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Works spanning Van Gogh to Freud set for a $16m sale; California vineyard owners buy through lockdown; Old Masters dominate in January; Masterpiece fair investigates materials
AR art appeals; Foundation warns of Josef Albers forgeries; war-torn artists at Sotheby’s; Pace signs Brazilian painter
Galleries pool water-themed exhibitions; trade awaits Brexit red tape; Hong Kong overtakes London at auction; quiltmakers sell to major museums
Will full-scale fairs return? Can the mass move online sustain the market? And when will we see signs of recovery?
Imaginative solutions have helped the market survive the unforeseeable events of 2020
Silent nights at Old Masters auctions; 1-54 swaps Marrakesh for Paris; new map charts London’s emerging galleries
Asia boosts business; tired auctions undershoot in New York; London gallery pairs fine art with handbags
Surrealist treats come to Christie’s; Ghana gets first artist residency; James Murdoch on board at MCH Group
Reinventing the online wheel; Picasso case goes ahead despite controversy; report finds that gender bias worsens during Covid-19
Plus, real-life fairs delayed again; Pace moves into Blain|Southern space; Abu Dhabi tests virtual performance
Plus, collectors gift Brixton painting to Tate; Victoria Siddall moves to Frieze board; New York state sues Sotheby’s
MCH Group reaches agreement; England locks galleries down again; Ed Sheeran painting up for grabs
Museum sales under pressure; London auctions fall again; Frieze moves — and shrinks — in New York
Also, Marina Abramović mixes reality at Christie’s, Trump painting sells well at Phillips and more
Plus Miami Design District to host Art Basel galleries; spirits high at 1-54 fair
Plus Gerhard Richter at Gagosian; Hauser & Wirth pick up Frank Bowling
Art Basel hosts mini-fair in Hong Kong; stakes climb for online fairs; Paula Rego goes to Victoria Miro gallery
Plus, Lisson Gallery tests Mayfair; Peter Doig at Christie’s; new fair for digital art; Covid-friendly gallery weekend in Berlin
Saatchi’s daughter opens a London gallery; Jerusalem’s Islamic art museum sells at Sotheby’s; Fortnum & Mason boss to head Hauser & Wirth; counting the art in storage
UK government delays AML deadline; Frank Bowling fights former gallery; Phillips tracks artists
Plus: 1-54 fair bucks trend to go ahead in London; Lisson opens in the Hamptons; art fairs launch online stores
Plus: traffic numbers released for digital fairs; White Cube hosts London graduates; Messums opens in Yorkshire
Plus: US grand jury indicts Inigo Philbrick; BA offers first-class Bridget Riley; James Murdoch aims for a slice of Art Basel company
Also, livestream auctions hit the spot; Untitled, Art fair tests alternative model; David Zwirner represents Muñoz estate
Sotheby’s makes leap with digital auction; rumours swirl around Art Basel; Lévy Gorvy to open in Paris
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