The initiative encourages property owners to lend their vacant spaces for free and offers $2,500 stipends to artists—but they may still need to pay rent
The latest virtual fair, OVR:2020, limits 100 galleries to showing six works each, all produced this year—we pick our highlights
Anonymously posted incidents of racism and sexism are forcing greater scrutiny towards problematic behaviour within the industry
The fair's organisers say they have "no other option" as Covid-19 cases in Florida stay stubbornly high and US travel restrictions remain in place
Big campuses and outdoor displays at Mass Moca and the Clark allow for easier social distancing
Plus, the renaissance of mail art. Produced in association with Christie's
The fair is the latest to respond to the Covid-19 pandemic as cases in the city rise to 1,339
From VIP virtual viewing rooms to grassroots digital action
The debut of the digital initiative was moved to March to offer exhibitors a sales platform for the works they planned to show
The unprecedented three-way exhibition of more than 300 works will open in May, coinciding with the city's auction week
Memorials honouring controversial generals continue to stir debate in many Southern states, but lawmakers are finding creative ways to deal with them
Art Basel celebrates its 50th anniversary and new fairs in London and New York join the fray
Overall sales were down by around 30% but beyond the disappointing headline figures, women and minority artists shone
Record prices were set for Charles White, Brice Marden, and Wayne Thiebaud, while a Clyfford Still painting prompted a prolonged bidding war
Ed Ruscha's visual pun Hurting the Word Radio #2 rose to $46m, a new world record for the artist, but most lots barely reached their estimate in a slow sales season
The newly private auction house led the night's lots with its known money-maker Claude Monet, and set a world record for the Polish artist Tamara de Lempicka
In our new video series, deputy art market editor Margaret Carrigan recaps the highlights of New York's billion-dollar auction week
Can the quality of the smaller works coming up during "gigaweek" quell economic jitters?
Commercial galleries continue to expand in Manhattan despite steep real estate costs
Dana Schutz’s record broken twice in one night at Phillips then Sotheby's, while the bidder behind the $91m Koons Rabbit buys Lee Krasner painting for $10m
Post-war and contemporary sale in New York also produced a big sale for Robert Rauschenberg and new records for Louise Bourgeois and Jonas Wood
Market is alive and kicking at the top for prime Impressionist works, though Bouguereau's uncomfortably placed, 19th-century Bacchanalian scene failed to sell
Fresh material from big collections led the $399m New York auction, while mid-tier Monets primed the market for his $55m haystacks work at Sotheby's tonight
Unforeseen structural issues have forced a third of the Armory's exhibitors out of their planned Pier 92 space and into Volta's venue
The Yorkshireman's 1970s Californian scene, Portrait of an Artist, sold on the nose at $80m at Christie's in New York last night
With only two lots unsold, the auction house nets $362.6m in evening of avid bidding
Modernist works from the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum will be offered in New York in November
The mega-collector’s latest lawsuit, filed in New York, escalates his three-year legal feud with Swiss dealer Yves Bouvier
The British auction house brings in former Sotheby’s financial executive Bruno Vinciguerra as part of the deal
