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New York Art Week delivered its strongest spring auction numbers in years. But for gallerists selling work at the $10,000 mark, the mood was rather more complicated. Jeni Fulton reports for her column, Messy Business
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Last month, two auction houses were criticised by Konstantin Akinsha for selling disputed works. He said the paintings would resurface as genuine; his prediction proved prophetic
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From Old Delhi street markets to cramped apartments in downtown New York, the strongest presentations at this year’s Photo London focus on unheralded photographers who documented the routines, interiors and social realities of everyday life



An open letter criticises Stanley’s in Brussels and Drouot in Paris for selling heavily disputed works attributed to Russian and Ukrainian modernists
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A sweeping restructure and significant cuts to Artnet's editorial team have sent shockwaves through the art world

Dealers at TEFAF 2026 report increasing constraints on the antiquities trade following the recent implementation of EU cultural heritage regulations
The show, titled Close Encounters, will promote the Arts Council Collection’s mission to be seen widely throughout the UK and deepen institutional partnerships
Recognition for disabled artists in the public sector has increased in recent years, but access barriers remain in the commercial gallery world
The presence of war-mongering nations, protests, jury resignations and a right-wing boss accused of aiding Russia’s participation suggest it might be hard to see the art through the politics next week
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