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MCH Group, the parent company of the Art Basel fair franchise, reported that operating revenue rose 12% in the first half of 2026 to CHF 248.8 million ($301.6 million), with EBITDA increasing to CHF...
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Painter Lucy Bull has joined mega-gallery Hauser & Wirth, which operates 16 spaces across three continents, while continuing representation with David Kordansky Gallery in Los Angeles and New York,...
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Frieze Seoul opened its fifth edition at COEX in Gangnam in partnership with Kiaf Seoul, drawing heavy VIP attendance alongside biennial openings in Gwangju and Busan, though first-day sales were...
The Art Newspaper - International art news and events
New research by arts and finance professor Rachel Pownall argues that rising wealth and income inequality is actively driving increased concentration at the top of the art market, making the cultural...
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The founders of the alternative art fair Basel Social Club will launch a Tokyo offshoot called Tokyo Jazz Club during Art Week Tokyo, running 1–8 November in a former capsule hotel in Jimbocho....
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Frieze Abu Dhabi announced 84 exhibitors for its inaugural fair, running November 19–22 at Manarat Al Saadiyat in Abu Dhabi’s Saadiyat Cultural District. The lineup spans galleries from 63 cities in...
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Hong Kong non-profit art space Para Site marked its 30th anniversary in 2026 as it entered a new phase under executive director James Taylor-Foster, a 33-year-old British curator who took the role...
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Gagosian has closed its small London space in Burlington Arcade and will soon close its Basel, Switzerland, location at Rheinsprung 1, according to reporting cited by ARTnews. The Burlington Arcade...
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Gagosian has exited 28–29 Burlington Arcade in central London, a two-storey space it began programming in October 2023, and plans to leave its Basel gallery at Rheinsprung 1 in the coming months,...
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Post-Fair, a curatorially oriented fair associated with Frieze Los Angeles week, will launch its first international edition in Paris from 19 October to 25 October during Art Basel Paris week....
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Artist Chloe Wise’s exhibition “Extrasensory” at Kulturstiftung Basel H. Geiger in Basel presents an installation styled as a gift shop and botánica, mixing religious items such as crucifixes and...
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Bochum-based artist Dorothee Bielfeld has asked Manifesta 16 to remove Nasan Tur’s installation “Elevation,” shown in Essen’s St. Gertrud Church, alleging it plagiarizes her 2010 work “Aufrichten...
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Art Basel’s digital art sector Zero10 made its Swiss debut in Basel’s Messeplatz in mid-June, presented as “The Condition” and co-curated by Eli Scheinman and artist Trevor Paglen. With 20...
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MCH Group, the parent company of Art Basel, is backing a new media-industry event called Jupiter Festival, with the inaugural edition planned for Miami in October at the Miami Beach Convention...
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Artnet News’s weekly art-industry roundup, published June 22, 2026, reported that Art Basel Qatar will relocate to a purpose-built venue on Al Maha Island in Lusail, with groundbreaking targeted for...
Hyperallergic
Hyperallergic published an opinion piece criticizing former Art Basel global director Marc Spiegler’s New York Times guest essay, “Art Galleries Are Not Okay,” arguing that it frames the gallery...
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Artnet News published “What Sold at Art Basel” on 22 June 2026 as part of its Price Database coverage of the fair. The provided excerpt contains navigation and site links but does not include any of...
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Ten years after the UK voted to leave the European Union on 23 June 2016, The Art Newspaper reports that Brexit’s effects on the British art market have been shaped by additional shocks including the...
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Artnet reports that dealers described Art Basel 2026 as commercially healthy, though with a slower pace and fewer collectors than before the market downturn. Major sales cited include Hauser & Wirth...
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ARTnews surveys a surge of UFO-themed culture spanning film, galleries, and fashion, arguing the current fascination reflects both belief and projection. It highlights Steven Spielberg’s film...
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Sheikha Al-Mayassa bint Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani announced that Art Basel Qatar will relocate to a purpose-built venue on Al Maha Island in Lusail, north of Doha, with a target groundbreaking date...
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Art Basel’s digital art initiative Zero 10 is making its Swiss debut after launching at Art Basel Miami Beach in 2025 and appearing at Art Basel Hong Kong earlier in 2026. Co-curator Trevor Paglen...
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Kunstmuseum Basel Gegenwart is presenting Cao Fei’s first solo exhibition in Switzerland, titled Cao Fei: Testimonies to the Near Future, featuring films and installations such as Whose Utopia...
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Artnet News reports that Art Basel’s invite-only opening on Tuesday featured cautious, “measured and steady” buying as dealers and collectors looked for signs of market recovery among 290 exhibitors....
