Fair in New York

His works, painted on found wood and discarded tin, illuminate culture on the remote Saint Helena Island

Art Dubai 2026 to be postponed and adapted in response to regional conflict

The fair’s 20th edition will be rescheduled to mid-May and have a “more focused and flexible format”, as Iranian strikes in the UAE show no signs of abating

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Comment | Why doesn't Tefaf Maastricht move to Brussels?

The out-of-the-way Maastricht offers travel complications and inferior accommodation—but its intimate size is its advantage

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Can Tefaf Maastricht keep up with the experience economy?

The venerable fair continues to offer a trove of historic treasures, but that might not be enough to draw in today's wealthy buyers

Tefaf Maastricht: the wish list

From a painting by a leading Australian Indigenous artist to a bejewelled book of Shakespeare poems, a Modernist beach buggy and a fine Greek marble, here are some of the works to look out for at the fair

New York’s Independent fair reveals 76 exhibitors for first edition at Pier 36

The fair is foregrounding its reputation as a place to discover new galleries and artists, with nearly half of exhibitors showing at Independent for the first time

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The rise of the destination art fair

As collectors tire of mega-fairs and splurge on experiential travel, a new wave of boutique events seeks to draw buyers and sellers to places like Aspen, Joshua Tree, St Moritz and Mallorca

Spain’s galleries are protesting against high taxes—can Arco Madrid help voice their concerns?

The fair's 45th edition opens as local exhibitors worry about the impact of the country’s prohibitive rate of VAT on art

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'Permabase' vs 'flexispace': which is better for commercial galleries?

The commitment to bricks and mortar can be expensive and inflexible for galleries

‘We're the Tijuana of the tent’: non-profit Ambos's stand at Frieze Los Angeles is relocated

The non-profit, which uses art to connect communities on either side of the Mexico-US border, had to move its stand the day before Frieze's preview

In Pictures: sculpture gets a leg up at Frieze Los Angeles

Artists and dealers have really gone out on a limb this year—or several. Seemingly every other stand holds out a hand or sticks out a foot, and visitors appear to be getting a kick out of it.

‘Better every year’: Frieze opens to swift sales for Los Angeles artists

The VIP preview saw galleries big and small taking care of business, and even Frieze’s new owner making a splashy purchase

Are we seeing the demise of statement stands at art fairs?

The waning adventurousness in these spaces speaks to important shifts in the trade over the past two decades

New and relaunched satellite fairs spread across Los Angeles during Frieze

With lower costs than the main event, and in some cases models that are centred on artists, these smaller events seek to offer an enticing alternative to the blue-chip global fairs

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Frieze Los Angeles reflects the city’s resilience

The fair’s seventh edition gathers the local community of dealers and artists, along with dozens of international galleries, while fostering a convivial atmosphere

Art Basel reveals exhibitors for Swiss fair’s 2026 edition

The firm's hometown fair will feature 290 exhibitors from 43 countries and territories