Art fairs

Female cult leaders, clay creatures and pink rooms: highlights from this year’s Outsider Art Fair in New York

This marks the 31st iteration of the fair, which champions self-taught, folk, naïve and outsider artists

NFTs crashed last year—does Art Dubai fair show signs of a ‘Crypto Spring’?

Plus, How Video Transformed the World at MoMA and the art of modernist ceramics

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Art Dubaianalysis

Art Dub-AI: artificial intelligence is latest buzzword at fair

The event's 16th edition has an expanded digital section—here’s what sold so far

After an attempted robbery at gunpoint and leadership changes, Tefaf Maastricht resolves to get back to business

The art and antiques fair returns to its normal March slot with increased security after a slimmed-down version last year

Art Basel in Hong Kong bounces back as Covid restrictions lifted

The art fair will have 177 galleries this year, compared with 134 in 2022, but still fewer than before the pandemic

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Five artists to look out for at London's Collect contemporary craft fair

The annual event showcases makers working in jewellery and ceramics, textiles and glass

A new hotel fair for up-and-coming galleries will launch in Dallas

The inaugural Dallas Invitational Art Fair will be held in April across the street from the established Dallas Art Fair

Art fairspreview

Amid property boom and influx of Russian cash, Art Dubai grows in size and scope—again

Dealers at the fair are hopeful for good sales, despite the prospect of a global recession

Well-attended Arco fair in Madrid boosted by foreign wealth and Picasso’s 50th anniversary

Spain’s largest commercial art event saw 211 galleries gather at the IFEMA conference centre

The 21 galleries making their Art Basel debut this year—and what they're bringing

This is the first edition of the Swiss fair under the leadership of new chief executive Noah Horowitz

Is an influx of Latin American collectors turning Madrid into the art world’s next Miami?

As the Spanish capital attracts a moneyed contingent from Mexico, Colombia and Venezuela, regional galleries are following suit

Growing global demand for emerging African artists helps pull the crowds to the Cape Town Art Fair

Major museum exhibitions, auctions and a new conference are all testament to the impact the fair is having on the local art ecosystem

Artist and the local football club help fairgoers with soccer skills at Frieze Los Angeles

Alake Shilling demonstrated the art of football at a clinic organised by the Art Production Fund and Los Angeles Football Club

City of Santa Monica acquires Edgar Ramirez painting from Frieze Los Angeles

Collaboration enables the work from the fair’s Focus section to join the Art Bank collection of the local municipality

Gold rush: collectors snap up California artists’ work at Frieze Los Angeles

Dealers open new outposts and auction house activity intensifies around the growing fair

Palms by the hotel pool: a relaxed environment for robust sales at the Felix Art Fair

A pre-Frieze opening, record VIP visitors and strong in-person engagement are helping the homegrown fair go from strength to strength

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New artist book fair adds another dimension to Miami’s art calendar

The inaugural edition of Tropic Bound takes places in the city’s Design District, but its programming extends across town to highlight South Florida’s book-making scene

Clear the runway! Chris Burden Skyscraper lands at Frieze Los Angeles

The late artist's monumental metal sculpture, only exhibited once before, is a beacon at the fair's new Santa Monica Airport location

1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair returns to Marrakech after two-year hiatus

The number of galleries from Africa has more than halved since 2020, but sales were steady among the 12 new exhibitors

Are young collectors buying at India Art Fair?

Concerted pushes to engage with a new generation can be found at the fair as the top end of the market appears safe, if not static

Artist Narsiso Martinez wins Frieze Impact Prize for series highlighting migrant workers’ plight

The artist will receive $25,000 and a solo stand at the fair showcasing his portraits of agricultural workers

‘Post-Brexit post-Covid fightback for London’: Masterpiece founders launch new fair in place of cancelled event

The London Summer Art Fair will open in June with around half the dealers of Masterpiece

Biggest-ever India Art Fair aims to diversify pool of South Asian collectors

With the top level of the region's art market back in rude health, the Delhi fair is doubling down on fostering a new generation of buyers

Frieze Los Angeles bringing a skyscraper, a truck-based gallery and more to Santa Monica Airport

The fair’s special programmes include performances and large-scale installations around its venue, as well as contemporary art interventions at storied West Los Angeles locales

Swiss dealers and collectors make their mark at artgenève—with optimistic advice for Brexit Britain

Local galleries at the Geneva fair welcome strong showing from Swiss-French and German buyers

Amid art fair cancellations in the city, London Art Fair opens with everything to prove

The fair's clear focus on Modern British art provides it with a niche that might help it weather Brexit's storm

Another London fair cancelled: Art & Antiques Fair Olympia pulls summer event over ‘escalating costs’ and ‘lack of dealer commitment’

With Masterpiece also out of the picture, the UK capital's fair landscape looks very different this year

Art marketinterview

Photofairs New York will be 'cutting edge' new director Helen Toomer says

Newly appointed head of fair shares her plans ahead of inaugural edition in 2023

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Art SG Singapore fair report: has the city-state’s moment in the sun finally come?

Prestigious international galleries and regional heavyweights alike have gathered for the fair's much-delayed inaugural edition