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Art Basel and Luma Foundation back blockchain business; Hauser & Wirth hosts first online auction; Sotheby’s executive sells collection; Turin calls for contemporary collectors
Perrotin opens in Dubai; tipping point for Kentridge’s market; Dallas art gala raises $9.4mn
Gagosian keeps growing; Frieze boasts Rauschenberg and Bacon; British Art Fair hits the spot
Miami collector launches NFT tarot series; later version of royal Canaletto on market for $10mn
UK works sell well at Masterpiece; African art at Christie’s; Hôtel Lambert trove; new fair director at Art Basel; Deborah Roberts piece helps charity
Sprüth Magers to open in New York; Art Basel galleries put spotlight on refugees; offer for MCH spin-off; Miami museum buys Nam June Paik work
Banker’s collection sells at Christie’s; hybrid Hong Kong fair a success; Frieze moves to Santa Monica airport
Ernie Barnes painting sells for 65 times estimate; rockstars join London Gallery Weekend
NY fairs report lower sales; Zwirner launches consignments portal; Tezos Foundation puts £1mn towards NFT art
Plus: Liste supports Ukrainian galleries; South South launches $40,000 fund; sustainability leads London art conference
As the international art world takes a stand on Ukraine, some players are unwilling to rock the boat
Celebrities add to buzz at Frieze LA; craft’s growing appeal; artists support the Warburg Institute
Photo London sells 25 per cent stake; dealer launches ivory rescue scheme; is it all over for OVRs?
Sadie Coles lends space to Londoners; Outsider artists break records; Pace takes on Hermann Nitsch
Richard Saltoun opens in Rome; Botticelli fails to inspire; unrepresented artists get a new platform
Cheap money and a hybrid model have benefited the salerooms, but galleries and art fairs face stiffer winds
In a year of tech innovation, buyers and sellers have had to grapple with new systems of value and ownership — or lose out
Mucha gets the NFT treatment; Magritte’s torso sells for $10m; Ed Vaizey backs the repatriation of Elgin Marbles
Satellite fair success; South South platform seeks to evolve; Gagosian gains new China rep; Old Masters sales in London
NFT art collection in dispute; auction sales set to double this year; Inigo Philbrick pleads guilty; Frieze hires new US head; Catherine the Great’s vaccination letter for sale
Masterworks snaps up $500m of works this year; Art Basel reveals take-up of solidarity fund; Lehmann Maupin expands in Seoul
O’Keeffe’s Hawaiian painting at Phillips; Renaissance rediscoveries at Colnaghi; Sean Kelly opens in LA — and keeps it in the family
Tokyo Art Week’s first show; NFT artists mostly ‘white and male’; book explores museum founders’ motivations
Beirut gallery back on its feet; linked shows for Rochelle Feinstein; advice for artists and estates; reappraised painting hits the jackpot
Banksy’s former agent opens merchandise outlet; Untitled Art Fair cuts costs for emerging sellers; Ron Mueck show at Thaddaeus Ropac
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