#ArtNetNews: These days, Frieze London’s more risk-taking booths are front and center. Forget endless rows of samey, recession-proof painting. As visitors pile into the fair, they will feel immediately pulled toward the radioactive green glow of Gathering gallery’s Venom Voyage.

#ArtnetNews: Frieze is taking over the Abu Dhabi Art fair, which will rebrand as Frieze Abu Dhabi in 2026. It will be the eighth event in the fair group’s portfolio, and its first in the Gulf, where rival Art Basel plans to launch a fair in Doha, Qatar, in February. Read more:

#ArtnetNews: Egyptian authorities have reopened the tomb of Amenhotep III to the public after more than two decades of restorations. Read more: https://t.co/05EPh5H33Z Article by Richard Whiddington _______ Pictured: Giant stone statues of Amenhotep III in the Valley of the

#ArtnetNews: Which Old Master artists are causing a stir in the art market? The good news: Total sales of Old Masters were up 24 percent in the first half of 2025 versus the same period last year. Sure, the top price this round ($10.5 million) was nowhere near last year’s

#ArtnetNews: Did Steve McQueen (1930–1980) get ripped off trading a Jackson Pollock (1912–1956) painting for a motorcycle? His granddaughter claims that he did, and is suing for ownership of the $68 million painting, alleging that the late actor never received the vehicle and Los

#ArtnetNews: So far this year, art sales have declined in nearly every price range save one: the $1 million-to-$10 million bracket. That segment realized $1.6 billion, a 13.8 percent increase from the same period last year. It was also the only one to see an uptick—around 6.7

#ArtnetNews: Industry veteran Evelyn Lin will return to Sotheby’s as chairman of Modern and contemporary art, Asia, following a one-year stint at Pace, Artnet News has learned. Based in Hong Kong, she will begin her role on November 3 and join the inaugural marquee sale at the

#ArtnetNews: A rare assembly of drawings created by David Hockney on iPad is heading to auction at Sotheby’s London. It’s the largest group of the painter’s iPad works to ever come to market and the pieces, which will be sold individually, are each priced between £80,000 and

#ArtnetNews: The National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. is closed indefinitely as a result of the shutdown of the federal government that began at 12:01 a.m. on Wednesday, October 1. The museum announced on Instagram on Saturday that starting on Sunday, “the National Gallery

#ArtnetNews: Gallerist Kamel Mennour on A.I., changes in Paris, and the future of art philanthropy. The French dealer weighs in on art fairs, collectors' appetites, and if he has a succession plan. Having spent over a quarter century in the art business, the star Paris dealer of

#ArtnetNews: Are there sunnier skies ahead for the art market? Artnet experts unpack the challenges—and potential—of today’s changing landscape. Read more: https://t.co/fpcFGP0X7L

#ArtnetNews: Almine Rech and Pace close locations. Plus, Art Basel Paris will offer new invite-only preview hours and a new museum dedicated to M.F. Husain launches in Qatar. Read more:

#ArtnetNews: Dispatch from Los Angeles: The vacancy left this summer by the closure of Blum may be getting filled by… drumroll, please… another Blum! On July 1, two days before dealer Tim Blum announced that he would shutter his powerhouse gallery, his eldest son, August Blum,

#ArtnetNews: A decades long dispute over the authenticity of a possible Caravaggio painting has been reignited after a new A.I. analysis attributed it to the Italian Baroque master with a probability of 85.7 percent. The technology’s opinion is backed by several more human

#ArtnetNews: A new auction record for the Chinese-born artist Li Hei Di, a fast-rising market star, was set at Sotheby’s Hong Kong on Sunday evening: HK$2.67 million ($342,824), a 91-percent increase from the artist’s previous high, which was set just six months ago. Read more:

#ArtnetNews: This Dan Colen canvas saw a 96 percent drop in value. Why? "Holy Shit," one of the artist's early works, sold for $12,700 at Christie's—a far cry from its 2013 auction price. Read more: https://t.co/UjZIkJhYRe Article by Katya Kazakina ________ Pictured: Dan

#ArtnetNews: Tilton Gallery to close after over 40 years. Plus, Ebony L. Haynes gets a new position at David Zwirner, and a court rejects Ronald Perelman's $400 million suit against his insurers. Read more: https://t.co/Q1wtmptYfk Article by Annie Armstrong ________ Pictured:

#ArtnetNews: South Asian art has been making waves around the world this year, with record-breaking art sales at auctions and critically acclaimed exhibitions. To make sense of these developments, we caught up with Roshini Vadehra, co-director of the New Delhi–based Vadehra Art

#ArtnetNews: Zero to Hero: 7 artists everyone is suddenly searching for. Fortune favors the bold: All of a sudden, users of the Artnet Price Database have been searching for these seven artists. Meet the artists defying the downturn: https://t.co/ySn3dnjFLw

#ArtnetNews: Which auction house is standing strongest so far this year? Read more: https://t.co/5WjYPO824r