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A high-angle, behind-the-scenes photograph shows a film or photography crew in a dimly lit studio surrounding several models posed against a bright, backlit cyclorama wall.

No Outside

In her first dispatch for Messy Business, a regular investigation into the art market, Jeni Fulton explores the market logic of post-internet era art at the Venice Biennale

Jeni Fulton

A man with white hair, a full white beard, and thick black-rimmed glasses stands against a textured reddish-orange wall wearing a dark jacket over a black turtleneck.

Auction Houses Under Fire for Selling Works Linked to Scandal

An open letter criticises Stanley’s in Brussels and Drouot in Paris for selling heavily disputed works attributed to Russian and Ukrainian modernists

George Nelson

Artsy-Artnet Merger Sees Key Staffers Cut Loose. Was the Writing on the Wall?

A sweeping restructure and significant cuts to Artnet's editorial team have sent shockwaves through the art world

The Charles Ede booth at TEFAF Maastricht 2026 features two large framed paintings of grand, light-filled architectural interiors displayed on freestanding white walls. Between them, a classical stone sculpture of a draped torso stands on a pedestal, set against a decorative patterned backdrop.

TEFAF Maastricht 2026: A ‘Closed’ Chapter for the European Antiquities Market?

Dealers at TEFAF 2026 report increasing constraints on the antiquities trade following the recent implementation of EU cultural heritage regulations

Ella Slater

Visitors walk and gather outside the Art Basel exhibition halls in Basel, Switzerland, with sunlight flaring over a modern building facade and a large red-toned art mural covering the exterior wall.

The Global Art Market is Becoming More Local

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Art Basel’s Vincenzo de Bellis on Neutrality, Risk and Evolution

New artistic and fair director says the fair “does not take any position” - yet its sector design, buyer strategy and global expansion actively shape the art market ecosystem

Tom Seymour

After the Avatar: Tilly Norwood and the Representation Market

An AI platform designed to be iterated, refined and redeployed across media has been signed by a major Hollywood agency - what does this mean for the art market?

Tom Seymour