Ben Luke talks to art market editor Kabir Jhala about the inaugural fair in Doha, explores the debate surrounding a painting of Dürer’s father, and we hear about the synergies between two 20th-century painters
The fair’s 12th edition opened with record attendance at its gala preview and eye-catching stands blurring boundaries between art and design
From the idyllic Slovenian countryside to the heart of Los Angeles, here are ten of the biggest new and expanded museums opening this year
Beeple’s anarchic entry into Art Basel Miami Beach doubled down on cult of personality at the expense of artistic substance
The biennial opens its 17th edition with a wide-ranging programme of 17 curators directing the projects of 51 artists across multiple venues
At Art Basel Paris, “the art world seemed to be staging a rally for art created by flesh-and-blood people”
A new section for digital art at the fair this year, Zero 10, coincides with a flight to secondary material, suggesting that an adapting market may also be a bifurcating one
The fair is committed to centring both Black artists and Black audiences
As the Villa Zegna pop-up takes root in Miami, the artist Sam Falls and Edoardo Zegna discuss the common threads in their work
With emerging artists given more prominence, a new sector devoted to digital art and more Miami dealers, the fair has plenty to offer new and returning collectors
Zilart will house the huge collection of St Petersburg property developer Andrey Molchanov and his wife, Yelizaveta Molchanov
Forced online due to Covid-19, this year's American Art Fair boasts more exhibitors as auction houses see new records set for late 19th century works
The new breed of art buyers are likely to need administrators, curators and lawyers much like those in the conventional art world
Some of the works being minted on the blockchain are all hype—but some are brilliant conceptual works
The site's first selling exhibition, a collaboration with 12 leading artists and curators, hopes to bring trusted sources to the mad world of Web3 collecting
Daata fair is dedicated to video and digital works and aims to reach collectors who “simply don’t have the patience” to watch films at real-life fairs
Fine art insurer says future of digital market will be dictated by traditional players, not online-only rivals
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
New owner, digital investment platform YieldStreet, calls art finance an "exciting and sound new investment option" with low correlation to the stock market
Crypto might have crashed, but online-only sales and other digital channels are allowing auction houses to deepen their business beyond the thin market for blue-chip art
Credit X has created digital map and database of less established art spaces and galleries in the hopes of balancing out an art world "shaped by market forces", it says
The commercial art world came back with a vengeance in September, but issues around sustainability and volatile prices still abound
While Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies reach new highs, the market for digital art has not experienced the same frenzy of speculation as in 2021. Recent auction results, however, suggest that an appetite is once more growing
Two books take a look at the past and future of the non-fungible token. Once seen as the creature of market hype, the NFT now promises the first shared technical standard for the digital art world
Auction house sees maturing of market since the heady days of 2021 as works by the digital art pioneer are sold in combination with launch of their catalogue raisonné-like historical survey "On NFTs"
In lockdown, many galleries have had a Damascene moment with online programming
The renowned Chinese painter’s first NFTs, commissioned by Outland, will be followed by US artist Rachel Rose’s latest works in the format
An expert in anti-money laundering laws shares her thoughts on the booming digital art marketplace
The Women Art Dealers Digital Archives explores the role of historical women gallerists as powerful forces in once-niche markets that have since become major sectors of the art world
Projects such as the Whitworth gallery’s NFT of a William Blake watercolour are now available on other platforms
The fair’s parent company MCH Group is developing "new digital formats" to support galleries
The frontier spirit of post-internet artists.
With investors such as Elon Musk and Chamath Palihapitiya backing the purely digital art form, the trade is beginning to take notice
As new technology is increasingly adopted by artists, can curators and collectors keep up?
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
CADAF has opened its second online edition but the social media app—paired with QR codes and AR filters—is helping the fair to physically interact with visitors in Paris
Cadaf Paris claims to be Europe's only fair dedicated to new media and will coincide with Vivatech conference in June
After NFT boom, blockchain technology is increasingly being used to help solve art industry's practical problems
Vignesh Sundaresan, who purchased Everydays: The First 5000 Days in 2021, has unveiled Padimai Art & Tech Studio—which opens with an exhibition made in collaboration with Olafur Eliasson
Three years on from the NFT explosion, growth in new markets continues
Interest is growing in Non-Fungible Tokens, which represent digital works and proof of ownership
The new initiative marks an expansion of the gallery’s secondary market business
Christie’s summit weighs up pros and cons of the technology and how it might bring greater transparency to the art market
Art Basel-UBS report reveals that employment has stabilised and gallery sales are up 10% in first half of 2021
Despite the collapse of the NFT market and scandals involving cryptocurrency exchanges, experts still see potential in the technologies’ potential art world applications
The technology offers the promise of a world in which a work of art’s provenance is held on a single database—if it lives up to the hype
Findings detail the supply side of the digital sales equation, point toward hybrid models
Photofairs New York is the sister event of Photofairs Shanghai, East Asia's largest commercial photography event
With the NFT market still a fraction of its recent heights, the auction house has reportedly let go of key staffers
Dealers at the fair are hopeful for good sales, despite the prospect of a global recession
The auction house runs two auctions that place web3 increasingly at the heart of the traditional art market
The boom in non-fungible tokens is diminishing public understanding of what digital art actually is
The institution has partnered with French start-up LaCollection to auction the non-fungible tokens, coinciding with its exhibition of the Japanese artist's work
Russian museum will look beyond the market hype to address deeper questions about "the specific possibilities of this medium", says contemporary art curator Dimitri Ozerkov
We assess the benefits that have accrued to museums and publishers so far
As new technology is increasingly adopted by artists, can curators and collectors keep up?