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The exhibition The First Homosexuals: The Birth of New Identities 1869–1939 at the Kunstmuseum Basel traces how the term “homosexual” first appeared in print in 1869, used in German by Hungarian...
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ARTnews describes a midnight filmed performance in Aubervilliers, north of Paris, in which Sydney-born, Paris-based artist Angelica Mesiti led about 35 participants through a three-hour procession...
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Ghanaian artist Ibrahim Mahama won the inaugural Art Basel Gold Awards in the established artists category and this week unveiled a new public commission on Münsterplatz titled The God of Small...
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Artist Shuang Li, born in 1990 in China and now based in Berlin and Geneva, presents her first institutional solo exhibition in Europe at Kunsthalle Basel. Titled Alliance, the show centers on a new...
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Sculptor Leonardo Drew has joined Hauser & Wirth for worldwide representation, the gallery announced on Monday, and it will debut his new work Number 451 at Art Basel this week. Drew’s first solo...
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In an Artnet News report, Andrew Russeth describes the latest edition of Basel Social Club, a free, late-night art-world event staged in a former UBS office building near Basel SBB station designed...
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ARTnews reports that Almine Rech has become the exclusive partner in France of the Consejo Leonora Carrington and rossogranada, giving its network of galleries in Paris, London, Shanghai, New York,...
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Goodman Gallery, founded in Johannesburg in 1966 by Linda Givon and now led by owner Liza Essers (since 2008), has restructured amid a prolonged art-market downturn after costs began rising faster...
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German painter Georg Baselitz died a week before the opening of his Venice exhibition “Eroi d’Oro (Golden Heroes)” on San Giorgio Maggiore, on view until 27 September. The show features monumental...
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ARTnews highlighted “Martin Wong: Chinatown USA,” a monographic exhibition at Wrightwood 659 in Chicago featuring over 100 works by New York artist Martin Wong, including 11 never-before-exhibited...
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Artnet News columnist Margaret Carrigan reports on the opening of the sixth edition of London Gallery Weekend, which launched with a panel at Frieze’s No. 9 Cork Street space and includes more than...
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Pace Gallery is downsizing by cutting about 50 artists and estates from its roster of more than 130, and laying off roughly 50 of its 250 staffers, according to a New York Times report published late...
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Art Basel announced expanded participation in its new “Basel Exclusive” initiative, which asks galleries to withhold between one artwork and an entire booth presentation from emailed PDF previews...
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Kinetic art pioneer Julio Le Parc has died at age 97, as part of a wider Artnet News roundup that also highlights major appointments and upcoming fairs. The roundup reports that Art Basel Paris will...
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A Paul Cézanne watercolor, La Montagne Sainte Victoire (ca. 1888), shown in a recent Cézanne exhibition at the Fondation Beyeler in Basel may have been lost by its Jewish owner due to Nazi-era...
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Kalshi, a “prediction market” platform that frames its offerings as regulated derivatives trading, launched a new category allowing users to bet on art-auction outcomes, including the prices of...
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A provenance researcher working for the heir of Jewish businessman Gustav Schweitzer says a Paul Cezanne watercolour shown at the Fondation Beyeler in Basel may have been lost due to Nazi...
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Art Basel has appointed Iraqi curator Wassan Al-Khudhairi as artistic director of the 2027 edition of Art Basel Qatar, following the fair’s debut earlier this year in Doha. Al-Khudhairi will succeed...
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ARTnews reports that Air de Paris, a prominent French gallery, will declare bankruptcy and close after 36 years, according to cofounders Florence Bonnefous and Edouard Merino speaking to Cultured....
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ARTnews previews major May auction sales amid a market that returned to 4 percent growth last year, reaching $59.6 billion, according to the Art Basel & UBS Art Market Report. Christie’s will offer...
Artnet News
An Artnet News analysis of 130 biennials from roughly 2022–2026 identifies a cohort of artists who appeared in nine or more editions, including Ali Eyal, Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Basel Abbas &...
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An Artnet News market column argues that the Venice Biennale’s claim to be “above the market” is increasingly strained as galleries more often finance artists’ costly biennial projects in hopes of...
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Official filings show the London- and New York-based Stephen Friedman gallery owes about $10.6 million to dozens of creditors following its closure and insolvency proceedings. Administrators’...
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German painter Georg Baselitz died on 30 April at age 88, with his death announced by his longtime gallery Thaddaeus Ropac, which did not specify a cause. Born Hans-Georg Kern on 23 January 1938 in...
Artnet News
Artnet News reported on April 27, 2026, that Art Basel has introduced a “Basel Exclusive” initiative to curb PDF pre-fair sales by encouraging galleries to hold back works from previews and...
