Shows & Exhibitions In Pictures: See Yayoi Kusama’s Infinity Nets and Polka Dots at the Hong Kong M+ Museum’s Blowout Exhibition Celebrating Its First Anniversary The blockbuster show draws attention to work made after the artist's return from the U.S. to her native Japan in the 1970s. By Vivienne Chow, Nov 16, 2022
Art Fairs Will China’s Zero Covid Policy Tank Its Art Market? The Abrupt Closure of Two Major Fairs in the Country Divides Opinion The unpredictability of China's zero-Covid policy is impacting the international art world's confidence in the country's art market. By Vivienne Chow, Nov 14, 2022
Artnet News Pro Japan Boasts the World’s Third Largest Economy. So Why Does It Still Have a Disproportionately Small Share of the Global Art Market? Market initiatives in Tokyo and an emerging generation of serious collectors are signaling an art market expansion. By Vivienne Chow, Nov 8, 2022
Museums ‘Promoting Korean Soft Power Is the Most Important’: How Korean Corporations Are Bringing Their Country’s Art to the World’s Museums The global presence of Korean art is not accidental. By Vivienne Chow, Nov 7, 2022
Market As Travel Restrictions Ease, Art Week Tokyo Flipped the Script by Bussing in VIPs Direct to Galleries. Many Dealers Preferred It Tokyo galleries were happy go make new contacts and sales to overseas collectors, without having to take on a costly fair amid the weak yen. By Vivienne Chow, Nov 3, 2022
Shows & Exhibitions It’s Turner Prize Season! See the Four Ambitious Installations That the Nominated Artists Conjured Up for This Year’s Big Event From environmental issues to identity politics, the four shortlisted artists address some of the most pressing topics of our times. By Vivienne Chow, Oct 19, 2022
Crime A Visitor to a Buzzy Gallery Opening in London Later Returned in the Night and Made Off With a $20,000 Painting If it's not returned, "they'll abandon and destroy it—that would break my heart," said the owner of Ramiken gallery. By Vivienne Chow, Oct 17, 2022
Auctions A Weak Pound Draws International Bidders to Phillips London Evening Sale, Bringing in $20.9 Million Despite Market Uncertainties The sale saw bidders from 38 countries, with 32 percent of them coming from Asia. By Vivienne Chow, Oct 14, 2022
Art Fairs In Times of Uncertainty, Younger Collectors Turn to Time-Tested Works of Modern and Classical Art at Frieze Masters Among the VIP opening crowd was the 43-year-old Mando-Pop king and avid art collector, Jay Chou, who traveled to London from Taiwan with his entourage. By Vivienne Chow, Oct 12, 2022
Politics Self-Censorship Among Artists and Museum Workers Is on the Rise in Poland, a New Report Finds But it may be more difficult than ever for the E.U. to take action. By Vivienne Chow, Oct 11, 2022
Auctions Millennial Buyers and Online Bidding Drive Sotheby’s Hong Kong Art Sales to a Respectable $151.3 Million Totals were down from previous seasons, suggesting a more measured approach to buying. By Vivienne Chow, Oct 10, 2022
Shows & Exhibitions The 10 Must-See London Gallery Shows During Frieze Week, From a Tribute to Sam Gilliam to Some of the Earliest Computer-Generated Art Our selection also includes portrait pairings by Alice Neel and a gallery complement to Carolee Schneemann's Barbican survey. By Vivienne Chow & Jo Lawson-Tancred, Oct 10, 2022
Art Collectors What I Buy and Why: London D.J.-Turned-Curator Henry Relph on Spotting the Latest Young Talent, and How He Shops the Fairs The collector is setting his sights on young and emerging talent. By Vivienne Chow, Oct 10, 2022
Art Fairs Here Are 8 Art-Historical Rediscoveries of Works by Women Artists to Seek Out at This Year’s Frieze Masters Fair Distinctive archival works from women artists who lived through the turmoil of the 20th century are on view. By Vivienne Chow, Oct 7, 2022
Art World Younger Workers Are More Likely to Return to the Office If There’s Art Around, a U.K. Survey Finds Lean offices with little art are no different from animal cages, a psychology expert says. By Vivienne Chow, Oct 4, 2022