Art Basel Has Postponed Its March Hong Kong Fair to May as Travel Uncertainty Likely Delays the Market Calendar’s Return Until Mid-Year

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Art Basel Has Postponed Its March Hong Kong Fair to May as Travel Uncertainty Likely Delays the Market Calendar’s Return Until Mid-Year

Meanwhile, online viewing rooms are planned for Art Basel Miami Beach.

By Eileen Kinsella, Nov 16, 2020

Art Fairs

Dealers Spent Weeks in Quarantine to Participate in Shanghai’s Art Week, the First Major In-Person Event Since Lockdown. Was It Worth It?

Here's what it took for US and European galleries to participate in Shanghai's West Bund and ART021 fairs.

By Eileen Kinsella & Nate Freeman, Nov 13, 2020

Art Fairs

Art Basel’s Parent Company Has Cleared a Path for James Murdoch’s Investment After Shareholders Threatened to Kill the Deal

Murdoch will gain three seats on the board, while some Swiss leaders will step down next year.

By Eileen Kinsella, Nov 5, 2020

Art Fairs

How the Director of Italy’s Top Art Fair Is Reimagining the Event—Yet Again—as the Country Goes Into Another Lockdown

A scaled-back version of the fair was slated to open across three Turin museums this week.

By Naomi Rea, Nov 4, 2020

Art Fairs

Dealers Report Only a Smattering of Sales at Art Basel and TEFAF’s Online Art Fairs, Raising Doubts About the Value of the Virtual Events

But with low or no cost to participate, there's not much risk either.

By Eileen Kinsella, Nov 3, 2020

Art Fairs

Frieze New York Is Moving From Its Palatial Tent on Randall’s Island to the Shed for a Pared-Down Art Fair in 2021

The next edition of Frieze New York will be a significantly smaller affair.

By Eileen Kinsella, Oct 28, 2020

Art Fairs

Art Brussels Is Opening a New Antwerp Art Fair in December, Despite Mounting Coronavirus Cases in Belgium

The fair is slated to take place in December.

By Naomi Rea, Oct 27, 2020

Art Fairs

‘We’ve Changed Everything This Year’: Dealers in Paris Get Creative to Present Lively New Art During FIAC Week (Without FIAC)

From a socially distanced Paris Internationale to an impromptu gallery share initiative, these experiments kept Paris's art week lively.

By Devorah Lauter, Oct 25, 2020

Art Fairs

This New Palm Beach Art Fair Aims to Create Some Extra Buzz Around the City’s Burgeoning Art Market

Veteran fair organizers David and Lee Ann Lester unveiled plans for the new event in Palm Beach—and the concept of an "art bubble."

By Eileen Kinsella, Oct 20, 2020

Art Fairs

Price Check! Here’s What Sold—and For How Much—at the 2020 Frieze London and Frieze Masters’ Online Viewing Room

Here's our roundup of sales that went down at Frieze's latest online viewing room.

By Artnet News, Oct 19, 2020

Art Fairs

TEFAF Is Known for Its Top-Notch Vetting Process. But Can It Work Online?

Here's how the fair is applying its high standards to the first online edition.

By Eileen Kinsella, Oct 14, 2020

Art Fairs

Buoyed By Interest in Young African Artists, London’s Only IRL Art Fair 1-54 Shows the Value of In-Person Events

1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair went ahead in London despite the cancellation of Frieze.

By Naomi Rea, Oct 8, 2020

Art Fairs

Two Innovative Brazilian Galleries Have Set Up ‘Surrogate’ Frieze London Booths Back Home in Rio de Janeiro

A Gentil Carioca and Fortes D'Aloia & Gabriel are trying out a clever approach to the online viewing room.

By Kate Brown, Oct 8, 2020

Art Fairs

Art Basel’s Parent Company MCH Looks for New Revenue Opportunities After Losing More Than $25 Million in the First Half of 2020

Amid steep losses, now legal action could thwart a much-hoped for investment from James Murdoch.

By Eileen Kinsella, Sep 30, 2020

Art Fairs

From New Faces to Hug Art, Here Are 5 Major Trends to Be Found in Art Basel’s New Online Fair Devoted to Work Made During Lockdown

Our market team scoured the digital aisles so you don't have to.

By Artnet News, Sep 25, 2020