NewsArt crime
London dealers embroiled in Ezra Chowaiki fraud scheme over $1.2m Chagall painting
Fresh complaint seeks the return of the work allegedly sold by the disgraced Manhattan dealer under false pretences
NewsArt market
Bid me up before you go-go: sun goes down on George Michael’s art collection at Christie’s
Buyers have faith in Tracey Emin who leads the white glove, YBA-heavy sale, but Damien Hirst’s market continues to soften
NewsArt market
Jean-Claude Juncker dismisses claims that freeports are ‘systematically used to commit fraud’
European Commission president rebuffs German MEP Wolf Klinz's demand for a proper investigation into the management of Le Freeport Luxembourg
NewsTEFAF Maastricht 2019
Savoy-Sarr report fails to dent tribal market, says Tefaf exhibitor
Didier Claes, who was consulted for the restitution report commissioned by French president Emmanuel Macron, says it has invigorated the market for African art
NewsArt market
Frieze shareholder Endeavor returns $400m investment to Saudi Arabia
Sport and entertainment group severs ties with the kingdom’s leaders after murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi
NewsArt market
Gerhard Richter’s jet fighter painting finally takes off at Phillips after bumpy legal battle
After previous buyer defaulted on paying for the work in 2016, painting sold in London for £15.5m in a significantly smaller auction compared with 2018
AnalysisAuctions
Hockney double portrait sells for £37.7m, accounting for half of Christie’s contemporary sale in London
Overall results are down 42.7% on last year, but European buying remains strong despite Brexit
NewsArt market
Sotheby's puts female artists first in contemporary sale, but men still end up on top
Jenny Saville's Juncture sells for £5.4m and records set for Rebecca Warren and Nigerian artist Toyin Ojih Odutola, but Jean-Michel Basquiat still leads prices
NewsBrexit
Art world scrambles to ship art before Brexit deadline
Pavilion commissioners among those to allow extra transport time for Venice Biennale as “huge ramifications” dawn
NewsArt market
Blue chip galleries partner with London's Selfridges store to sell art
Shop's programme highlights Crossrail artists’ commissions including Chantal Joffe, Yayoi Kusama and Darren Almond
NewsJean-Michel Basquiat
How a protest poster by David Wojnarowicz may have inspired Basquiat's Defacement
Artist's 1983 depiction of an infamous case of police brutality goes on display at the Guggenheim Museum in New York in June
FeatureLos Angeles
Wearing its art on its sleeve: Los Angeles' enduring passion for murals
The city’s street paintings, vehicles for protest since the 1930s, continue to be a flashpoint
NewsFrieze Los Angeles 2019
Action! Cinematic works abound at Frieze Los Angeles as galleries go all out for glamour
First LA edition of the British fair focuses on local artists and pieces that speak to a Hollywood crowd
FeatureCurators
Globetrotting curators: the international search for art
Leading curators on their travel schedules, how technology shapes their visions—and whether they are aware of their carbon footprints
NewsCrime
A million Artsy user account details exposed in large-scale hack
Compromised data included account holders’ names and email and IP addresses
NewsTracey Emin
Tracey Emin to turn Margate studio into a museum for her work when she dies
British artist is returning to the seaside town where she grew up and plans to establish a foundation there
Podcast
Tracey Emin on mourning and #MeToo; George Shaw on realism and Rembrandt
We talk to Tracey Emin as her new show at White Cube opens. And we speak to George Shaw, whose exhibition has arrived at the Holburne Museum after its stint in the US. Produced in association with Bonhams, auctioneers since 1793.
