Art Fairs - Finestre sull'Arte

How 5% VAT on artworks could change the Italian market (and why it makes sense)

It is rare for a measure affecting art to become the subject of wide public debate, just as it is rare for it to make its way into the topics of the day on social media: yet, the announcement of the5 percent VAT on works of art, the long-awaited and ...
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The world's most important art fair arrives in Qatar: Art Basel lands in Doha

Art Basel lands in Qatar. The world's leading art fair, after Basel, Hong Kong, Miami, and Paris will also have a date in the Middle Eastern country of Doha: it starts in February 2026. The announcement came today from Art Basel, along with its paren...
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Why is it so difficult to find novelty and outsiders at art fairs?

Art Basel, Frieze, ARCO. The big names of contemporary art fairs evoke an imagination of luxury, creativity and global connections. For many, they represent the beating heart of theart market: places where collectors, curators and enthusiasts meet to...
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Major French gallery withdraws from Art Basel: 'brutal and unfair stand conditions'

A major Paris art gallery, Air de Paris, has announced its withdrawal from Art Basel, the world's largest and most relevant art fair, after a full twenty-five years of continuous presence. The Parisian gallery, which includes in its stable some of th...
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Miart 2025, the 15 most representative works of the fair (with prices)

From April 4-6, 2025, Milan returns to the center stage ofcontemporary art with the 29th edition of miart, the international fair that brings together artists, gallery owners, collectors and enthusiasts from around the world. Hosted atAllianz MiCo, t...
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An Italian at the helm of one of the most important fairs: Emanuela Tarizzo director of Frieze Masters

An Italian woman at the helm of one of the world's most important art fairs: Emanuela Tarizzo, born in 1988, has in fact been appointed director of Frieze Masters, the London-based fair that has been offering ancient art and modern art to an internat...
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Gustav Klimt work resurfaces: it is a portrait of an African prince

A work by Gustav Klimt whose trail had been lost reappears at the Tefaf in Maastricht, the major international antiques fair. It is the portrait of an African prince of whom there had been no news since the time of World War II: it has resurfaced, an...
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The Three Graces, a masterpiece by Carlo Finelli, goes to the Tefaf in Maastricht

The Roman antiquarian gallery Antonacci Lapiccirella is bringing to the 2025 edition of the Maastricht Tefaf one of the most significant imarmoras groups by Carlo Finelli (Carrara, 1785 - Rome, 1853), who was among the greatest Neoclassical sculptors...
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