Art Fairs Art Dealers at Frieze Masters Are Hustling to Make Sales Despite a Low Supply of High-Quality Works The fair's VIP preview signaled a cautious moment in the art market. By Julia Halperin, Oct 2, 2019
Art Fairs Tate Acquires Work by an Overlooked Textile Artist, a Video Inspired by Cancer Treatment, and Other Works From Frieze 2019 The UK institution expanded its remit to include Frieze Masters for the first time. By Kate Brown, Oct 2, 2019
Galleries The London-Based White Cube Gallery Is Expanding to Paris (and It Supposedly Has Nothing to Do With Brexit) The gallery says its has been looking for a Paris location for several years. By Eileen Kinsella & Nate Freeman, Oct 2, 2019
Auctions A Signature Ed Ruscha Text Painting Could Fetch $40 Million at Christie’s Next Month and Shatter the Artist’s Auction Record The canvas is from the early 1960s. By Taylor Dafoe, Oct 2, 2019
Art Fairs The Most Expensive Work Ever to Come to Frieze Masters Is This Magnificent $30 Million Botticelli Portrait But the buyer of the work will have to jump through some hoops with the Spanish authorities to get it home. By Naomi Rea, Oct 2, 2019
Auctions Christie’s Kicks Off Frieze Week With a Bang With the $28 Million Sale of British Businessman Jeremy Lancaster’s Collection Philip Guston made a rare auction appearance—and the top lot of the sale. By Colin Gleadell, Oct 1, 2019
Market Banksy’s Latest Elaborate Stunt in London Is Actually an Advertisement for His New Online Home Goods Shop He's always up to something. By Taylor Dafoe, Oct 1, 2019
Art Fairs Vienna Contemporary Has a New Look and New Leadership, But It Remains a Staid, Regional Fair The art fair continues its soul-searching to find its rightful place amid a stacked fair calendar. By Louisa Elderton, Sep 30, 2019
Analysis How Scholars and Curators Helped Create an International Art Market for Pioneering American Modernist Marsden Hartley The market for the artist's work, once confined to the US, has become much more widespread. By Eileen Kinsella, Sep 30, 2019
Auctions Auction Blotter: Julie Curtiss Shocks, Ed Ruscha Sizzles, and KAWS Keeps On Keeping On in the New York Day Sales By Nate Freeman, Sep 27, 2019
Analysis ‘You Make a Decision to Continue’: Amid a Crushing National Deficit, Beirut’s Art Scene Finds Creative Ways to Stay Afloat Many were pleasantly surprised by the strong attendance at the recent Beirut Art Fair. But for some, it's still not enough. By Rebecca Anne Proctor, Sep 27, 2019
Art Fairs Masterpiece London Will Proceed With a Trimmed-Down Debut in Hong Kong Next Week Amid Continued Protests and Fears of Worse It didn't seem like the right time to have a major presence—and it didn't feel right to pull out entirely, either. By Vivienne Chow, Sep 27, 2019
Analysis Frieze’s Majority Owner, the Hollywood Colossus Endeavor, Is About to Go Public. What Does the IPO Mean for the Art-Fair Company? Want a possible sneak peek into Frieze's future? Endeavor's SEC filings and underlying business offer clues about what to expect next. By Tim Schneider, Sep 26, 2019
Auctions Banksy Can Insult Collectors All He Wants—It Won’t Stop Them From Buying, His Sold-Out $1.4 Million Christie’s Online Auction Proves A sarcastically titled sale of Banksy works drew eager buyers who didn't seem to mind the artist calling them "morons." By Eileen Kinsella, Sep 25, 2019
Market Is the Art Market Headed for Another Recession? 9 Tips From the Experts on How Galleries Can Survive the Fallout From general business fundamentals to specific art-market hacks, these strategies from veterans of the trade will help keep your doors open. By Eileen Kinsella & Tim Schneider, Sep 25, 2019
