Art Fairs Here’s Our Up-to-the-Minute Guide to All the Art Fairs Taking Place Around the World (Yes, Really) in 2021 Here are all of the in-person fair dates we could pin down so far. By Caroline Goldstein, Jan 7, 2021
Analysis The UK Has Officially Exited the EU With a Trade Deal. So What Exactly Does It Mean for the Art Business? As one expert says, when it comes to the new trade deal, "the devil will be in the details." By Kate Brown, Jan 5, 2021
Galleries Gagosian Has Closed Its San Francisco Gallery, Once Seen as a Beacon of Promise for Silicon Valley’s Art Market The gallery says it will focus its West Coast energies on Los Angeles. By Eileen Kinsella, Jan 4, 2021
Galleries Curatorial Dynamo Destinee Ross-Sutton Just Opened a New Project Space Dedicated to Black Art in SoHo—No Flippers Allowed A contract she first developed for Christie's is in place for all sales. By Eileen Kinsella, Dec 22, 2020
Market Philip Guston’s Market Has Never Reached the Heights of His Ab-Ex Contemporaries. But This Year’s Controversy May Change That Guston's refusal to conform once hurt his market—now, it could be the reason for its revival. By Naomi Rea, Dec 22, 2020
Auctions Top Auction Houses Saw Total Sales Drop in 2020—But Sotheby’s Outpaced Rival Christie’s With $5 Billion in Revenue Private sales, online sales, and demand from Asia are driving growth. By Eileen Kinsella, Dec 18, 2020
Auctions Sotheby’s Is Selling Off the Collection of Christo and Jeanne-Claude, Including Cookie Jars Once Owned by Andy Warhol The cookie jars used to sit on Christo and Jeanne-Claude's refrigerator. By Brian Boucher, Dec 17, 2020
Art Fairs With the Looming Possibility of a No-Deal Brexit, London’s 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair Is Launching an Edition in Paris The fair is testing the market in the French capital as the UK’s Brexit deadline ticks closer. By Naomi Rea, Dec 17, 2020
Galleries Perrotin Is Launching a Secondary-Market Business in Paris to Offer Collectors a Bespoke ‘Alternative to Auction Houses’ The venture will be housed in a townhouse near the Grand Palais and Sotheby's and Christie's salesrooms. By Eileen Kinsella, Dec 15, 2020
Auctions Hot Lots: These 7 Artists Emerged as Market Sensations During This Year’s Star-Making Auction Day Sales Alex Gardner, Salman Toor, Christina Quarles, and other artists drastically outperformed expectations. By Nate Freeman, Dec 15, 2020
Auctions Here Are the 10 Most Expensive Works of Art Sold at Auction in 2020—and Why They Fetched the Prices They Did Plus, who bought and sold them (when we could figure it out). By Eileen Kinsella, Dec 14, 2020
Galleries Commercial Art Galleries in Germany Must Close Again as the Government Mandates Stricter Lockdown Measures Art galleries had dodged the earlier lockdown, which began in November. By Kate Brown, Dec 14, 2020
Auctions Led by Neiman Marcus’s Estimate-Smashing Calder Mobile, Sotheby’s Latest Hybrid Evening Sale Pulled in $63.4 Million Sotheby's final livestreamed auction of the year brought in a respectable total—although last-minute withdrawals offered a skewed picture. By Nate Freeman, Dec 8, 2020
Auctions Phillips’s Robust $135 Million New York Auction Sets Records for a Half-Dozen Black Artists, Rising Stars and Midcareer Figures Alike Records were shattered for Amy Sherald, Vaughn Spann, Mickalene Thomas, and others. By Eileen Kinsella, Dec 7, 2020
Galleries Megacollector and Embattled Former Casino Developer Steve Wynn Has Opened His Own Art Gallery in Palm Beach Florida man opens gallery. By Artnet News, Dec 7, 2020
