The Back Room Work of the Week: Sarah Ball’s ‘Elliot’ The British artist's secondary market has been on the rise since 2022. By Vivienne Chow, Feb 28, 2024
Studio Visit Japanese Artist Yoko Terauchi Believes in a World Without Boundaries The Japanese artist invited us into her Tokyo studio inside a converted residential apartment. By Vivienne Chow, Feb 23, 2024
Market How the Y2K-Era Art Boom in China Began a Remapping of the Global Art Market The explosion of China's art market and contemporary art scene in the 2000s was a once-in-a lifetime golden era. By Vivienne Chow, Feb 22, 2024
Auctions $8 Million Worth of Jean Dubuffet Works Head to Sotheby’s The auction of works from the Mary and George Bloch collection follows a successful spate of single-owner sales. By Vivienne Chow, Feb 20, 2024
Galleries French Gallery Ceysson & Bénétière Expands to Tokyo as the City’s Art Market Heats Up It will be the firm's eighth branch worldwide and its first in Asia. By Vivienne Chow, Feb 14, 2024
Auctions Francis Bacon’s Tribute to Love Heads to Auction With a $25 Million Price Tag Bacon created the work to commemorate the love of his life, Peter Lacy. By Vivienne Chow, Feb 14, 2024
Galleries Shuttered Simon Lee Gallery Owes $12.6 Million to Creditors, Insolvency Report Says Artists, galleries, art fair operators, shippers, and more are allegedly awaiting payments. By Vivienne Chow, Feb 12, 2024
Art & Exhibitions A Giant Chinese Dragon Travels to Venice’s Nordic Pavilion Artist Lap-See Lam's installation marks the first time the pavilion will feature Nordic artists of East Asian heritage. By Vivienne Chow, Feb 9, 2024
Art Fairs Art Basel Names 287 Exhibitors for Its Flagship 2024 Edition It will be the first edition of the fair under the direction of Maike Cruse. By Vivienne Chow & Margaret Carrigan, Feb 8, 2024
Art World Artist Wang Tuo Plans to Share His $64,000 M+ Museum Prize The artist wants to support fellow artists who are in need of money to complete smaller projects. By Vivienne Chow, Feb 6, 2024
Art World ‘This is an Era of Diaspora’: How Hong Kong’s Art Community Is Finding Home in the U.K. Three years after the U.K. launched a special migration scheme for Hong Kongers, artists are settling into their new home. By Vivienne Chow, Jan 31, 2024
Market Work of the Week: ‘Le domaine d’Arnheim’ by René Magritte The work is among the blue-chip pieces Dmitry Rybolovlev alleges he was overcharged for—and new details about by just how much emerged in court last week. By Vivienne Chow, Jan 23, 2024
Law & Politics Following Outcry, Berlin’s Culture Ministry Scraps a Controversial ‘Anti-Discrimination’ Requirement for Art Grants The move came after thousands of culture workers criticized the measure as restriction on freedom of speech. By Vivienne Chow, Jan 22, 2024
Art & Exhibitions Artists Yael Bartana and Ersan Mondtag Will Represent Germany at the Venice Biennale Called "Thresholds," the exhibition will have a satellite location on an island in the lagoon. By Vivienne Chow, Jan 17, 2024
Market Phillips CEO Stephen Brooks Has Resigned After Nearly Three Years at the Auction House Under Brooks, Phillips achieved record-breaking sales and expanded globally, before the market downturn. By Vivienne Chow, Jan 16, 2024