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Girl With Balloon canvas ‘self-destructed’ live at Sotheby’s last week in one of the most publicised stunts in auction history
Middle Eastern and South Asian works owned by embattled Dubai-based private equity firm carry much lower estimates than prices paid a decade ago
Today, art history is increasingly being written by dealers and auctioneers to suit their own purpose
The pioneering New York dealer says the art market is a "different world” to when she launched her gallery
Just when we thought Frieze week was all over, twists and turns provide high drama at Sotheby’s contemporary evening sale on Friday night
We speak to the director of Paris's Applicat-Prazan gallery about dealers in denial and the pleasures of Pink Floyd
Brexit and Trump's trade war with China are affecting the mood of buyers
Girl with a Balloon (2006) had just hammered at £860,000
Francis Bacon's lighter depiction of George Dyer leads auction at £17.5m, with strong prices for Hurvin Anderson, Bridget Riley and Albert Oehlen
The gallery gene does not normally survive beyond one generation, so how can contemporary art galleries survive their founders and keep their edge?
We talk to the art market specialist Melanie Gerlis about the fair, to Doris Salcedo and Ragnar Kjartansson about their shows, Massimiliano Gioni about the New Museum’s video-art pop-up in London—and Louisa Buck discusses Frieze's special Social Work section. Produced in association with Bonhams, auctioneers since 1793.
Work that challenged male-dominated art world of the 1980s and 1990s on show as UK marks centenary of women's suffrage
A growing number of new investment platforms are touting the concept
Fair focuses on women but market still favours men
The mega-collector’s latest lawsuit, filed in New York, escalates his three-year legal feud with Swiss dealer Yves Bouvier
From Kerry James Marshall's all-new paintings in London to Zoe Leonard's decade-long photo series in Los Angeles, these are the commercial gallery shows to see
South African artists are enjoying a growth in overseas interest, as seen in London this month
Our pick from this week's fairs and auctions
The former YBA has laid off 50 staff and bought a £40m studio in Soho, opening next year
Galleries and collectors praised fair's new location but visitors remain largely German
Exhibitors benefit from the curatorial heft of local art institutions
Exile gallery has moved to Vienna, while Gillmeier Rech closes
The photographer and anti-opioid activist will show works at Frieze and Fiac
With Taiwan tipped as Asia's rising art market power, galleries such as Gagosian and David Zwirner join new fair next January
The success of Tefaf New York Spring this year marked a sea-change
Work by the indigenous artist John Mawurndjul sold for $140,000 at the fair, where organisers estimate AUD$21m of sales were made
Research by The Art Newspaper uncovers wide disparity in both fee structures and transparency
