Art Fairs Despite Simmering Political Unrest, Art Basel Hong Kong Releases a Hefty Exhibitor List With New Names—and a Few Absences The exhibitor list for Art Basel Hong Kong's 2020 edition is out, complete with 242 participating galleries. By Kate Brown, 20 hours ago
Art Fairs Price Check! Here’s What Sold—and For How Much—at the 2019 Edition of FIAC Here's what art dealers say they sold at the Paris fair (though watch out for number-fudging and other kinds of general sneakiness). By artnet News, 2 days ago
Galleries David Kordansky Gallery Is Launching an Online Viewing Room With an All-Star Sale That Benefits Climate Activism The Los Angeles gallery will debut its new sales platform with works by Sam Gilliam, Jonas Wood, and others. By Tim Schneider, 2 days ago
Galleries Duchamp Scholar Francis Naumann Says He’s Closing His New York Gallery Because Young People Find Modernism ‘Passé’ The gallerist is shuttering his business after nearly 20 years. By artnet News, Oct 18, 2019
Auctions A Whimsical Menagerie of Splendorous Beasts by the Lalannes Is Up for Sale at Sotheby’s—See Works From the Auction Here The auction house is selling off works that belonged to the famed couple. By Eileen Kinsella, Oct 18, 2019
Art Fairs 7 Emerging Artists to Watch at FIAC and Its Edgier Sister Fair, the Paris Internationale We scoured the city to find the best still-unknown names to look out for. By Naomi Rea & Nate Freeman, Oct 17, 2019
Auctions Christie’s Hong Kong Seeks to Seize a $33 Million Record for Chinese-French Modernist Sanyu With its ambitious estimate, Christie's hopes to outdo Sanyu's current world auction record of $25 million this November. By Tim Schneider, Oct 17, 2019
Art Fairs ‘When You’re Home, You Hit a Home Run’: French Dealers Make Steady Sales at FIAC as Foreign Galleries Rush to Establish Spaces in Paris Paris is quickly becoming the most important city in Europe for the art trade. By Nate Freeman, Oct 16, 2019
Auctions A Recently Discovered Portrait by Nigerian Star Ben Enwonwu Sold for Nearly Eight Times Its Estimate at Sotheby’s London Some see the sale as a bellwether for the market for modern and contemporary art from Africa. By Kate Brown, Oct 16, 2019
Auctions The Brooklyn Museum Is Selling This Rare Francis Bacon Pope Painting at Sotheby’s to Raise Money for Other Acquisitions The painting, estimated to fetch as much as $8 million, is one of only six surviving canvases from the artist's turbulent time in Tangier. By Taylor Dafoe, Oct 16, 2019
Galleries ‘It’s Like Putting on Someone Else’s Jacket, and It Fits’: David Zwirner’s Paris Branch Is Open for Business, With a Bang The space was once the gallery of famed French dealer Yvon Lambert. By Nate Freeman, Oct 15, 2019
Market As Protests Continue to Rock the City, a Hong Kong Art Fair Show Has Cancelled Its Spring 2020 Edition Attendance at the Asia Contemporary Art Show fell by 40 percent at the fair's most recent show. By Kate Brown, Oct 15, 2019
Market 9 Shows to See in Paris During FIAC, From Spotlights on Rising Stars to a Tribute to the Woman Who Broke Modernism’s Glass Ceiling Check out must-see shows in Paris during FIAC art fair at the Grand Palais. By artnet News, Oct 14, 2019
Analysis How New York’s MoMA Raised More Than $400 Million for Its Expansion in Just Four Years Four people—Leon Black, David Geffen, Ken Griffin, and Steve Cohen—gave more than 50 percent of the target sum. By Eileen Kinsella, Oct 10, 2019
Market A $35 Million de Kooning Painting and a $25 Million Monet Are Among the Highlights of New York’s Fall Auction Season Sotheby's will sell a de Kooning painting from Robert Mnuchin and a Holocaust survivor's Monet canvas this fall. By Sarah Cascone, Oct 9, 2019