NewsArt market
'Rockefeller effect' contributes to Christie’s £5.3bn record total in 2018
Brexit not a factor in dip in auctions in Europe and the Middle East, says auction house's Emeri president Dirk Boll
NewsJeff Koons
Jeff Koons says computer technology allowed him to downsize his New York studio
The US artist has laid off the majority of his painting assistants to focus on experimenting with sculpture
NewsArt market
European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker must close tax loopholes at Luxembourg freeport, MEP says
German politician Wolf Klinz describes the art storage facility as “high risk” for money laundering and tax evasion
NewsArt market
Gallery representation dwindles for 'established' female artists, new research finds
But while dead men dominate the market in the UK and US, it is women who top auction prices for African art
NewsArt market
Artsy co-founder Sebastian Cwilich to step down as president and chief operating officer
He will continue to work for the US online art marketplace as a senior adviser and remains its second largest individual shareholder
NewsBrexit
'A perfectly engineered catastrophe': artists speak out after Theresa May’s Brexit deal is crushed by parliament
Some, like Mark Wallinger, hold out vain hope for a second referendum, others, like Anish Kapoor, say we must come together to beat mounting xenophobia and intolerance
NewsBrexit
Leave campaigners call for Photographers' Gallery to be stripped of charitable status over Jonas Lund's project to 'reverse Brexit'
Swedish artist created fully functioning office ‘to expose online manipulation tactics’ used in the lead up to the EU referendum
NewsAuctions
Dutch Royal family’s decision to auction $2.5m Rubens drawing at Sotheby's sparks criticism
Calls are growing to give Dutch museums first refusal but Dutch prime minister says it is a ‘private matter’
NewsCondo
Condo London brings new energy to former gallery hub in Cork Street
Complex in heart of Mayfair will be occupied by three "temporarily spaceless" galleries for city-wide event
NewsSexual harassment
New York court dismisses case against Knight Landesman and Artforum magazine
Former publisher had been accused of sexual harassment by a former employee and several other women
NewsExhibitions
Settlement of lawsuit paves way for Derek Jarman painting show
The case began when Jarman’s long-term companion Keith Collins lodged a civil action against the art dealer Richard Salmon
NewsArt market
Shifts among the major auction houses could spell serious change
Loic Gouzer to leave Christie’s as the auction house restructures in wake of Francis Outred's departure, while Phillips upgrades its New York headquarters
NewsArt market
Frieze shareholder Endeavor ‘in process’ of pulling out of $400m Saudi deal
Hollywood entertainment agency intends to return entire investment after murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi
NewsMonuments
Doris Salcedo melts down guns for new memorial in Colombia honouring sexually assaulted women
Some of the 15,000 victims attacked during the 53-year war between the government and leftist Farc rebels are helping to make the "anti-monument"
NewsArt Basel in Miami Beach 2018
Street art is on the rise at fairs—but does it undermine the point?
KAWS edition of 100 prints at Art Basel in Miami Beach proved so popular gallery had to run a lottery
NewsArt Basel in Miami Beach
Art Basel looks to the future as ‘campus’ around the Miami Beach Convention Center grows
Fair organisers are "focusing on developing a new concept" after discontinuing the Film and Public sectors
NewsArt Basel in Miami Beach
We are all America: first Faena Festival aims to unify, not divide
There is continuity across the two continents, says curator of Miami Beach event
NewsRestoration
Queen Victoria and Fath-Ali Shah portraits, torn apart in 2011 British Embassy attack, to go back on show in Tehran
Restored paintings will form part of a new display of 66 works, including several Persian pieces bought by the UK's Government Art Collection after the attack
NewsArt market
Lévy Gorvy to launch Hong Kong headquarters next March
The firm's third gallery will oversee its Shanghai office as well as representatives in Taiwan and Korea
NewsExhibitions
Two become one: Mantegna painting reunited in National Gallery London show for first time in up to 500 years
The upper panel in the Accademia Carrara in Bergamo was only recently re-attributed to the Italian Renaissance master
NewsArt market
Christie’s head of post-war art in Europe Francis Outred leaves after ten years
Auction house is yet to announce a successor, while Outred says he is taking time out to consider offers
NewsArt market
London dealer Matthew Green accused of selling art used to secure more than £2m in loans
His business Mayfair Fine Art went into administration earlier this year following FBI sting operation
AnalysisArt market
Performance art finds its voice at Independent Brussels
Contemporary fair has reinvented itself after scaling back and moving to a November slot, although it has lost some big name exhibitors
NewsArt market
Guarantees: the next big art market scandal?
Third-party auction deals have made some people very rich—but they may be bad for the market in the long run
NewsContemporary art
#MeToo movement in at number three on Art Review’s Power 100 list
David Zwirner tops the ranking, while Kerry James Marshall is named most influential contemporary artist
NewsArt market
Tefaf drops dealers and auction house specialists from vetting committees
Move brings Dutch and New York art fairs in line with each other
NewsArt market
Kerry James Marshall painting created for Chicago library withdrawn from Christie’s auction
Knowledge and Wonder was estimated to sell for more than $10m, but Chicago’s mayor had a change of heart
AnalysisArt market
Witchy works cast a spell at Turin's Artissima art fair
Feminine power and the occult permeate the Italian event and the city beyond
PreviewArtissima
Artissima makes some noise with a new section for sound-based art
The Italian contemporary art fair is looking into cutting edge works this November
NewsAuctions
