Our pick from this week's auctions and fairs

Our pick of three works for sale at the art fair's 30th edition

Salma Hayek, Tobey Maguire and Serena Williams are among those on the fair’s host committee, while Gagosian, Zwirner, Hauser & Wirth and Ropac will exhibit

Freya Simms speaks ahead of the tenth Lapada Art & Antiques Fair in London

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"

Moscow contemporary art fair features a Qatari contemporary art exhibition in Russia as the two countries try to foster cultural ties

Do falling exhibitor and visitor numbers at La Biennale Paris signal the beginning of the end for this once world-class art fair?

As with Art Basel, the aim is for larger dealers to subsidise smaller galleries, with plans to roll out similar models in London and New York

Dealers say it is a ‘step in the right direction’ but acknowledge there is a long way to go to redress the balance

The ‘artists for artists’ fair will be open each weekend of September with more than 100 works on view

Events dedicated to photographs, antiques, crafts and curiosities offer niche disciplines for collectors

With more than 120 galleries, fair's second edition will test the strength of the German capital's under-developed art market

The fair's artistic director Nato Thompson explains what sets this "underdog" event apart from the usual art fair frenzy

As new tech wealth pulls in established names, some fear this eclectic market will become homogenised

Despite a group of exhibitors describing Art Bahrain Across Borders as disappointing, royal patron says event will continue

MCH Group expands burgeoning roster of international art fairs with annual November event

Ayad says decision to leave was "personal" and plans to launch her own art consultancy

Netherlands-based organisation will oversee events as two-year agreement with US firm expires, but Michael Plummer and Jeff Rabin remain as shareholders

UK capital's heatwave lends a relaxed summer atmosphere to cross-collecting fair, where deals are done at a slower tempo than at contemporary events

New section at London fair will explore artists who railed against "the idea that genius resided solely in masculinity"

New stakeholder MCH Group brings capital and contacts to an event shaking off its try-hard image

ArtVilnius fair has just held its tenth edition and is building the market for ex-communist countries with long artistic traditions

Anny Shaw asks if auction houses and dealers should pay their dues to the artists from whom they profit

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“For all the supposed desire for transparency, no one will make the first move”

Sector has raised the bar for large works, but price and size do not always match

Winning a prize can give an artist international exposure, but the question of who really benefits—critically and commercially—is an increasingly vexed one

Artist uses exact amount of black ink used to write key parts of constitution for work

The art fair's section dedicated to monumental works is full of plastic, plants—and lots of gold

The two may seem unlikely bedfellows, but plenty of artists are football fans—and they are making their allegiances known during this summer’s World Cup