PreviewArt fairs
New York's Winter Show gets a facelift at 65
Formerly The Winter Antiques Show, the grande dame of New York fairs has dropped the word "antiques" in the hopes of drawing a younger crowd
NewsThree to see
Three exhibitions to see in New York this weekend
From cross-cultural pollination in Armenia's Christian art to a pagan awakening
NewsArt market
A monumental work by Marie Antoinette’s portraitist will headline Sotheby’s Female Triumphant sale
Major works by 14 women artists are expected to dominate Sotheby’s Masters Week offerings and bring more 'diverse' collectors
PreviewThe Year Ahead 2019
Three new fairs not to miss in 2019
From Singapore and Taiwan to Los Angeles, new events attempt to break into world's fastest growing art markets
NewsArt market
Art dealer Mary Boone claims early-life trauma prompted her criminal tax evasion
A psychological evaluation submitted by her lawyers to a Manhattan federal court ask for leniency in judge’s ruling
NewsArt market
Old Master works from the personal collection of famed art dealer Richard L. Feigen head to Christie's
The dealer says he will sell ten works to fund his retirement
NewsAfrican American art
African-American fakes on the rise
Problem is exacerbated as estates and foundations are increasingly unwilling to authenticate due to the threat of litigation
NewsObituaries
Nicola L., known for her feminist functional design, has died at 81
The artist’s 50-year career transcended art and design and provided humourous political critique
PreviewArt market
Private View: Our pick of January gallery shows around the world
From the US solo debut of Rodrigo Cass in San Francisco to some of Ulay's first photographs on view in London, here are the shows to see
PreviewThe Year Ahead 2019
Which exhibitions will be the blockbusters of 2019?
Major Leonardo and Rembrandt anniversaries mean a wealth of shows focusing on the Old Masters, but Tintoretto, the Bauhaus or Bill Viola could be dark horses
NewsArt market
US anti-money-laundering bill could reappear early next year
Critics say the proposed law, which stalled following the US mid-term elections, would place an unnecessary burden on dealers
BlogArt Basel in Miami Beach
Art Basel in Miami Beach diary: performing beauty at Satellite, cosmic creations at Untitled and making sweet art world music
Plus, a look into the archive at Solange's porn confession
NewsIndigenous art
This land is your land: US art world acknowledge Native American land rights
Movement is partly spurred by the US Department of Arts and Culture, which issued a guide on how to honour native land in 2017
NewsArt Basel in Miami Beach 2018
Kids, Kabinett and going crazy for KAWS: talking points at Art Basel in Miami Beach
From VIPs storming Pace Prints to a tribute to the late dealer Richard Gray
InterviewCollector's Eye
Collector's eye: Dennis Scholl
Art lovers tell us what they’ve bought and why
NewsArt Basel in Miami Beach
The tax man cometh: new laws on sales tax pose problems for US art dealers
US Supreme Court decision is causing anxiety among dealers
PreviewPolitics
Latin American galleries reassess sales strategies for Miami Art Week after border crackdown
Trump's decision to station 15,000 troops at the country's southwest border has further soured political relations between the US and its South American neighbours
PreviewExhibitions
Judy Chicago’s career and journey into the art-historical canon celebrated in new show
Exhibition at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Miami includes test plates for the artist's most famous work, The Dinner Party
NewsExhibitions
Top shows to see in Miami this week
From a tribute to the feminist stalwart Judy Chicago at the ICA to a reunion of the AfriCOBRA artist at MoCA
AnalysisAuctions
The highs and lows of New York ‘gigaweek’
Hockney made the headlines, but other artists made waves—or flopped—at November’s auctions
NewsArt market
Hockney sets new auction record for a living artist, but were strings pulled behind the no-reserve sale?
The Yorkshireman's 1970s Californian scene, Portrait of an Artist, sold on the nose at $80m at Christie's in New York last night
Podcast
David Hockney: exclusive interview with the world's most expensive living artist
We talk to David Hockney about Portrait of an Artist (Pool with Two Figures), which broke an auction record this week, selling at Christie's New York for $90.3m with fees. Produced in association with Bonhams, auctioneers since 1793.
NewsThree to see
Three exhibitions to see in New York this weekend
From centuries of printmaking to video art pioneers
NewsArt market
African American artists sweep Sotheby’s contemporary evening sale in New York
With only two lots unsold, the auction house nets $362.6m in evening of avid bidding
PreviewArt market
How high will Hockney go and can his soaring market last?
