Kabir Jhala

6 days ago | theartnewspaper.com | Kabir Jhala

New York’s marquee spring auctions, beginning on 12 May, are already feeling the turbulence of President Donald Trump’s second term, with the chaos of “Liberation Day” leading to casualties in the consignment period. At least one eight-figure work being negotiated for auction by Phillips was held back this season, according to the house’s deputy chairman, Robert Manley. “Our sales next week would have been larger had the tariffs not happened,” he tells The Art Newspaper.

6 days ago | theartnewspaper.com | Kabir Jhala

It is a question routinely posed among the trade: how insulated is the art market from wider political and economic realities? Certainly, the brightness of the opening days of New York’s art fair week belies the prevailing atmosphere of turmoil and fear in the US since the start of President Donald Trump’s second term. This is, in part, thanks to the unprecedented density of events this week, with at least 12 fairs opening in the space of four days, before the major spring auctions begin.

6 days ago | theartnewspaper.com | Kabir Jhala

New York’s marquee spring auctions, beginning on 12 May, are already feeling the turbulence of President Donald Trump’s second term, with the chaos of “Liberation Day” leading to casualties in the consignment period. At least one eight-figure work being negotiated for auction by Phillips was held back this season, according to the house’s deputy chairman, Robert Manley. “Our sales next week would have been larger had the tariffs not happened,” he tells The Art Newspaper.

1 week ago | theartnewspaper.com | Kabir Jhala

Amid the city-wide demonstrations and jubilation of 1 May Labour Day, Gallery Weekend Berlin (GWB) opened its 21st edition (until 4 May). The German capital’s leading commercial art event this year includes 52 galleries, with presentations by Anne Imhof at Buchholz, Phung-Tien Phan at Schiefe Zähne, Cyprien Gaillard at Sprüth Magers and Marianna Simnett at Societe. Since November 2023, the event has been directed by Antonia Ruder.

1 week ago | artnewspaper.fr | Kabir Jhala

Clôturant des mois de spéculations dans la profession, Endeavor a annoncé le 1er mai 2025 la vente de Frieze, marque de foires d’art et de journaux de premier plan, à une nouvelle société fondée par Ari Emanuel, ancien directeur général d’Endeavor.