The former BBC director-general Lord Hall has resigned as Chairman of the National Gallery following an inquiry into Martin Bashir's manipulated 1996 Panorama interview with Princess Diana. Lord Hall was the director of BBC news when Bashir used false records knocked...
Art Basel's fifth edition in Hong Kong has closed with encouraging sales recorded across all levels of the market. This demonstrates a continued demand for high-quality works by the world's leading international collectors and institutions. Attendance at this year's...
Art Basel along with partners UBS have launched the first Art Basel and UBS Global Art Market Report. The report now goes head to head with the TEFAF report published recently during the Maastricht fair (Read TEFAF Report). The Art Market 2017 analyses today's...
Art Basel have announced plans for a Hong Kong edition of the fair that will take place at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre in May 2013Annette Schönholzer, Co-Director of Art Basel, spoke of how, having been ‘observing the phenomenal growth in...
When Artlyst first started its Alt Power 100 Artlyst fifteen years ago, we were aiming at an audience fed up with the gratuitous love fest that other Power 100 lists produced. This list rewarded the commercial while ignoring the hard work of curators, museum...
Here’s how 2025 looked from the rostrum, after the dust had settled and the adrenaline finally wore off. Have a look at the ten most expensive artworks sold this year; it’s almost comforting to think the market has quietly returned to post-pandemic form. The top 10...
Nico Kos Earle spoke to three art professionals about what they saw, what they loved and what they wanted to buy in Paris, during Art Basel Week. Part 1 Lucy Meakin is a UK-based private art advisor, and here is what she is walking away with from Art Basel Paris:...
Marking its 55th edition, Art Basel returned to Messe Basel this June with an ambitious presentation that confirmed its position as the undisputed heavyweight of the international art fair circuit. Spanning from June 17 to 22, with two preview days, the fair drew an...
As Art Basel’s VIP days concluded on Wednesday evening, the 55th edition of the fair—featuring nearly 300 galleries—transitioned smoothly into its public opening. With many top collectors already departing, the early indicators suggest a robust, yet nuanced,...