Scott Reyburn

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Scott Reyburn

You have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load. The Swiss edition of Art Basel was once a must-attend art world event. Now it faces formidable challenges — including from its own Paris offshoot.

2 weeks ago | theartnewspaper.com | Scott Reyburn

A little dog sniffing a plate on the white table cloth, unnoticed by the Duc de Berry, presiding over a magnificent New Year feast. The frozen breath of a peasant trudging through February snow. A grape picker bending over during the September harvest, exposing his backside in front of the many-turreted Château de Saumur. This is the world of the Très Riches Heures, arguably the greatest and most valuable of all medieval illuminated manuscripts.

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Scott Reyburn

With its enormous wealth, the Middle East has long been viewed by the international art trade as a prime market for expansion. Art Basel, the world's largest organizer of commercial modern and contemporary art fairs, will be holding a new event in Qatar, in 2026. The fair is scheduled to take place in Doha in February, according to a statement on Tuesday from Art Basel, its Swiss-based parent company MCH Group, Qatar Sports Investments and a Qatar-based organization called QC+.

1 month ago | theartnewspaper.com | Anna Brady |Scott Reyburn

Christie’s is to sell a view of Venice by Canaletto which was once owned by Britain’s first prime minister, Robert Walpole, in its Old Masters evening sale on 1 July. It is estimated to make in excess of £20m. Venice, the Return of the Bucintoro on Ascension Day (1731-32) was last sold at the Paris auction house Ader Tajan in 1993, the first time it had appeared at auction in over 250 years.

1 month ago | theartnewspaper.com | Scott Reyburn

If you want to see signs of growth, don’t look up at the top, look further down the price scale. This seems to be the one ray of positivity shining through the otherwise fairly uniform gloom of the recently published reports on the state of the art market in 2024.