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Art Fairs
7 Impressive Emerging Artists to Watch From the Frieze Week Fairs in London
Scouted the many fairs to find a selection of rising artists you may not yet know. Walking through aisle after aisle during London’s Frieze Week, it’s easy for all the art to blur together. But for those paying close attention, there are plenty of discoveries to be made.
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Opinion
The Gray Market: Why Kickstarter May Be the Next Battleground for Ethical Arts Patronage (and Other Insights)
Columnist on how a unionization struggle is attracting the same calls for boycotts of Kickstarter as for museums with problematic patrons.
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Auctions
In a Market Lacking Overall Confidence, Christie’s London Puts Together a Solid $79.6 Million Contemporary Sale
The biggest successes of the night came from works by rising talents.
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Art Fairs
Money Troubles Force MCH Group, Art Basel’s Parent Company, to Choose Its Fairs Over Its Event-Marketing Business
A difficult restructuring process continues as the Swiss company seeks to reinvest in Art Basel and a streamlined portfolio of trade fairs.
