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U.K. Pushes to Standardize Auction Data—and More Industry Intel
Plus: Chanel launches a commission series in Southeast Asia and Bonhams introduces a new resale royalties model.
Plus: Chanel launches a commission series in Southeast Asia and Bonhams introduces a new resale royalties model.
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– Post-Fair’s inaugural Paris edition, taking place October 19–24 at 74 and 79 Rue du Temple, will feature 35 galleries, including Dublin’s Kerlin, Kate MacGarry (London), and Galerie Tschudi of Zurich.
–Paris Photo returns to the Grand Palais for its 29th edition November 12–15. Of 246 exhibitors, 80 are newcomers, including New York’s Bienvenu Steinberg & Co, Dot Fiftyone (Miami), and Hacklebury (London).
– Trois Crayons‘s first multi-city edition opens at Josh Pazda Hiram Butler Gallery in Houston on October 9, later stopping in Dallas-Fort Worth and Austin. New exhibitors include New York galleries Jill Newhouse Gallery and Mireille Mosler Ltd, and Jonathan Cooper from London.
– Auction data will become standardized in the U.K. under the Standard Industrial Classification code, which comes into effect in 2031. It is expected to provide quantitative evidence for the sector’s contributions to the U.K. economy. (The Art Newspaper)
– The collection of Peter Simon, founder of Monsoon clothing stores, could become Christie’s London’s highest-value single-owner sale. The roughly 200 pieces are estimated at £87–127 million ($118–172 million), with highlights by Francis Bacon, Andy Warhol, Piet Mondrian, and Joan Miró.
– Bonhams announced “the Dean’s Choice,” a new U.S. model letting consignors voluntarily direct a portion of resale profits to the artist, with the auction house matching their chosen percentage from its buyer’s premium.
– Julien’s Auctions tapped Ken Citron, former Fine Art Group chief, as CEO to spearhead plans for international expansion.
– Heritage Auctions appointed Whitney Maxwell as chief marketing officer.
– Strauss & Co reported a 28 percent rise in international bidding during the first half of 2026. Building on this growth, the African auction house appointed Erika Wiese-Dippenaar as international representative in London.
– Cuturi Gallery, founded in Singapore in 2019, is opening a permanent outpost in London’s St James’s neighborhood on October 8.
– Krupa Gallery is closing its outpost in London’s Clerkenwell after 18 months. The original Wroclaw gallery remains.
– Marie Catalano joined Andrew Kreps Gallery as director.
– New York’s Salon 94 now reps Leilah Babirye in collaboration with Gordon Robichaux and Galerie Max Hetzler. Joshua Oduga joined the roster at 839 in Los Angeles. Opera Gallery now reps Maurice Mboa.
– Gallery Norito, curatorial initiative Teaspoon Projects, and artist-run space Starch are teaming up to share a new space in London’s Fitzrovia called Flatmates 37.
– Dib Bangkok has partnered with the Chanel Culture Fund to launch the Chanel Gateway Commission, an annual series platforming large-scale contemporary art commissions across Southeast Asia. Bangkok-based artist Nawin Nuthong inaugurates the series with Project 147, an immersive gameplay installation exploring belonging and regional myths, opening September 26.
– Rotterdam’s Fenix Museum will open a new, 7,000-square-foot gallery in November.
– Amon Carter Museum of American Art hired Robert Stein, chief information officer at the National Gallery of Art, as its new director and CEO. (Artnet News)
– Louisville’s Speed Art Museum named Kathleen V. Jameson as its new director.
– Former Tate director Maria Balshaw joins the board of London’s Southbank Centre next month.
– Qatar Museums announced Doha Pavilion: Gerhard Richter, a new permanent, site-specific structure designed by the artist as a free-standing work of art and architecture housing his paintings and sculpture. Realized with Selldorf Architects for Doha’s MIA Park, it will be unveiled November 20, ahead of the opening of Rubaiya Qatar, the nation’s new contemporary art quadrennial. (Artnet News)
– Japan’s prestigious 37th Praemium Imperiale was awarded to five recipients, including visual artists Jenny Holzer (for painting) and Andy Goldsworthy (for sculpture).
– Eight journalists awarded the 2026 Rabkin Prize worth $50,000 include former Artnet News editor Julia Halperin, Damien Davis, and Melanie Ferdinand-King.
– The inaugural winners of Freelands Foundation’s £1.5 million ($2 million) award scheme for art education in the U.K. are Wolverhampton Art Gallery, the Burton in North Devon, and Signal in Barrow-in-Furness.
– Lucien Smith, market star-turned-Downtown scene fixture, has died at 37. (Artnet News)
– The pioneering Mexican sculptor Geles Cabrera has died aged 100.