Art Fairs With a Blockbuster Arte Povera Show in Town, Dealers at Art Basel Paris Cash In on Famously Hard-to-Sell Movement The celebrated Italian artistic era—deeply focused on ephemeral materials—is neither cheap nor easy to acquire. By Devorah Lauter, Oct 17, 2024
Market Data Dive: How Much Art Sold Online in the First Half of the Year? Online sales remain more than 300 percent higher than five years ago. By Margaret Carrigan, Oct 16, 2024
Market Sunny Art Basel Paris Cuts Through Art-Market Clouds, as Dealers Hawk Eight-Figure Art White Cube sold a $9.5 million Julie Mehretu, and Hauser and Wirth has a Kazimir Malevich priced at several times that. By Katya Kazakina, Oct 16, 2024
Auctions By the Numbers: A Breakdown of Results from Sotheby’s London Contemporary Evening Sale, October 2024 Let the numbers tell the story. By Eileen Kinsella, Oct 16, 2024
Art Fairs The Greenhouse Effect: Art Basel Paris Gets a Warm Welcome at the Grand Palais There was an air of renewed optimism and reinvigoration at the opening VIP day as Paris Art Basel settles into its new Grand Palais base. By Kate Brown, Oct 16, 2024
Art Fairs Galleries Buddy Up for Booth Space at Art Basel Paris “It seems more interesting to work with than against one another,” said gallery director Isabella Ritter. By Margaret Carrigan, Oct 16, 2024
Kenny Schachter Kenny Schachter Reveals More on the Koons-Pace Breakup, Diddy’s Deaccessioning, the Gogo-LVMH Non-Deal, and His Own Crypto Hack Our columnist has been skipping art fairs, but he comes bearing scoops. By Kenny Schachter, Oct 16, 2024
Auctions Works by Amy Sherald, Jeff Koons, and More Raise $1.5 Million for Kamala Harris Visual artists are bringing their star power together to fundraise for the Democratic candidate. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Oct 15, 2024
Auctions Iconic Magritte Work Could Set a New Record at Christie’s The auction house is selling a handful of key Surrealist works, including Magritte's famed streetscape. By Richard Whiddington, Oct 15, 2024
Galleries ‘It’s Different Work’: How Gallery Mor Charpentier Built Sustainable Success Amid Market Turmoil and Global Change The gallery, which turns 15 next year, has expanded in Paris into a larger space in the Le Marais. We spoke about the evolving French art market. By Kate Brown, Oct 15, 2024
Auctions By the Numbers: A Breakdown of Results from Phillips’s London Modern and Contemporary Evening Sale, October 2024 Let the numbers tell the story. By Annie Armstrong, Oct 15, 2024
Market Sotheby’s Debuts an Expanded New Parisian Home Amid Art Market Shifts The Paris expansion is one of several major real estate shifts Sotheby’s has made over the last year even as debt woes plague the firm. By Margaret Carrigan, Oct 14, 2024
Art Fairs Frieze London 2024: A Fair Haunted by What’s Missing As the art market tightens, the fair grapples with absent galleries, cautious buyers, and a shifting identity. By Naomi Rea, Oct 14, 2024
Market From A.I.’s ‘Dirty Secrets’ to Better Harnessing Data, 5 Key Insights From the Art Market 2050 Conference A half-day conference brought art world professionals and policymakers together to discuss technology's role in the future of the art market. By Riah Pryor, Oct 14, 2024
Market Frieze Week Sales Trickle In as the Art World Heads to Paris—and More Art Industry News Plus, a $58.9 million Lalanne sale at Christie's New York and the mega loans behind the Met's 'Siena' show. By Margaret Carrigan & Annie Armstrong, Oct 14, 2024