Some US and European galleries at events such as Photo London in September had threatened to drop out due to added cost of isolating in hotels
Auction house will move into Zaha Hadid-designed luxury tower The Henderson in 2024, where it will hold year-round sales and exhibitions
Life is still uncertain but we know the industry can keep functioning against all odds through the pandemic, so enjoy the sun and save the questions for the autumn
Oligarch is blacklisted as countries ramp up regulation and authorities move yet another step closer to the art world
Building relationships with all stakeholders—from dealers and collectors to museums and archaeologists—is vital
The Art Dealers Association of America 2021 survey shows many galleries intend to increase their artist roster in 2021 and slowly hire back employees
Basel edition will continue hybrid model and satellite booths introduced in Hong Kong
Dealers must decide which fairs to prioritise as Art Basel in Switzerland and Frieze in London are scheduled just weeks apart
The 27-year-old founder of Retro Africa talks about her expansion plans and how she is helping to build a contemporary art scene in Nigeria
A 120-lot online auction of Edward Bell's collection of designs, photographs and proofs starts today
In addition to the fledging fair, the tax haven on the Côte d'Azur is hosting a week of exhibitions and auction house offerings
Auction sales, according to the analysts ArtTactic, are up 230% to a total of $5.9bn so far this year at the three major auction houses, Christie's, Sotheby's and Phillips
The state-backed online "museum" plans a physical exhibition later this year at the Ethihad Museum
The Ionides Scarab sold for $250,000 in April—but it may not have been the auction house’s, nor the consigner’s, right to sell the object in the US
Seven new artist records were set in tonight's auction, including for Georges de La Tour, while a second highest prices were set for female painters Angelica Kauffman and Artemisia Gentileschi
The tiny "Post It note" drawing was sold by Thomas Kaplan, owner of the Leiden collection of Rembrandts, who bought it in 2008 based on a fax
An export ban was placed on the drawing in 2017 but the French culture ministry has not purchased the drawing as planned
The Spanish art fair, which usually takes place in February, has braved the Madrid heat with this year’s postponed edition
Proceeds from exhibition will go towards funding the monumental Paris project
Performance Exchange will show work this weekend by artists including Helen Cammock, Abbas Zahedi and Tim Etchells in collaboration with ten commercial spaces
The Art Basel in Miami Beach chief will leave at the end of August, less than four months before the fair is due to take place in early December
Lower-value older works and those by artists who died less than 50 years ago no longer need an export licence to leave the country—but the process can still be slow
The charges against her stemmed from the fraudulent sale of a £1.1m Yayoi Kusama pumpkin sculpture to a Hong Kong collector, while a similar claim against her over a Warhol portrait remains in German court
The auction house's £17.2m offering in London tonight was only 57% sold, overshadowed by the football match
Thanks to the pandemic, we have many alternative ways to buy, sell and enjoy art, and now this genie is out of the bottle, we don’t want to put it back
Collaborative shows from 2 to 16 July features over 40 galleries, with Florence’s Palazzo Strozzi chief curating an online exhibition for those who cannot make the trip
All but one of the four auctioneers conducting the £153.6m marathon 20th- and 21st-century evening sale were women
Estimates of the potential size of the art market are way off the mark
"We are trying to build a programme that will be very female and queer oriented... that might be difficult for a Mexican audience, but it has to happen,” founder says
Asian bidders and British art boosted figures to make auction house's highest summer total since 2018