Fairs
Shipping costs are skyrocketing—and galleries are expected to be hit hard
Oil price increases and the inability to fly over Russian airspace has made sending art abroad, especially between East Asia and Europe, much more expensive
Art Basel reveals directors and name for new Paris fair in October
Paris+, by Art Basel is due to run until at least 2028
Art Basel relaxes participation requirements, announces gallery line-up for 2022 Basel edition
Of the 289 galleries participating in the June event, 19 are first timers
Five artists to look out for at London's Collect contemporary craft fair
Event opens at Somerset House this week
Cape Town Art Fair feels the absence of European collectors
Visitor numbers were good, but sales of higher priced works were slow at the South African event
Dallas P. Price-Van Breda's taste for adventure extends to her art collecting
The co-founder and longtime supporter of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles shares her formative purchases and the artists she would invite to her ultimate dinner party
Paris fairs musical chairs: Fine Arts Paris and La Biennale to merge into one event
The new combined art and antiques fair will run for the first time this November
Florence Bourgeois is named director of Fiac and Paris Photo fairs
She will replace Fiac's former director of 18 years, Jennifer Flay, who is rumoured to be joining Art Basel as it prepares to launch a new Paris fair in the Grand Palais—the Swiss company has declined to comment
Object lessons: from a 16th-century angel to a jaunty walking stick
Our pick of the highlights from upcoming fairs and auctions
Art Cologne director takes to Instagram to criticise rival Art Basel’s ‘colonialism’
Daniel Hug posted that the Swiss company "is only interested in making money and keeping Art Basel the number one fair worldwide"
Victoria Siddall makes 'difficult decision' to leave Frieze
Siddall, the global director of Frieze fairs, has been at the firm for 18 years. She will leave after the Los Angeles event this February but remain on the board
Tefaf Maastricht 'postpones' March fair—but some exhibitors are outraged over refund policy
The Dutch event is asking all dealers to pay €7,500 "towards expenses and other contractual obligations". A new date for the fair next year is to be confirmed
In pictures: Boca Raton curator Kathleen Goncharov picks her favourite works from Art Basel in Miami Beach
From new discoveries to old friends, our expert eye selects works not to miss at the fair
Back to nature: the design world ups its sustainability game
Under the theme of “Human Kind”, the works on show at Design Miami are focused on diversity in all its forms
From breakdance battles to beer pong: the latest gossip from Art Basel in Miami Beach
Plus, Books of breasts and Alicia Keys's "secret" performance
The works that caught the art world's eye in Miami Beach
We asked insiders to share the fair works that jumped out at them and how they felt to be back in Miami
Women are worshipped and non-binary energies abound at Nada
An air of spirituality and mysticism pervades the fair this year, perhaps brought on by a reconnection with the esoteric during the pandemic
Pace Verso sells DRIFT and Don Diablo NFT for $550,000 at Art Basel in Miami Beach
The buyer of the work is a digital native who will loan it to a European museum for an exhibition later this winter
Ellie Goulding and Snoop Dogg mix it up in Miami: the latest gossip from Art Basel
Plus, street artist makes works out of Cheetos Puffs and Keith Haring's art pieces for babies
In pictures: large-scale art comes to life in Meridians at Art Basel in Miami Beach
Curator Magalí Arriola walked us through some of her favourite pieces in the fair sector
‘A reflection of the spirit of collegiality’: Nearly two-thirds of dealers opt out of Art Basel’s $1.6m solidarity fund
Those who participated benefited from a 35% reduction in booth fees during what Art Basel global director Marc Spiegler describes as a “rough year”
Organisers cancel Volta Miami over venue uncertainties and Covid travel restrictions
Director says the fair is now looking at a number of cities for its third base as question marks hang over Miami
Same city, new venue: Fiac returns to Paris, but eco-conscious galleries say they plan to cut back on art fairs
Sales at the French fair were generally healthy, but David Zwirner felt it lacked "the vibrancy of Frieze"
Inaugural Shenzhen DnA Design and Art Fair gets off to strong start thanks to keen local collector base
The new event was founded by the team behind Shanghai's 021 fair
Vaccines? Negative tests? Frieze is back in town, here is everything you need to know before you go
With strict Covid-19 protocols in place, galleries have worked hard to come up with new ways of exhibiting at the London fairs this year
New Miart director Nicola Ricciardi on rebuilding an art fair from scratch as the pandemic rumbles on
Ricciardi was previously artistic director of Turin's OGR art centre which was used as a hospital for Covid-19 patients last year
Photo London returns as 'an act of resistance'
Diverse interpretations of portraiture and themes of isolation and containment loom large at first physical photography fair since the onset of the pandemic
Art Basel promises to pay quarantine hotel bills and launches $1.6m 'solidarity fund' for galleries who fail to make sales
As exhibitors threaten to pull out of the fair in the face of travel uncertainty, another letter offering "extraordinary" one-off concessions to dealers is sent