What David Zwirner’s recent surprise losses reveal about the high-stakes art market
The dealer remains “cautiously optimistic” about the trade’s prospects this autumn
Beyond Colour Field: Helen Frankenthaler makes her mark in later works
The curator John Elderfield on his exhibition of the artist’s rarely shown paintings at Gagosian Beverly Hills—and what museums can learn from galleries
Rachel Whiteread unveils first major permanent commission in the US
Site-specific concrete cabin stands on a 40ft hill overlooking New York Harbour
Jonas Mekas: the film-maker’s film-maker
Art Basel honours the Lithuanian-American artist who survived Hitler’s labour camps
Sotheby’s pays top dollar for the art world’s best address book
Auction house buys art advisers in surprise $85m deal
Paula Cooper: still driving the New York scene, 50 years on
The pioneering dealer says her gallery is just a mom-and-pop shop—and that’s exactly how she wants it
Sotheby’s buys prestigious art advisory firm in $85m deal
Founders of Art Agency, Partners will head up new department, along with Marc Porter, former Americas chairman at Christie’s
An Impressionist garden grows in the Bronx
The New York Botanical Garden plans to celebrate its 125th anniversary with an exhibition dedicated to American Impressionism
Whitney Museum turns over its column-free fifth floor to artists
The museum’s new programme Open Plan will present large-scale installations by Michael Heizer, Andrea Fraser and others
Carrie Mae Weems to pay tribute to Obama’s response to racist shootings in Charleston
Artist's work, which will be performed in June, is meant as a gift to the US president
Robert Irwin to cover entire room in scrim for Hirshhorn show
Site-specific installation will form part of exhibition next year on the artist’s works from the 1960s
Common sense makes a comeback at New York’s November sales
This month's auctions signalled a slowdown in the market as collectors started to exercise restraint
Meet the new guard: Nicholas Cullinan to bring contemporary flair to London’s National Portrait Gallery
The former curator at the Metropolitan Museum of Art seeks to merge best practices from US and UK museums
MoMA returns expressionist landscape after decade-long detective case
The twists and turns of a mistaken provenance meant a work by Kirchner had entered the museum’s collection under the wrong title and date
Sotheby’s third-quarter results are a mixed bag
Auction house chief Tad Smith points to positive progress, but firm is still operating at a loss
Robert Rauschenberg's great work heads to China
Artist's installation, one of the longest works of art in the world, will go on show in Beijing next year
New home, new blood: Whitney appoints young curators for 2017 biennial
Thirty-somethings Christopher Y Lew and Mia Locks will lead a curatorial team that looks beyond the New York scene and institutional shows
Spirit of Zero Group rekindled in Duesseldorf
Artists’ foundation takes over former factory that served as Otto Piene’s fire studio—and party centre
Performa’s ten-year balancing act
Latest edition of performance art biennial launches this month, bringing new works to venues across New York
Dasha Zhukova backs $1m artist residency at MIT
The Russian arts patron credits her microbiologist mother for an interest in science and technology
Frieze dealers keep the faith
Artists return to sacred themes within the commercial setting of the fair
National Portrait Gallery plans Cézanne show to follow Alberto Giacometti
New director Nicholas Cullinan says expect to see the gallery "trying out a few new things"
Enrico Castellani says ‘yes’ to rare solo show
Dominique Lévy to bring Italian artist's works to London next year
Rising star Rachel Rose invites Frieze visitors to take a walk on the wild side
The artist’s installation shows how the foxes and mice of Regent’s Park experience the fair
The New York gallerist who did it her way
Paula Cooper recalls SoHo back in the day and its pioneering artists at Frieze Masters