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For its 10th edition, Photo London aims to look beyond the notorious ‘Kate Moss Index’
“As far as I’m aware, this edition will have no pictures of Kate Moss,” says Sophie Parker, the recently appointed…
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Record-breaking female Surrealists spice up underwhelming Christie’s New York sales
Hours before New York’s marquee spring sales week kicked off at Christie’s yesterday (12 May), news broke of a temporary…
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The Waverley rules were designed to protect UK cultural heritage—are they having unintended consequences on the art market?
Just over a century ago, Gainsborough’s The Blue Boy (around 1770) was lost to the British public by a sale…
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A young Richter’s painting of an even younger Polke and a once-grimy Brazilian landscape by Frans Post: our pick of the May auctions
Gerhard Richter, Mann mit zwei Kindern (1966) Modern and Contemporary Art Evening Sale, Phillips, New York, 13 May Estimate: $4m…
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Why dealers play the waiting game before exhibiting a newly signed artist
Of all the traits required to succeed as a high-end commercial dealer, the most underrated may be patience. Take David…
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Buzz in New York’s art trade during Frieze week masks uncertainties
It is a question routinely posed among the trade: how insulated is the art market from wider political and economic…
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Could 17th-century Italy provide a useful model for today’s challenging art market?
Long before art fairs, advisory firms and mega-galleries, there were barbers, tailors and innkeepers managing the flow of art in…
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Frieze VIP day defined by dealers’ resilience
The rain that has been covering New York City for the past week cleared up in time for the VIP…
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New Manhattan gallery slips into historic property
Behind an intricately carved metal gate on East 5th Street sits Slip House, a new gallery co-founded by Ingrid Lundgren…
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Five years on from bankruptcy, Unseen photo fair returns to Amsterdam
Unseen photo fair is returning to Amsterdam under new management and in a new venue, five years after its commercial…
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