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The art fairs, people and trends shaping the region’s market
Plus: western galleries prepare for the Taipei Dangdai fair; Stik street art restored; Thomas Dane and Simon Preston team up
Gimmicks dominated the art scene but some technological changes have genuine potential
Crypto platform plans another offering; Alpine fair rethinks timing; art sale to benefit refugees
Also: record price for Hitler’s Ruisdael; women take the lead in London
The art fairs, people and trends shaping the art market in the Americas
New York auctions; Texas museum gets photo gift; Christie’s head of postwar art steps down; bother at Be Uri; Italian bank values its art
A nervous start to New York auctions; taste swings to Modern Americans; design fair directors rotate; Vivian Maier in colour
‘Portrait of an Artist (Pool with Two Figures)’ sells for $90.3m at Christie’s auction
Swiss U-turn; success breeds success; female photographers in Paris; rock-star treatment
The events, people and trends shaping the art market this season
The highlights, themes and trends — plus sales reports from the fairs
Plus: Art Brussels adapts; Art Stage Singapore cancelled; ceramics at London Art Fair; Schiele at Sotheby’s; art sales in Selfridges
The artist on converting to Christianity, painting blindfolded and running a tea shop in Taipei
How does Taiwanese collecting compare to that in mainland China — and will the new Taipei Dangdai art fair change things?
Jason Chung Tang Yen on how local galleries are responding to the Taipei Dangdai fair — and to wider changes in the market
Taipei has sustained centuries-old Chinese traditions of collecting and connoisseurship — upheld today by patrons like Robert Tsao
The artist is the first woman to represent Taiwan at the Venice Biennale, but she is ambivalent about her nationality and gender identity
The campaigner is optimistic about the power of art to change attitudes
Taipei Dangdai aims to harness the island’s dynamic collecting culture
The collector, curator and patron on the appeal of buying works by contemporary artists
Royal Mint to release new series of commemoratives
Christie’s secures another Hockney hit; Brexit concerns for March sales; new life in Old Masters
This year’s event finds an increasing acceptance among collectors of new work that falls between furniture and art
The homeless painter’s penetrating works depict slaves, prisoners and protesters
An intriguing show traces a journey from youthful minimalism to vivid celebrations of women’s potential
Fascinated by power and capital, the New York-based artist produces work that resists easy interpretation
The Mexican artist presents their most personal exhibition to date
Big names are still a safe bet for galleries at fairs, but embracing new markets might prove a canny move
Known for creating seven-foot bronze penises, the artist-designer duo’s recent work is less about sex and more about the natural world
As Cuban art goes on show in Miami, artists back home are being jailed after protesting a draconian new law
‘Autorreconstrucción’, the artist’s installation in Miami, is Art Basel’s first free public exhibition
All over the country, artists are making powerful work about the impact of decades of violence and isolation
An exhibition of ‘outsider art’ raises questions about how museums shape the canon
The financier on creating a new public foundation that reflects a very personal passion
Previously seen as a lowly ‘craft’, the medium has been embraced by commercial galleries and experimental artists alike
A Florida exhibition of letters, poetry and drawings by inmates aims to shed light on the realities of mass incarceration
