Carlie Porterfield
Brafa turns 70, plus new fairs in Cyprus and Texas—a quick look at art fairs in 2025
Vima, the first international contemporary art fair in Cyprus, opens in the spring, while Untitled Art expands to Houston
Family of late Marlborough Gallery chairman Pierre Levai sue his lover, claiming she ‘kept him sick, starved’
Max and Rosemary Levai claim Pierre’s “long-time paramour” Marcia Levine is responsible for his death and should not receive any of his inheritance
New York's Pace African and Oceanic Art gallery closes
The New York gallery first opened in 1971
MFA Boston's Old Master paintings could bring up to $3.8m at auction
The deaccessioned works, to be offered at Christie's in New York, include 17 pieces by Dutch and Flemish artists from the 17th century
Sly’s knockout Ernie Barnes tribute to Rocky Balboa goes on view at Art Basel Miami Beach
The actor famous for playing Rocky commissioned the huge work from the late artist in the 1980s
Dina Danish’s tapestries at Art Basel Miami Beach depict current events
The artist’s textile works depict important events from recent years, including the assassination attempt on the US President-elect
Seven-figure works by Hammons, Kusama and others among first sales at Art Basel Miami Beach 2024
Dealer Larry Gagosian said "colllectors are taking their time" on the fair's first day
Five years after the banana frenzy, Maurizio Cattelan takes aim at gun violence at Art Basel Miami Beach
The artist is debuting a new work, intended as a statement on gun violence, at Gagosian’s stand
An equestrian painting with a newly discovered secret and postage stamps worth framing: our pick of the December sales
Plus a a little-known Botticelli and a sleek, Modernist ceramic bowl
Works by Basquiat, Haring and Hockney help Christie's 21st century evening sale net a healthy $106.5m
However, despite assistance from big names, it was emerging artists who were the real stars of the show
Untitled Art fair will expand to Houston in 2025
According to its organisers, this latest addition to the art-market calendar will be a boutique invitational fair
‘The world's most expensive banana’: Maurizio Cattelan’s Comedian fetches $6.2m at Sotheby’s New York
The buyer, the collector and crypto investor Justin Sun, immediately vowed to eat the banana
Auction houses expect this month's New York sales to bring in as much as $1.6bn
The most valuable lot of the week is a record-breaking Magritte with a third-party guarantee, but the most talked-about is a conceptual still life by Maurizio Cattelan
Painting by the AI robot Ai-Da sells for more than $1m at Sotheby’s
It’s a new record for a work of art created by a robot, the auction house says
The ADAA Art Show spotlights the Houston art scene
The fair's new "Spotlight On..." programme will call attention to a new city each year
Marc Straus is the latest New York dealer to open in Tribeca
The new gallery will open in David Lewis’s former space
An erotic Poussin painting and an early version of the Statue of Liberty: our pick of the November sales
Plus, some all-American nostalgia and a classic Dorothy Bohm photograph
Students at School of the Art Institute of Chicago hold walkout in support of Palestine
SAIC students continue to protest the school’s ties to defence contractors
Maurizio Cattelan’s famous duct-taped banana could bring more than $1m at auction
"Comedian" (2019) is one of the most viral (and controversial) works of art of the past decade; Sotheby's is betting it has not lost its a-peel
Painting by AI robot Ai-Da could bring more than $120,000 at Sotheby's
The robotic brainchild of British gallerist Aidan Meller will make her auction debut on Halloween
President Biden awards National Medal of Arts to artists including Mark Bradford, Carrie Mae Weems and Alex Katz
It's the highest honour awarded by the US federal government to artists in a wide range of disciplines and art patrons
Court pauses eviction of popular New York sculpture garden
Elizabeth Street Garden can stay open for two more weeks as volunteers try to prevent its demolition
Embattled New York adviser Lisa Schiff pleads guilty to defrauding clients out of $6.5m
Schiff will be sentenced on one count of wire fraud early next year
Oh La La! aims to spice up Art Basel Paris after its VIP preview days
As part of a rousing new scheme, dozens of exhibitors will unveil notable works only once the fair opens to the general public
Large Ed Ruscha gas station painting could bring more than $50m at Christie's after star turns at Lacma and MoMA
The 1964 painting was a prominent feature in the artist’s recent travelling retrospective
Shake it up: Frieze Masters galleries blur time periods to reflect a shift in market demand
No longer just for antiquities and long-gone artists, more galleries at Frieze Masters are selling Modern and contemporary works—and other dealers are also widening their repertoire
'An inspiration to all of our artists from Africa': Esther Mahlangu enjoys double exposure at 1-54 and Serpentine
The 88-year-old South African artist is the subject of a solo stand with The Melrose Gallery at the Somerset House fair, while a site-specific mural goes on show outside the Serpentine North
'I think things happen for a reason': Maro Itoje, co-founder of Akoje Gallery, on why he's not afraid of missing out
The England rugby player and gallerist discusses having no regrets, and why he's on a mission to raise awareness about Black history
Galleries at Frieze London buoyed by better-than-expected preview day sales
Against a background of a gloomy economic and political outlook, most dealers reported brisk business as the fair opened
‘I’m drawn to artists who are abolitionists, troublemakers, revolutionaries’: AI expert Ebele Okobi on the appeal of a rebellious streak
The chair of the development board at the Museum of West African Art, Nigeria, discusses why she collects works from artists who are “dangerous to empire”