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London’s galleries reopen and double down; Hauser & Wirth adds Monaco to its list; auction sales up 50 per cent in first quarter; the Met buys from Tefaf at a distance
Non-fungible tokens are disrupting the art world — but there are risks as well as rewards
More NFTs at auction; Sotheby’s joins the party and its Asian arm keeps it in the family; Art Basel Hong Kong takes shape
Auction sales back on track; galleries pop up in Aspen; Russell Tovey picks works for Sotheby’s sale
Art fairs cancel and reinvent for another year; record for Banksy at Christie’s; Jean-Michel Basquiat sold to Asian buyer
A new Gallery Weekend for the UK capital; Christie’s offers Monet’s ‘Waterloo Bridge’ for $35m; adieu to the Paris Biennale; Salon 94 gets new HQ; Sotheby’s gets on NFT bandwagon
Gallery’s end exposes art market vulnerability; Banksy sells hospital picture for the NHS; Art Dubai fair moves with the times; museums share cost of art; Sprüth Magers represents Nancy Holt
Buyer in the frame for Marlborough galleries; established artists go Non-Fungible; new heights for Winston Churchill’s art and more
White Cube launches secondary market project; southern hemisphere platform kicks off; Jewish émigré artists at Bonhams
Plus: Hauser & Wirth Menorca to open with Mark Bradford; Frieze launches gallery space in London; rare Zodiac basin leads Sotheby’s Islamic sale; Calida Rawles joins Lehmann Maupin
‘Ghost booths’ at Art Basel Hong Kong spark uncertainty; Steve Martin supports indigenous art; confidence falls for new work
Hollywood star sells wartime painting; Amanda Gorman portrait goes to Harvard; Botticelli dominates patchy Sotheby’s sale
Date of fairs pushed back; Independent at NY’s Cipriani; social media sells better than art fairs; Charles Ede’s 50th
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
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