As Shanghai's West Bund Turns Ten, the City's Art Scene Faces a Turning Point—Comeback or Comedown?
The West Bund Art & Design fair had an added dimension of serving as a litmus test for the resilience of the Chinese art market.
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The West Bund Art & Design fair had an added dimension of serving as a litmus test for the resilience of the Chinese art market.
London’s sluggish sales get a jolt, Paris+ primed to become a French fixture, a little-seen Cy Twombly heads to Christie’s, and more.
Frieze London turned 20, like a Gen-Z nepo baby having a decadent soirée. Its sea of VIP guests drifted about, a vision of insipid liquid modernity.
Major deals suggest a shift in power between Paris and London, though some attendees noted an aesthetic conservatism in the French fair's offerings
Artist Ryan Gander, Sarah McCrory, the director of Goldsmiths’ Centre for Contemporary Art and Chisenhale Gallery director Zoé Whitley all decided not to attend