Galleries
John Chamberlain passed away yesterday at the age of 85. In his memory, ARTINFO is reposting this account of visiting the artist's fabled Long Island studio to see his last works. It was originally published on September 19, 2011.Walking through John Chamberlain's home and studio on Shelter Island, one is reminded of a basic fact: the...
The Frieze Art Fair opened yesterday to energized crowds who were hungry to see what galleries brought to London's premier art fair — even if they didn't particularly feel like opening their wallets. What follows is a list of top ten best booths to see at the fair, in no particular order, and then the single worst thing at Frieze.[...
The City of Angels takes its place on the art-fair map this fall, welcoming Art Platform and Pulse as well as Art L.A. and Fountain. At the same time the Getty Research Institute's citywide event Pacific Standard Time kicks off, making this the perfect season for culture buffs to visit L.A. ...
The art advisory profession has been around for ages, but its popularity has exploded over the last decade. Before that, clients mainly relied on working with trusted dealers or relying on their own personal tastes. But increasingly, wealthy collectors are looking for a third party with art, and art-world, expertise but no monetary stake...
When a profile of megadealer Larry Gagosian lands, it lands with a bang. The Armenian-born imperial gallerist very rarely gives interviews, for one thing — even the New York Times failed to nail him down for comment in their lively 2009 attempt, noting that he had "not spoken to anyone profiling him for about a decade." (Not quite true:...
Barely a week after a British survey concluded that China had overtaken the United Kingdom to become the world's second-largest art market after the United States, Artprice has re-crunched the numbers and crowned China number one.To get there, Artprice limited its scope to fine-art sales at public auctions, filtering out results from...
If there is still any skepticism about the continuing rise of the Chinese art market, one dramatic new indicator might put that doubt to rest: according to a new study by the British Art Market Federation, China has outpaced the United Kingdom to become the second-largest art market in the world. With Chinese auction and gallery sales...
An unregulated domain where the success of multimillion-dollar transactions, the trajectory of careers, and the kindness of the historical record often come down to personal relationships, the modern art world has always been hotbed, literally, of power couples — pairs of dedicated strivers who seal their mutual pursuit of art's...
