Galleries White Cube Enters the Great Race for Artist Estates, Announcing Its Representation of the Al Held Foundation To date, the British gallery has exclusively worked with living artists. By Henri Neuendorf, 1 day ago
Analysis Art Basel Cities Is the Global Fair Company’s Portal to the Future. But What the Heck Is It, Anyway? A pricey experiment by an international art-fair organizer descends on a country in crisis. Guess what? This is an upbeat story. By Andrew Goldstein, 2 days ago
Galleries Returning to Its Swiss Roots, Hauser & Wirth Is Opening Its Ninth Gallery in St. Moritz A Louise Bourgeois show will inaugurate the space in December. By Eileen Kinsella, 2 days ago
Market 11 Never-Seen Photos From Diane Arbus’s Most Famous Series Will Debut in New York This Fall The show is a product of a unique collaboration between Arbus's longtime dealer, Fraenkel Gallery, and David Zwirner. By Eileen Kinsella, Sep 14, 2018
Auctions Will This Painting Make David Hockney the Most Expensive Living Artist When Christie’s Sells It This Fall? The painting could sell for $80 million. By Eileen Kinsella, Sep 13, 2018
Art Fairs Frieze Unveils a Power-Packed Exhibitor List and a Star-Studded Host Committee for Its First Los Angeles Edition Dealers are eager to get in on the ground floor of the fair's first Los Angeles edition. By Eileen Kinsella, Sep 12, 2018
Auctions Sotheby’s Taps Star Hip-Hop Producer Swizz Beatz to Organize an Upcoming Contemporary Auction The hit-maker selected a rich and varied group of works. By Henri Neuendorf, Sep 12, 2018
Analysis A Decade After Damien Hirst’s Historic ‘Beautiful Inside My Head Forever’ Auction, Resale Prices Are Looking Ugly The single-artist sale brought Hirst $201 million, but a number of those works have since lost millions for their original buyers. By Tim Schneider, Sep 12, 2018
Analysis Who Says Culture Doesn’t Pay? $9.9 Billion Was Spent on New Arts Projects Around the Globe in 2017 The Louvre Abu Dhabi was, unsurprisingly, the priciest building completed last year. By Eileen Kinsella, Sep 11, 2018
Galleries With a New Project Space in Taiwan, Sean Kelly Embarks on a More ‘Sensitive’ Expansion to Asia The veteran New York gallerist will launch a project space led by new director Gladys Lin in Taipei in 2019. By Tim Schneider, Sep 6, 2018
Galleries It’s a ‘Leaser’s Market’ With ‘Unheard-Of’ Rents: Why Blue-Chip Galleries Are Doubling Down in New York’s Chelsea Top art dealers are embracing Chelsea's building boom, even as smaller players have been pushed out. By Eileen Kinsella, Sep 6, 2018
Art Fairs Fair Trade Agreement? More Top-Tier Fairs Are Changing Their Booth Costs to Accommodate Smaller Galleries In addition to Art Basel, Frieze Los Angeles and Gallery Weekend Berlin say they will also be introducing their own versions of tiered pricing systems. By Naomi Rea & Kate Brown, Sep 5, 2018
Auctions A Treasured Hopper Painting Will Headline Christie’s $300 Million Sale of Works From the Collection of Travel Magnate Barney Ebsworth It's "the greatest collection of American modernism ever to come to market," says Christie's. By Sarah Cascone, Sep 5, 2018
Art Fairs Independent Brussels Aims to Cure Fair Fatigue With a Mega-Dose of Performance Art The fair, guest curated by Vincent Honoré, features 16 performance commissions. By Eileen Kinsella, Sep 5, 2018
Auctions The Auction House Bonhams Has Been Purchased by a London-Based Private Equity Firm Are the new owners prepared to invest enough to compete with its larger rivals? By Henri Neuendorf, Sep 4, 2018
