Art fairs
The art fair season kicks off in Asia: here is your guide
From Shenzhen to Shanghai, Hong Kong to Beijing, this autumn is awash with events despite border closures and long quarantines
It’s a wrap: Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s final fabric project unveiled in Paris
Plus, Art Basel: are the buyers back? And Mary Beard on images of power
Art Basel 2021: it’s good to be back—but things are going to change, dealers say
Despite the success of the fair's first post-pandemic edition, galleries are weighing up the future
From a near collision with a tram to the week's hottest parties: what went down at Art Basel 2021
Elmgreen & Dragset pick their five favourite works at Art Basel (and discuss spooning Olafur Eliasson)
Outside the Messeplatz, the Scandinavian duo have installed a car with a tender surprise inside
'The Europeans are back and buying': sales flow steadily at first Art Basel since the pandemic
Though Covid-19 travel complications have kept many US and Asian collectors away, dealers report brisk business from the VIP opening
Unlimited—Art Basel’s section for large works—opens to visitors with a rainbow jacuzzi, a spooning couple and a house made of bread
Curator Giovanni Carmine walks through highlights among the 62 supersized installations presented at the fair
From a cashmere coated console to a leafy Lalanne chair: Design Miami/Basel director chooses her highlights
The fair may be smaller than usual this year but Jennifer Roberts says she has never known the collectible design market to be in such rude health
Real-life Art Basel prepares to return—and steps down from its ivory tower
Arranging the event amid a shifting pandemic has been fraught with risk—but it is a risk worth taking, says global director Marc Spiegler
New Miart director Nicola Ricciardi on rebuilding an art fair from scratch as the pandemic rumbles on
Ricciardi was previously artistic director of Turin's OGR art centre which was used as a hospital for Covid-19 patients last year
'Exactly what we needed': Armory Show returns to New York in a new, modern location
Despite travel bans and complications, many galleries from oversees had a presence, giving the first major US fair since the pandemic a truly international tone
Photo London returns as 'an act of resistance'
Diverse interpretations of portraiture and themes of isolation and containment loom large at first physical photography fair since the onset of the pandemic
Eye of the Collector tries out new fair format in a neo-Gothic setting
The no-stands format of the London event in Two Temple Place is a refreshing change, although some visitors found the lack of labels confusing
Armory week marks a return to normal—but not business as usual
As the art world judders back into action, dealers are taking stock of lessons learned, with many prioritising “doing more by doing less”
Art Basel promises to pay quarantine hotel bills and launches $1.6m 'solidarity fund' for galleries who fail to make sales
As exhibitors threaten to pull out of the fair in the face of travel uncertainty, another letter offering "extraordinary" one-off concessions to dealers is sent
Art Basel writes letter of reassurance as galleries suggest fair should be cancelled
Fair says it is committed to going ahead but offers concessions to exhibitors, including rolling over booth fees to 2022 if they cannot enter the country and offering staff to man stands
New and noteworthy: see what the Armory Show's younger galleries are bringing to the fair
In the Presents section, galleries founded within the past ten years present solo or dual-artist shows. Here are some works to look out for this year
Art Basel gets complicated: Swiss authorities will not accept Astra Zeneca vaccine while US issues ‘do not travel’ advisory
Non-EU visitors will have to apply for Swiss Covid-19 certificate before attending and, with certain vaccines not recognised, some will have to take tests onsite
Autumn crush: our pick of art fairs and gallery weekends this September and October
The Covid-19 Delta variant may be causing some jitters, but a glut of fairs from New York to Paris are planning to go ahead in the next two months
'No gallery is an Island': Nordic galleries gather for Chart art fair
Twenty-six dealers participate in the "essential" re-booted regional event in Copenhagen
More uncertainty for autumn fair season: PAD London cancels
The art and design event has been cancelled due to the continuing difficult travel situation between the UK and France and will return in October 2022
Overseas galleries and art advisors listen up: you are not immune to new money laundering laws at UK fairs this autumn
Those exhibiting and doing business at events in the country now have to abide by the same, stricter rules as British businesses
Frieze Art Fairs return to Regent’s Park in October—so what has changed since 2019?
Galleries from 39 countries will participate this year as the art fair circuit kicks back into life
Here is a glimpse of what you can expect at Art Basel's return event in Switzerland next month
Visitor capacity is capped at 20%, but organisers are bringing back both Unlimited for large-scale works and the public art trail Parcours
The dep-Art-ment store: New York gets new gallery hub within Barneys former flagship store
Tefaf New York's former co-owners will launch the five-storey Art House this November with space for 60 galleries and a member's club—a similar model to London's Cromwell Place
Felix brings the in-person art fair back to Los Angeles
The fair, hosted at the glitzy Hollywood Roosevelt hotel, features 29 L.A. based galleries and is bolstered by the city's own gallery weekend and the Frieze online viewing room
UK art fairs breathe sigh of relief as government waives quarantine for vaccinated overseas exhibitors
Some US and European galleries at events such as Photo London in September had threatened to drop out due to added cost of isolating in hotels