Our columnist gazes into her crystal ball to spot the major trends—from London regaining its lustre to AI fatigue—that are set to dominate the trade over the coming 12 months
At Art Basel Paris, “the art world seemed to be staging a rally for art created by flesh-and-blood people”
In a year of turbulence and uncertainty, new museums and dazzling shows were proof of art as a positive force
Sam Glatman, the co-founder of Artsignal, which recently received a major vote of confidence in the form of investment from Christie’s Ventures, predicts that it will become the “dominant intelligence layer for the art world”
Japanese galleries return in full force this year, while the percentage of women photographers shown has increased
The Hong Kong entrepreneur also spoke about his love for Monet, Matthew Wong and the Medici family in an interview hosted off the back of the latest K11 Art Foundation Salon
Ahead of the sale of a Robert Alice blockchain-based painting at Sotheby's New York, Smith discusses his support for bitcoin and collecting digital art
Sparkly accolades punctuate the art world calendar and are honey pots for museums and artists alike
The Beijing-born artist and activist has recently spent time near the front line in Ukraine and is unveiling a major new commission in Kyiv—a large-scale installation responding to armed conflict—as well as a site-specific intervention made from Lego on a Ukrainian train
The art market is failing to attract the highest spenders, whose sights are set on other investments as the trade plateaus
The Norval AI tool is being used to determine the authenticity of works alleged to by the Canadian artist Norval Morrisseau
Will Patrick Drahi sell a stake in Sotheby’s? Will Frieze acquire more regional fairs? Watch this space…
The Chinese artist will unveil a new work this week at the Southbank Centre for the English PEN 100 festival championing freedom of expression
Investment in public data libraries and technology skills is welcomed, but the human creativity at the heart of art needs protection from unconstrained generative AI
After being pushed out by NFTs, machine-made art is making a comeback with London shows ranging from the "world's first ultra-realistic AI robot artist" to the first artificial intelligence ink artist
Lawsuits against firm behind Stable Diffusion image generator are recent attempt to define the legal status of such images
Artists have a history of giving cultural and social relevance to new technology. Recent exhibitions of artificial intelligence art and a sale at Christie's New York highlight new approaches to collective ownership and governance that are applicable to the wider community
It is time to think about the extent to which technology itself has power over us, independent of people in tech companies
Artificial intelligence art projects are popping up everywhere, forcing difficult questions around artist agency, copyright and market value
The unglamorous world of art market logistics is set to become much more efficient, says Convelio shipping founder Edouard Gouin
The move fuels the debate about whether artificial intelligence can replace the human eye and expertise in assessing a picture’s authorship
New services such as AI-enhanced translation are proving popular, even as human involvement remains crucial
Concerns about access, expertise and data sourcing have overshadowed the enormous power and potential that AI image generators offer
Mauritshuis currently has 170 works on display as part of its “My Girl with a Pearl” initiative while Vermeer’s masterpiece is on loan
With no auction precedent and little primary market data, Christie's sale of a work made by an algorithm tests demand
The London gallery's fourth annual Future Arts Ecosystems report addresses a pressing need for bodies to address the use of artificial intelligence, for their own benefit and for the public good
Connoisseurs and app makers agree on one thing: artificial intelligence-driven apps may supplement but do not replace the human eye and expertise in assessing a picture’s authorship
The AI work that was sold at Christie's is profound in its conservatism, but others reflect how the technology can impact on art in fascinating ways
As artificial intelligence becomes more common, the market is embracing tools that might help to bring digital natives into the Golden Age
The art, artists and awards that pushed boundaries this year
Cultural and business leaders from around the world highlight the central role of artists in shaping human-centred futures at a time of rapid advances in artificial intelligence, blockchain and quantum computing
'Wilderness' breaks conceptual boundaries by leading its viewer into a multi-layered allegory, questioning what it means to exist on this planet as we are enveloped by the digital realm
In all, 28 of the Augmented Intelligence sale's 34 lots found buyers, including pieces by Refik Anadol, Charles Csuri and Harold Cohen
Charlie Engman is creating a counter to the “internet nerd culture” imagery widely associated with generative art
The Los Angeles-based artist is presenting his "REMEMBR" installation, which riffs visually, musically and emotionally on users’ smartphone camera rolls, in London
The artist Refik Anadol, the museum director Thomas Campbell and the Future Art Ecosystems team at Serpentine share insights on how to thrive while working with artificial intelligence in 2024
Artist surprised after four exhibitions are allowed to open in Beijing—but international travel is still off-limits
Limna valued a painting by Conny Maier at a third of the ticket price
The Canadian-Korean creative works with light and sound to create Zen for the digital age
A new portrait produced by an algorithm, expected to sell for around $10,000 at Christie’s this month, prompts new debates over authorship
In the game-changing era of NFTs and AI, the city’s diversified art ecosystem has helped it play catch-up as the medium’s global hub
The launch of Photofairs New York during Armory Week reflects a resurgent market for photographs and related media
GANksy aims to produce images that bear resemblance to works by the UK's most famous street artist
Artificial intelligence's impact on the arts and the changing face of global art institutions were among the main themes at the illustrious event on Saadiyat Island
The Cuban artist and activist is joined on the publication’s list of 100 Most Influential People by Barbara Kruger and Mark Bradford
Is this change in China a cause for celebration?