Similarities between the new digital technology craze in the art world and the surge in value of tulips in 17th-century Holland suggest that it could all end in (real) tears
The Art Newspaper Group will emerge as a stronger organisation once Covid-19 related health concerns subside, says its publisher Inna Bazhenova
Plus, Rebecca Salter on Léon Spilliaert. Produced in association with Christie's
The sale this month will be the first time the auction house has accepted cryptocurrency as payment for a physical work of art
Access by Art Basel will launch at next month's Miami Beach fair
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”
Museums, curators and art professionals endorse traditional art, but who will be the gatekeepers for the online world?
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'
We ask The Art Newspaper's art market editor about the mood in Basel, discuss the Dutch museum tackling the difficult topic of human remains, and speak to Jo Applin, the co-curator of the Courtauld's newest show
The art, artists and awards that pushed boundaries this year
As Phillips presents the first ever auction dedicated to the medium, we consider what it is and how it is curated
In the current climate, where a teenaged NFT artist can sell for $2.9m and Old Masters have fallen out of fashion, the fickle art market has become the presiding judge of aesthetic achievement
SuperRare, Superchief Gallery NFT, Bright Moments and Quantum Art have all opened galleries in the US over the past year
ArtMeta art fair and Tezos ecosystem are taking Quantel Paintbox—used by contemporary art giants four decades ago—on a global tour to introduce it to a new generation of creators
Amir Soleymani, who has had his Nifty account and assets frozen, has accused the platform of changing its terms of sale
As venues experiment with selling virtual exhibition tours, talks and workshops online, the key to success may be an emphasis on the expert, bespoke and exclusive
The Hong Kong gallery will be among the first to use the new form of payment at the fair
The tech entrepreneur and blockchain professor has a passion for street and digital art
New marketplace launches with digital works created as non-fungible tokens—with more to follow
The latest digital craze is only perpetuating the structural sexism inherent in art history
Art fair opens in the UAE this week with a new digital arts section and a series of talks on all things metaverse
Voxel Bridge, by the Colombian artist Jessica Angel, turns a venerable piece of city infrastructure into a hybrid immersive art work
As South Korea’s presence in the international art world grows rapidly, we look at what makes it unique and the challenges it faces
The firm’s sales were bolstered by a sharp increase in online bidders, who accounted for 92% of all bids this year
Decision "feels like natural progression for the market”, exhibitor says
From VIP virtual viewing rooms to grassroots digital action
The country is flexing its crypto-friendly credentials, while an art fair dedicated to all things digital is making its debut this week
Supported by transformational new technology, the sector is ditching its traditional business model in favour of the luxury goods market
The museum’s founders organised an inaugural exhibition that is acutely aware of its place in history
Experts are sceptical that the NFT market will ever rebound to its 2021 levels, but the crypto asset sector may still manage to take over the art world one way or the other
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
The museum used USD Coin to buy an NFT in a new series by the artist collective Yatreda ያጥሬዳ
The partnership is the latest collaboration undertaken by the growing blockchain-based art registry to increase “transparency” in the art market
Galleries test the market for innovation, but there is also a wealth of Modernism on show
Bank Pekao and the Aleph Zero platform collaborate to keep secure data by tokenising the digitised records of important works of art
Mania for non-fungible tokens is gripping the art world, with one selling for $69m. But artists unfamiliar with the mercurial cryptocurrency markets ought to curb their enthusiasm—this has happened before
Sales of the new project by Pak point to increasing gamification in the NFT market, though the superlative total sum comes with a number of caveats
Partnerships are on the rise as ways to sell the moving image proliferate
With the power to show works simultaneously in different countries, digital art does not really need to "be" anywhere. But where it is being created, exhibited and funded has a deep impact on how the work is made
The unglamorous world of art market logistics is set to become much more efficient, says Convelio shipping founder Edouard Gouin
The buyer of Beeple's NFT work will be able to pay with ETH later this month
Officials at the Grand Palais hope a new strand of multimedia exhibitions will tap into a growing global market
Other creators have been selling works on Clubhouse and dedicated Facebook groups
MCH Group took a majority stake in the fair and now plans a digital overhaul
I thought I’d kicked my online art and antiques buying habit but too much lockdown screen time has been my undoing
The Russian museum had to overcome country's stringent restrictions on cryptocurrencies
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
With no auction precedent and little primary market data, Christie's sale of a work made by an algorithm tests demand
There is more variety than ever in how and why art is funded and the Silicon Valley models have arrived
Artamonovskaja, a leading consultant and moderator in the Web3 world, will oversee development of opportunities for artists across the Tezos ecosystem