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Fairs change hands; spotlight on Hamdi Bey; mash-ups at Tefaf New York; Rockwell’s vaccination painting
Plus: Monet’s Charing Cross for New York; big-name sellers in London; Banksy lights up lacklustre week; surprise success in Hong Kong
Uncertainty surrounding Britain’s departure from the EU has seen Paris reclaim art market power from London
Plus: Brexit sparks Paris push, Christie’s goes old-school and passports for sale in Vienna
A new exhibition at Waddington Custot celebrates a cultural education, looking back at London’s art scene between 1960 and 1990
Plus: Frieze’s augmented realities; dismal figures for female artists; how Albert Oehlen is testing painting’s limits
A portrait by the Renaissance artist could become the most expensive work to sell at Frieze Masters if its $30m price tag is met
The international art fair scene is growing but financial strain and ‘fairtigue’ may cause trouble
Also: Per Kirkeby’s bricks in Chicago; Charles White’s gun violence painting; test your art knowledge
Event well-attended and exhibitors stoic but market still far from 2007 heyday
Sterling Ruby curates online; Danish foundation in New York; a piece of Nelson’s watery coffin
All eyes on Asia; time to rethink KAWS?; Lehmann Maupin boosts London team; Copenhagen fair a firm favourite
The South African-owned chain has shown a long-running and deep-seated support for art and artists
Plus: Independent fair ends in Brussels; industrialist’s collection to Christie’s; bongs get high
Auction house also celebrates influence of wartime refugees; African-American art moves to Chicago
Mega-dealer to open Paris outpost; mixed fortunes for Old Masters; football fever at Christie’s
Plus: the ethics of selling refugee art; A-Rod’s painting goes unsold at auction; art’s healing powers; and the new London art fair FFS
Masterpiece news; surprise hits at auctions; attic Caravaggio sells privately; Frieze director goes to Goodman gallery; Timothy Taylor relocates
Sotheby’s has gone under the hammer for $3.
The chief executive of the London art fair talks about international expansion and balancing luxury and gravitas
Plus: Christie’s tepid auction results, and Joburg fair in black ownership
Championed by Max Ernst and Sol LeWitt in 1960s, the 82-year-old’s first ever museum show opens in Switzerland
Plus: big sales at Art Basel; Pride Sale marks Stonewall; Banksy at Heathrow
Visitors to art galleries often feel they have to whisper. The Swiss curator explains why they behave differently at fairs
Also: Modigliani boy at Sotheby’s and South Africa’s Goodman Gallery in London
