Art Fairs ‘Now It’s Just the Real People’: Art Basel Opens Its First Fair in 18 Months With an Among-Friends Vibe (and Steady Sales, Too) There was nary an American collector in sight. By Eileen Kinsella & Naomi Rea, Sep 21, 2021
Art Fairs NFTs Make Their Debut at Art Basel, Where Collectors Are Curious—And a Bit Confused—About the New Art Medium Galerie Nagel Draxler reported strong sales of its NFT offerings, finding workarounds for collectors without crypto wallets. By Kate Brown, Sep 21, 2021
Art Fairs Art Basel Unlimited, the Fair’s Section for Oversize Works, Debuts With a $3 Million Bread House and a Whole Lot of Big Paintings The fan-favorite section, back after a one-year hiatus, presented 62 standalone projects. By Kate Brown, Sep 20, 2021
Art Fairs Is This the Most Expensive Work at Art Basel? One Dealer Has Brought a $40 Million Fresh-to-Market Painting by Jean-Michel Basquiat Works by the late artist continue to dominate collectors' wish lists. By Katya Kazakina, Sep 20, 2021
Art Fairs Switzerland Has Given an Eleventh-Hour Reprieve From Costly Additional Testing for Art Basel Visitors Who Received the AstraZeneca Vaccine From today, all visitors to Switzerland who have received an EMA-approved vaccine will be allowed to obtain a Swiss Covid certificate. By Naomi Rea, Sep 20, 2021
Art Fairs See 10 of the Exhilarating Installations at the Spring/Break Art Show, From a Shrine to Giantesses to One Absurdly Big Ham The fair's tenth New York edition delivers more of the over-the-top art installations for which Spring/Break has become known. By Sarah Cascone, Sep 10, 2021
Art Fairs Future Fair Debuts in New York With an Experimental Co-Op Model—and Dealers Say It Has Delivered Going on now through Sunday, Future Fair operates like a co-op, sharing profits with participating galleries. By Taylor Dafoe, Sep 10, 2021
Art Fairs In Pictures: The Armory Show 2021 Sees the New York Art World (Almost) Back in Full Swing See what the fair's first Javits Center edition looked like here. By Sarah Cascone, Sep 10, 2021
Art Fairs The Armory Show Makes a Triumphant Return to New York With Far-Flung Dealers, Six-Figure Sales, and a Can-Do Attitude Doubts about whether it was too early for fairs to return were assuaged by strong sales and attendance. By Eileen Kinsella, Sep 9, 2021
Art Fairs You Can Get Your Tarot Cards Read by an Art Witch Channeling the Ghost of Hilma af Klint at the Armory Show The tarot deck is the work of a feminist artist collective inspired by spiritual abstractionist Hilma af Klint. By Sarah Cascone, Sep 9, 2021
Art Fairs The Debut of Eye of the Collector, London’s Latest Boutique Fair, Offers Positive Early Signals for the Returning Art Market Dealers reported collector enthusiasm for the fair's cross-category approach and genteel setting. By Naomi Rea, Sep 9, 2021
Art Fairs The Local Paris Fair Salon Galeristes Pulls the Plug on Its 2021 Edition as Bigger Art Fairs Power Ahead With Fall Events The niche fair had been slated to run alongside FIAC in October. By Naomi Rea, Sep 7, 2021
Art Fairs Art Basel Just Created a $1.6 Million ‘Solidarity Fund’ to Calm Uneasy Exhibitors Two Weeks Ahead of Its Marquee Swiss Fair A letter to exhibitors on Monday also announced the fair would cover hotel and rebooking costs for gallery staff who test positive. By Tim Schneider, Sep 6, 2021
Art Fairs Here’s Your Go-To Guide to All the In-Person Art Fairs Taking Place in New York During Armory Week 2021 Here's what you need to know going into a very different year of the Armory Show. By Artnet News, Sep 2, 2021
Art Fairs Frieze London and Art Basel Are Pulling Out All the Stops to Lure Collectors Back to Fairs This Fall. Here’s What They Have in Store The fairs will not have a vaccine mandate, though they will require a negative test or proof of vaccination. By Sarah Cascone, Aug 19, 2021