Sotheby’s withdraws painting that Pierre Bergé ‘maintained was by Manet’
The work was one of 18 to have been placed under a court order following a financial dispute unrelated to the auction
NewsArtists
Jeremy Deller says studios are 'a lifeline' for artists as Studio Voltaire announces £2.3m expansion
Year-long redevelopment of the south London non-profit will provide 42% more workspaces and an upgrade for the gallery
NewsPhilanthropy
Sackler family—major cultural patrons—amassed $31.2m in offshore HSBC bank accounts, investigation finds
Mortimer Sackler opened a handful of accounts in Switzerland one month before federal prosecutors filed a lawsuit against Purdue Pharma in 2005
AnalysisDigital art
Who needs artists? Rise in works made by AI raises real questions for the art market
A new portrait produced by an algorithm, expected to sell for around $10,000 at Christie’s, prompts new debates over authorship
NewsArt market
Banksy seller's stringent instructions for Sotheby's revealed
Sotheby's directors speak out for the first time since Girl With Balloon was half shredded at auction
FeatureAnni Albers
Paul Smith gets wrapped up in the work of the Bauhaus
After a life of collaborating with commercial brands, Anni Albers' foundation has posthumously licensed a design to be used by the UK fashion designer
NewsAuctions
Banksy renames shredded painting Love Is In the Bin as work sells to winning bidder after a week of negotiation
Girl With Balloon canvas ‘self-destructed’ live at Sotheby’s last week in one of the most publicised stunts in auction history
NewsArt market
Plucky Brits: Banksy self-destructs and Jenny Saville makes £9.5m record for a living female artist
Just when we thought Frieze week was all over, twists and turns provide high drama at Sotheby’s contemporary evening sale on Friday night
NewsFrieze London 2018
Handbags at dawn? Haroon Mirza accuses Louis Vuitton of appropriating his solar sculptures
Artist's new works incorporate "imitation" bags and wallets in response to brand's window displays
FeatureFrieze London 2018
A home of one's own: tackling London's growing housing and studio crisis
As debate rages over art’s role in gentrification, two new schemes offer artists affordable spaces to live and work
NewsArt market
Sotheby’s 'Banksy-ed' as painting 'self-destructs' live at auction
Girl with a Balloon (2006) had just hammered at £860,000
NewsFrieze London 2018
Mega-galleries bank on Chinese art at Frieze
Trend follows dealers’ move into Eastern market
NewsFrieze London 2018
Curators defend Turner Prize nominee Luke Willis Thompson
The artist has been accused of profiting from black suffering
NewsChelsea Manning
Chelsea Manning says watching students toppling Confederate monument was 'inspiring'
Speaking at an event organised by London's Institute of Contemporary Arts, the whistleblower said the statue's removal aligned with her own passion for 'direct action'
PreviewArt market
Frieze 2018 reveals strong UK-South African ties
South African artists are enjoying a growth in overseas interest, as seen in London this month
NewsArt market
Damien Hirst scales back business activities to focus on making art
The former YBA has laid off 50 staff and bought a £40m studio in Soho, opening next year
AnalysisArt market
Fair’s fair? The murky world of stand costs
Research by The Art Newspaper uncovers wide disparity in both fee structures and transparency
NewsArt market
Max Hetzler defies Brexit uncertainties and opens London gallery
New space on Dover Street will focus on historical exhibitions and two-person shows
NewsArt market
Copyright case brought by Naf Naf creative director against Jeff Koons finally comes to court
Franck Davidovici first accused the artist of plagiarising his 1985 advertising campaign almost four years ago
NewsArt market
Embattled private equity firm Abraaj Group fails to renew Art Dubai sponsorship
Plans to lend the Abraaj Group Art Prize collection to the Jameel Art Centre are also on hold
NewsArt market
Hollywood stars and art world A-listers come out in support of Frieze Los Angeles
Salma Hayek, Tobey Maguire and Serena Williams are among those on the fair’s host committee, while Gagosian, Zwirner, Hauser & Wirth and Ropac will exhibit
NewsFrieze
Frieze Art Fair establishes tiered pricing structure for debut Los Angeles event
As with Art Basel, the aim is for larger dealers to subsidise smaller galleries, with plans to roll out similar models in London and New York
NewsArt market
Art Basel introduces new booth pricing structure to subsidise younger galleries
Dealers say it is a ‘step in the right direction’ but acknowledge there is a long way to go to redress the balance
NewsArt market
Sale of $100m collection will make David Teiger’s contemporary art foundation one of the world's largest
American collector's works, from Doig to decoy ducks, are to be offered across ten sales at Sotheby’s over the next eight months
NewsArt market
Asher Edelman’s art lending company Artemus sues Paul Kasmin gallery over ‘false invoices’ in sale of Frank Stella painting
The gallery says it has been “pulled into a dispute regarding a transaction in which it was not involved”
NewsArt market
Sotheby’s in deal to sell estate of hip-hop pioneer and graffiti artist Rammellzee
Auction house is enlisting dealers and curators to promote the legacy of the polymath who is believed to have cursed his collection
NewsProtest
Peter Kennard among artists to remove their art from London's Design Museum in protest over arms event
Directors Deyan Sudjic and Alice Black say ‘professional activists exploited the situation’ and they stand by their ‘curatorial independence’
NewsAppointments & departures
Charles Saumarez Smith to leave Royal Academy of Arts to become senior director of Blain Southern
Secretary and chief executive of the London museum says he wanted to go “at a time of obvious strength and success”
NewsControversies
Shepard Fairey joins group of artists demanding their work be removed from the Design Museum after ‘arms trade’ event
The London institution says it did not endorse the private event organised by the Italian aerospace company Leonardo