A double pool portrait, estimated at $80m and offered at Christie’s with no reserve, could set a record for the most expensive work by a living artist
NewsArt market
Top lots go unsold at New York's Impressionist and Modern sales, proving a discerning but 'not doomsday' market
Monet carries Christie's evening sale while a Magritte shines at Sotheby's, marking an auction record for the Surrealist painter
NewsArt market
Ambitious estimates hamper Christie's $279.2m Impressionist and Modern art sale as Van Gogh goes unsold but Monet is on the money
New York auction topped by Monet's Le bassin aux nymphaés, sold to an Asian buyer at $31.8m
PreviewArt market
What to watch on the block during New York's fall sales
Lesser known lots still hold plenty of hammer potential
NewsArt market
Russian billionaire Dmitri Rybolovlev charged in corruption probe brought by Monaco police
The formal investigation follows his detainment earlier this week related to an ongoing spat with the art dealer Yves Bouvier
NewsArt market
Art Basel owner backs off from its regional fairs
MCH Group is selling its stakes in Art Düsseldorf and India Art Fair and will pull out of Singapore’s Art SG
NewsThree to see
Three exhibitions to see in New York this weekend
As midterm elections approach, take in art that takes on issues at stake
PreviewArt market
Private View: our pick of November gallery shows
From a two-venue show of Albert Oehlen's abstract works in Paris to a Bridget Riley retrospective in Los Angeles, here are the gallery shows to see
PreviewArt market
Could sales slow at Artbo as political conservatism deepens in Colombia?
The divisive election of conservative president Iván Duque in August and resulting political tension may stymie sales at Bogotá's Artbo
AnalysisArt market
Will the market for AI art take off?
With no auction precedent and little primary market data, Christie's sale of a work made by an algorithm tests demand
AnalysisDigital art
Who needs artists? Rise in works made by AI raises real questions for the art market
A new portrait produced by an algorithm, expected to sell for around $10,000 at Christie’s, prompts new debates over authorship
NewsArt market
Trio of deaccessioned Georgia O’Keeffe paintings could make over $30m at Sotheby's
Modernist works from the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum will be offered in New York in November
NewsArt market
Major Ebsworth Collection sale at Christie’s marks the first blockchain-recorded auction
Estimated at $300m, the sale of American Modernist masterpieces will be digitally encrypted by the blockchain startup Artory
NewsArt market
Russian billionaire Rybolovlev sues Sotheby’s for $380m in fraud damages
The mega-collector’s latest lawsuit, filed in New York, escalates his three-year legal feud with Swiss dealer Yves Bouvier
NewsArt market
At Expo Chicago, a ‘slow burn’ of interest from collectors
Exhibitors benefit from the curatorial heft of local art institutions
AnalysisArt market
Fair’s fair? The murky world of stand costs
Research by The Art Newspaper uncovers wide disparity in both fee structures and transparency
AnalysisExpo Chicago
Expo Chicago grows but local dealers drop out
While international exhibitor numbers are up again, the Midwest collectors base proves elusive
PreviewArt market
Vienna Contemporary here to stay with decade-long venue booking
The contemporary art fair, now in its third year, made its mark at Vienna's Marx Halle
NewsThree to see
Three exhibitions to see in New York this weekend
The power of Black artists resonates at the Brooklyn Museum, while Medieval monsters lurk at the Morgan Library
NewsArt market
Salvator Mundi’s patchwork provenance now includes a 50-year stop in Louisiana
The work was bought by a Baton Rouge family for about $120 while travelling in London in 1958, the Wall Street Journal reports
NewsArt market
Chinese art and antiquities spared from Trump’s tariffs
Auction houses and art dealers express ‘relief’ even as the US-China trade war escalates
PreviewArt market
Object Lessons: from Barbara Hepworth's St Ives bronze to Grant Wood's censored lithograph
Our pick from this week's auctions and fairs
NewsArt market
Christie's to offer $80m 'holy grail' Hockney painting in New York this November
Portrait of an Artist (Pool with Two Figures) could become the most valuable work by a living artist sold at auction
PreviewArt market
Private View: our pick of September gallery shows
New exhibitions at commercial galleries, from Joan Mitchell's last show at Cheim & Read, to Francesca Woodman's haunting photographs in Venice
PreviewArt market
Object Lessons: from a Venetian glass bowl to an ancient Chinese ritual vessel
Our pick from this week's auctions and exhibitions
NewsArt market
New York's Chelsea galleries hope new storefronts will bring new business
After waves of closures, the pricey West Side art district sees a frenzy of growth this fall
NewsArt market
Dealer Mary Boone pleads guilty to $1.6m in tax fraud
The art dealer will pay $3m in restitution to the IRS after falsifying returns to hide her use of gallery profits to upgrade her Manhattan home
NewsAuctions
Bonhams auction house bought by Epiris private equity group
The British auction house brings in former Sotheby’s financial executive Bruno Vinciguerra as part of the deal
NewsArt market
David Zwirner appoints curator-cum-Instagram-influencer as its first online sales director—why?
Elena Soboleva to head up the virtual gallery and expand its collector base as galleries embrace selling art digitally as an 'evolution of the walk-in business'
NewsArt fairs
As big fairs flock to the West Coast, can Seattle Art Fair keep its quirk and still compete?
As new tech wealth pulls in established names, some fear this eclectic market will become homogenised
NewsArt market
Have gallery representation and exclusivity had their day?
Increasing numbers of young artists are choosing to go it alone
CommentArt fairs
When do satellite fairs become space junk?
With at least 19 such events taking place during Art Basel in Miami Beach this year, have we reached "peak fair"?
Margaret Carrigan