Georgina Adam, our editor-at-large, comments on major art market trends and their impact on the trade. Her column appears on the first Thursday of every month on our website and in our Art Market Eye newsletter in which our art market editors Anna Brady, Anny Shaw and Kabir Jhala analyse the latest news and works coming up for sale.
There was an uptick in sales of traditional art at last month's Tefaf Maastricht fair
Due to be sold at Sotheby's New York in May, the group of works includes pieces by Guardi and Canaletto and is billed as the "most valuable single-owner collection of Old Master paintings ever to appear at auction"
A glut of lawsuits often signals a market in trouble. Three art collectors are suing to recover their losses, but are they justified?
In 2024 there were more than 800 multi-generational billionaires and the number of female billionaires has increased by 81% in the past decade, UBS report finds
The US dominates the global art industry, but new President's proposed additional 10% levy on paintings from China and possible tariff on imports from Europe will damage trade
The art fair's parent company is apparently exploring "a potential sale", but who might buy it?
New report makes grim reading in run-up to London’s autumn sales season
Sotheby’s reported plunge in earnings is part of a bigger picture
The almost certain Labour victory could have major impact on art buyers, who were restrained during the summer season
Christie’s was hit by ransomware hackers—and now by a class action suit
There are so many discoveries to be made at Adriano Pedrosa's international exhibition this year
The convicted art dealer is out of jail—and likely to return to the trade
In a rather lacklustre 2023, luxury shone the brightest
In what looks likely to be the continuation of a declining market, we may see more litigation in the art world this year
According to a recent report, guarantees are down—what's happened?
The star auctioneer is leaving Christie's after 38 years to share his experience "with a new generation of collectors"
Artex, the latest in a slew of new initiatives, is offering shares in a Francis Bacon triptych for as little as $100—but is it a good investment?
Lavish lifestyles, misplaced confidence and the wish to keep up with billionaire clients can all wreak financial havoc
Cycles in the industry are getting shorter with trends now coming and going within a year
As the Washington Principles turn 25, the complexities of restitution in a global art world have mushroomed—leaving lessons to be learned for institutions, governments and art market players
Yayoi's signature style is currently adorning 400 objects in a collaboration with the French luxury fashion house—but it is not clear how involved she is
The collapse of FTX has not only devastated the crypto world, but also threatened the ethics of “make money, do good”, touted by its founders
A shared client base, product exclusivity and international reach—just some of the reasons why these two brands are perfect bed fellows
Court documents from the ongoing Inigo Philbrick fraud saga reveal that the secretive art market and the sheer attractiveness of its lifestyle will always suck the punters in
While Seoul is now the main contender to take Hong Kong's prime position, Tokyo and Taipei also present attractive prospects for the art trade
Imelda Marcos is just one of a series of despots with appalling taste
Fairs haemorrhaged exhibitors and visitors during the pandemic—the events will need to find a new way forward
From the $200m Warhol Marilyn at Christie's to the second part of the Macklowe sale at Sotheby’s, the May auctions in New York will be bigger than ever—against the odds
Are the digitally produced copies of museum works sold as NFTs for six-figure sums simply very expensive digital posters?
Fiac's eviction from the Grand Palais came as a shock to the French gallery scene—what was behind the move?
