Our pick of this week’s auctions, art fairs and gallery exhibitions

Curatorial projects, faster ferries and the "specific charms" of Randall's Island await visitors

Local collectors were scarce at SP-Arte as the country heads further into recession

Four art fairs opened in the Belgian city this week, including newcomer Independent Brussels and longstanding Art Brussels

The prestigious antiques and jewellery fair at the Grand Palais launches its first annual edition this September

1:54 NY features new performance section organised by curator Adrienne Edwards

The crowds were thronging even though sales were moderate

The thoughtful fair has more to offer than Italy’s Postwar market darlings

The leading Latin American art fair is introducing a section dedicated to Brazilian design

The Armory Show and New York’s satellite fairs prove US market is holding up

Art Paris Art Fair gives pride of place to female artists, while PAD celebrates its 20th anniversary

Shanghai's Power Station of Art to provide stage for performance artist

Terrorist attacks hit home

Get behind the scenes with our man around town

At the fair younger artists address China’s most pressing issues

Curator Alexie Glass-Kantor picks six works from her section dedicated to large-scale projects

Heading to the fair? You'll find more historical work by Asian artists, more Western galleries, plus a "waterfall" of numbers as high as a skyscraper

Tenth edition sees female artists make up almost half of those represented

Recently-discovered Rembrandt, a revamped first floor, the New York editions—and an unfolding authenticity scandal outside the fair—contributed to a buzzy opening

MCH Group is in discussions to buy a stake in existing art events and build them

Gavin Brown’s explosive installation by Karl Holmqvist, textural text works by Pope.L at Mitchell Innes and Nash, and more must-see stands

Make sure you don’t miss these stands, from space-themed works to paintings by Plains Indians

We share a few of our favourites from the fair as it opens to the public today

Everything you need to know about this month’s Tefaf Maastricht as the fair prepares to launch two editions in New York

This year's edition focuses on Africa—but its heart belongs to Manhattan