Art Market
Frieze Announces Landmark Abu Dhabi Fair For November 2026
The Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi (DCT Abu Dhabi) and Frieze have announced a new partnership that will see Abu Dhabi Art evolve...
Art Basel Qatar: Announces Galleries For Key New Fair
When Art Basel plants its flag in Doha next February, it won’t just be adding another fair to its global constellation; it will be marking out a new...
Almine Rech Pulls Out Of London As Mayfair Gallery Enters Liquidation
The international gallery Almine Rech has confirmed the closure of its London operation, marking the end of its presence in the capital after more...
Artnet/Artsy In Turmoil As CEO Resigns Before AGM
Artnet AG’s already turbulent year took another turn this week with the abrupt resignation of CEO Jacob Pabst, delivered on Sunday evening just...
Three Lucian Freud Works Go Under The Hammer At Christie’s
Christie’s has announced the sale of three paintings by Lucian Freud, each from the same private collection, in its 20th/21st Century: London...
Christie’s Offers Masterpieces From Kawamura Memorial DIC Museum
Christie’s had secured a significant consignment from Japan’s Kawamura Memorial DIC Museum of Art, which closed its doors in March this year. More...
Sotheby’s Bets Big: Pritzker and Lauder Estates Hit the Block
Sotheby’s will stage one of its most ambitious autumn seasons in living memory, as two of the most prominent collecting families of the past...
Francis Bacon: Chopped Down Portrait Of A Dwarf Heads to Sotheby’s
UPDATE: Francis Bacon’s Portrait of a Dwarf (1975) has sold above its £6 million to £9 million estimate, hammering down at £13.1 million with fees,...
Christie’s Winds Down Digital Art Department As NFT Market Contracts
Christie’s has ended their romance with NFTs and Digital Art by closing their dedicated digital art department, a unit set up in 2022 with great...
Leonardo DiCaprio’s Basquiat And Picasso Involved In 1MDB Scandal Fetch $36m
Four major artworks once entangled in the 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) corruption scandal have been sold by the US Marshals Service, raising...
Robert And Patricia Weis Modern Art Collection To Be Auctioned
For over half a century, Patricia G. Ross Weis and Robert F. Weis built a collection of 20th-century art not for spectacle, but for themselves....
British Art Fair Announces Exhibitors For Autumn 2025 Edition
Now in its fourth decade, the British Art Fair returns this autumn as both a marketplace and a living archive. At this rare convergence point,...