Three years on from the NFT explosion, growth in new markets continues
With the NFT market still a fraction of its recent heights, the auction house has reportedly let go of key staffers
Image recognition and data scraping technology are increasingly being used by the NFT community to protect intellectual property online
New art and design fair in the Chinese boom town of Shenzhen launched by organisers of Art021 in Shanghai and JingArt in Beijing
With lessons learnt from NFTs, expert calls for legal guardrails to allow “trinity” of blockchain, responsible AI and smart contracts to launch an “automated economy”
The country is flexing its crypto-friendly credentials, while an art fair dedicated to all things digital is making its debut this week
How did his forecasts weather the roughest turbulence the trade has experienced in years? Read on to find out
The artist talks about his refugee-orientated show in Hong Kong—and his plans for South America
David Hockney was latest white male artist to set a record this year
Italian authorities are using artificial intelligence to identify works of art up for sale that may have been stolen or trafficked
Institutions including the Tate, V&A and Pompidou are forging partnerships with the country despite terrible human rights abuses
The company uses image recognition software to find works of art that match users’ tastes
While Europe’s politicians squabble, leading artists mobilise support for the thousands fleeing conflict and facing another winter in camps
New report by Artsy finds that work by women accounted for less than 10% of auction sales in 2022
Website will provide a platform for contemporary artists to show—and possibly sell—works
As Phillips presents the first ever auction dedicated to the medium, we consider what it is and how it is curated
Amid threats to freedom, career moves and censorship become hard to tell apart
Figures are going beserk for work that looks good on Instagram—but the market struggles to find the same fervour for conceptually ambitious, politically engaged art
In what looks likely to be the continuation of a declining market, we may see more litigation in the art world this year
Cycles in the industry are getting shorter with trends now coming and going within a year
In collaboration with the events platform Art Market Minds, the ten-hour programme will dissect the rapidly shifting contemporary art ecosystem
Sculptures arrived from China ahead of a show of works of Chinese contemporary art
Contemporary Istanbul is upping its game for its 12th edition.
Further weak auction results, plus economic turmoil, raise fears the trade may have passed its peak
Exhibitions in Russia of homegrown artists attract proportionally greater numbers than blockbusters in other countries
Despite state subsidies and heavy promotion, not everyone is feeling the benefit
The online data company had a truly radical offering when it started in 1990, but how will it prosper in a changed world?
Cadaf Paris claims to be Europe's only fair dedicated to new media and will coincide with Vivatech conference in June
Buyers and sellers will never know each others identity when transacting through the online site, but its founders say such privacy encourages trust and transparency
The mixed reality headset offers astonishing visual quality. But, as it goes on sale at $3,500 a go, how will it enhance curators' dreams of giving global access to high-fidelity experiences of gallery and museum shows?
Scholarly assessment is greatly hampered by the lack of detail on where and how the objects were acquired
The latest UBS Art Basel report finds that top jobs are finally going to women—even at the mega galleries
The pair behind Palmer Gallery hope to be a “spiritual successor” to neighbouring Lisson Gallery by showing works that might struggle to get a commercial platform
Brillstein Entertainment Partners will licence the US artist's paintings and "identify directing opportunities"
New report says South Asian gallery sales are on the rise but does that ring true at India Art Fair?
Speculative buying in the region has also increased, ArtTactic’s 2019 South Asian Art Market Report concludes
As The Art Newspaper marks its 25th anniversary, the optimistic world of 1989 has given way to a more troubled age
Dealers need to participate in international art fairs and have spaces abroad to gain respect back home
In an economic downturn, collectors are calling the shots
Galleries and collectors praised fair's new location but visitors remain largely German
Many believe new applications—from AI and NFTs to 3D scanning—are game changing in returning objects to source communities. Lawyers say they can make the process harder
Recently, some major galleries have signed high-profile women, many of whom launched artistic careers long before the industry cared
Chinese auction house data deemed unreliable and misleading as not all artists have made it to the salesroom yet
As the Royal Academy hosts a major show of China’s best-known artist, the curators of a forthcoming exhibition of new commissions by Chinese artists argue that the latest art from the country is increasingly global in form and outlook<br>
Former public company status left the auction house at a disadvantage to rival Christie's, but its quarterly finance reports provided rare insight in a secretive market
Artist has created new body of work for solo exhibition at Hauser & Wirth in Zurich
The now-defunct jail once held playwright Oscar Wilde on charges of gross indecency between 1895 and 1897
Locals hope to prevent historic site "being gutted and turned into luxury flats" as building is put on the market
The show, which was met with protest before it even opened, packs a punch
The boom in digital art tokens may have turned to bust, but the Dubai fair is putting them front and centre as the NFT market in the city flourishes
From the established to the brand new, the Swiss city is teeming with fringe events
As we enter the final weeks of the season, check out these riveting reads, from “the best novel about painting” to a book with no words at all
Our London and New York teams ponder 2018's biggest art stories. Produced in association with Bonhams, auctioneers since 1793.
Pyotr Pavlensky has been ordered to stand trial in France over leaked sex videos that brought down a close ally of President Emmanuel Macron
Frameless, which will open in Marble Arch this autumn, hopes to tap into a booming industry for multi-sensory and interactive art attractions
Government has established €600,000 three-year pilot project called NEXUD to combat illegal trade in antiquities
The multi-screen installation is on display at a former Eclectic Theatre in London’s Peckham
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
Thomas Campbell, former Met director, sizes up challenges for the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
After more than a year in his new job, we interview the director about his priorities
Judges of the Publisher Podcast Awards described the category as "one of the most competitive"