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At a press conference for the 42nd edition of Art Brussels (April 23–26), fair director Nele Verhaeren said the event is smaller this year, with 138 participating galleries—26 fewer than last year, a...
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An Artnet News article by Jo Lawson-Tancred reports that galleries and auction houses are cautiously experimenting with A.I. after the 2022 NFT bust, with most art-market use cases still limited and...
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The US-Israel war on Iran has disrupted art shipping routes and driven up transport costs, particularly affecting Asia-based supply chains, according to art logistics professionals. Brent Crude...
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Thomas Bangalter of Daft Punk is scheduled to co-headline an “immersive experience” titled “WAREHOUSE ARTEFACTS” at Art Basel in Hall 1.1 South at Messe Basel on Saturday, June 20. Presented by...
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A five-star review in The Art Newspaper praises “Rothko in Florence,” a major exhibition examining how Florence influenced American painter Mark Rothko (1903–70), who visited the city three times in...
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s upcoming exhibition “Krasner and Pollock: Past Continuous,” opening in October, will present Jackson Pollock and Lee Krasner as a “story of equals,” bringing together...
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An Artnet News analysis published April 11, 2026, examines how German galleries’ push toward “localism” is colliding with structural weaknesses in the country’s art market. Art Cologne revived a...
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ARTnews reports that the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) has mounted a major Marcel Duchamp (1887–1968) retrospective, described as the first comprehensive North American survey of the artist in more...
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Christie’s, Phillips, and Sotheby’s generated a combined $164.9 million from their modern and contemporary evening sales in Hong Kong timed to Art Basel Hong Kong week, an 18% increase over...
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Artnet News published a “State of Play” roundup on March 29, 2026, under its Artnet Pro newsletter series “The Asia Pivot,” titled “Labubu Gets a Star Turn on the Big Screen—Plus a Rundown of the...
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Artnet News reports that Art Basel’s parent company, MCH Group, is backing a new initiative called the Futurific Institute, planned to launch in Basel in 2028 as a large-scale “global ideas festival”...
The Art Newspaper - International art news and events
At a Venice briefing reported by The Art Newspaper on 25 February 2026, the curatorial team for the 61st Venice Biennale detailed how they are implementing the late Koyo Kouoh’s exhibition “In Minor...
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Artnet News reported that Art Basel has named 290 exhibitors for its flagship fair in Basel, Switzerland. The roundup also notes that Sotheby’s has increased its buyer’s premium, raising the total...
Hyperallergic
Hyperallergic’s review “Prisoners of Love: Until the Sun of Freedom” discusses an exhibition titled “Prisoners of Love: Until the Sun of Freedom,” focusing on how the show addresses political...
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ARTnews reported that Art Basel selected 290 galleries from 43 countries for its flagship fair in Switzerland, including 21 first-time participants. The announcement outlines the fair’s international...
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An Artnet News roundup reports that a major new contemporary art center is being planned in Manila, alongside updates from across Asia’s art scene. The article also surveys recent art fairs in Qatar,...
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ARTnews reported that Art Basel Hong Kong released program details for its 2026 edition, including a film project by Ayoung Kim and a curatorial framework described as an “elemental” vision. The...
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Art Basel Qatar’s early sales were characterized by high-stakes, private negotiations involving VIP collectors, including members of Gulf royal families, according to Artnet’s market reporting dated...
The Art Newspaper - International art news and events
Saudi Arabia is spotlighting its Modern art history with museum exhibitions and auctions as international attention shifts toward the Gulf ahead of Art Basel’s inaugural fair in Qatar and Frieze’s...
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In a column published by Artnet News on 5 February 2026, collector and gallerist Adam Lindemann argues that the art world is facing an oversupply problem similar to the wine industry’s glut, with too...
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Stephen Friedman Gallery began an administration process on 2 February 2026, effectively liquidating the business after around 30 years, and both its London and New York spaces are now shut,...
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The inaugural Art Basel Qatar opened to VIPs on 3 February 2026 in Doha, with Art Basel CEO Noah Horowitz emphasizing its commercial purpose despite an institutional, biennial-like presentation, The...
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Art Basel Qatar opened its first edition in Doha on 3 February 2026 with strong VIP interest but limited first-day sales, according to Artnet News. The fair features 87 exhibitors in a booth-less...
The Art Newspaper - International art news and events
Art Basel launched its first Qatar edition on 2 February 2026 with an inaugural fair featuring 87 exhibitors and a format designed to feel more like a curated exhibition than a conventional...
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Pakistani artist Rashid Rana will present Black Square (2025) at the inaugural Art Basel Qatar (5–7 February 2026; preview days 3–4 February), a wall-based photomontage grid made from hundreds of...