Art Fairs Art Basel Has Canceled the 2020 Edition of Its Flagship Swiss Fair, Citing ‘Tumultuous and Challenging Times’ The announcement comes after mounting pressure from dealers to make the call. By Kate Brown, Jun 6, 2020
Art Fairs The Seattle Art Fair’s Parent Company Vulcan Is Closing Its Art and Entertainment Division, Throwing the Future of the Fair Into Question The closure of the arts division at the late Paul Allen's company also threatens the future of several Seattle museums and a beloved cinema. By Eileen Kinsella, Jun 1, 2020
Art Fairs In the Latest Blow to Singapore’s Fledgling Art Market, the Inaugural Art SG Fair Has Been Delayed for a Second Time Organizers now hope to open the event in November 2021. By Sarah Cascone, May 22, 2020
Art Fairs Untitled Is Bringing the First-Ever Art Fair to Take Place in Virtual Reality to Your Screen This Summer The fair sped up the development of the technology amid the current shutdown By Eileen Kinsella, May 18, 2020
Art Fairs NADA Is Launching a Communal New Online Art Fair for 200 Dealers Who Will Equally Share 20 Percent of All Sales Galleries will also pay 10 percent of their sales proceeds to NADA for organizing the event. By Taylor Dafoe, May 14, 2020
Art Fairs Price Check! Here’s What Sold—and for How Much—at the Frieze Art Fair’s Inaugural Online Viewing Room Here's what dealers say they sold at the inaugural online fair (though watch out for number-fudging and other kinds of general sneakiness). By Artnet News, May 13, 2020
Art Fairs After Initially Hoping to Stick to Its September Opening, EXPO Chicago Has Been Postponed Until April 2021 Organizers of NADA Chicago, an EXPO satellite, pulled the plug on their event last month. By Sarah Cascone, May 12, 2020
Art Fairs Taipei Dangdai’s New Online Platform Aims to Keep International Dealers Connected to the Asian Art Market as the Region Slowly Reopens Dozens of dealers who showed at the most recent Taipei Dangdai art fair in January are taking part in the initiative. By Eileen Kinsella, May 8, 2020
Art Fairs What’s It Like to Actually Shop at a Virtual Art Fair? We Zoomed Along With a Collector to See What He Thinks of Frieze’s Inaugural Online Edition Following Chris Birchby gives a sense of the strengths and weaknesses of perusing the aisles remotely. By Tim Schneider, May 7, 2020
Art Fairs Here Are the 6 Most Expensive Works at the Frieze Art Fair’s First Virtual Edition (and 5 Great Affordable Ones, Too) The online version of Frieze New York allows users to sort by price. So we did. By Eileen Kinsella, May 7, 2020
Art Fairs Frieze New York’s Online Edition Launches With Seven-Figure Sales to VIPs as Art Dealers Hustle to Get a Handle on Virtual Fairs Mega-dealers report robust sales at the first virtual edition of Frieze New York, while smaller galleries saw a slower pace. By Eileen Kinsella, May 6, 2020
Art Fairs The Art Market Is Hoping a Crush of Post-Lockdown Art Fairs Will Come to the Rescue This Fall. But Many Collectors Say They Won’t Go What happens to a handshake business when no handshakes are allowed? By Nate Freeman, Apr 29, 2020
Art Fairs Art Basel Says It’s ‘Too Early’ to Confirm Its Marquee Fair Will Take Place This Fall, But Promises More Online Offerings The fair's latest missive to exhibitors also offers a series of perks. By Eileen Kinsella, Apr 27, 2020
Art Fairs Can a Virtual Art Fair Deliver? We Went in Search of Great Art in the Dallas Art Fair’s Online Viewing Rooms to Find Out Here are eight of the most memorable works from the Dallas Art Fair's virtual edition. By Andrew Goldstein, Apr 20, 2020
Art Fairs With All Art Fairs Postponed, One New York Dealer Decided to Erect a Fair Booth Inside Her Gallery to Lure Buyers—and, So Far, It’s Working! The Hole, a gallery on New York's Bowery, erected its planned presentation for the Dallas Art Fair at home. By Taylor Dafoe, Apr 15, 2020
