Art Market
Frieze week highlights: West African masks and New York bohemia
Sculptures and textiles by Yinka Shonibare are paired with works by artists from across the African diaspora at Stephen Friedman’s new Cork Street gallery
How healthy is London’s contemporary art market?
The first Frieze Art Fair in 2003 made the capital cool again – but how much does it matter now, 20 years on?
Around the galleries – Paris+ par Art Basel is back with even grander plans
Art Basel’s newest offshoot returns to the French capital with a public programme that is free and open to everyone
The true heirs to the Rothschild taste are actually in New York
Objects belonging to the French branch of the family are being sold by Christie’s this month – and they’re likely to wow US collectors
The Freddie Mercury sale is a show that could go on and on
Smashing expectations, the hype-powered auction introduced a new and particularly well-oiled model of the big houses’ marketing machine
Parcours des Mondes takes a truly global approach
This year’s edition of the event in Paris includes more dealers from more countries and offers an astonishing range of artefacts
Can selling artworks in small pieces yield big dividends?
A new breed of business is offering investors shares in blue-chip artworks – and making big claims about their profitability
Around the galleries – British Art Fair welcomes a fresh crop of collectors
Under new owners, this stalwart of the London fair calendar shows that a focus on British art needn’t be parochial
Can London auctions give collectors what they really want?
A few excellent results can’t paper over the deeper cracks that have appeared at Christie’s and Sotheby’s this summer
The young gallerists reinvigorating London’s art scene
A wave of emerging galleries is breaking across the capital despite difficult economic conditions
Classical African sculpture keeps moving with the times
Provenance is more crucial than ever but the market for masterpieces is now broader than ever
Around the galleries – the Armory Show is still a force to be reckoned with
At a time when art fairs around the world are scaling back, the New York mainstay is still thinking big
Portraits get seriously high-profile at the London auctions this month
A record-breaking Klimt at Sotheby’s has put the marketing machine in overdrive, but quieter joys can be found elsewhere in the capital
Around the galleries – Treasure House sets out its stall in London
From the ashes of Masterpiece rises an ambitious and even more selective successor
The golden age of English furniture
After a period in the doldrums, pieces by the best 18th-century makers are back in demand
Who really wants to buy video art?
Video art makes the running in the art world – but commercially, it has some catching up to do
Auction highlights – a window on the world of Pierre Boulez
The famously irascible composer’s collection is up for sale at Artcurial in Paris this month – and it’s full of unexpected delights
Auction highlights – Basquiat is still very much in fashion
Sotheby’s and Christie’s are both hoping to capitalise on the artist’s luxury status next week
The battle to win New York’s auction season
There’s strong competition in the Big Apple this month, with a martial portrait by Rubens and a late landscape by Henri Rousseau among the contenders
What to see at TEFAF New York
The fair returns to Manhattan with a strong focus on designers, women artists, new discoveries and forgotten stories
How New York took over the art world
After decades of globalisation, the centre of gravity is shifting back to the Big Apple
Pop go the prices for Roy Lichtenstein’s works on paper
Drawings, prints and collages were important to the artist’s process – and the market now values them accordingly
Around the galleries – Frieze New York thinks globally and locally
After scaling down during the pandemic, the fair is welcoming new international exhibitors while maintaining links closer to home
Auction highlights – an all-American medley at Sotheby’s
The Wolf family’s extraordinary collection of American art and crafts is up for sale later this month
What happens when an artist wants to be anonymous?