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• Christie’s and Bonhams Quietly Hike Buyers’ Fees

  Christie’s had raised its fees in September 2025, while Bonhams had not done so since 2023.

• Mildred Howard Wins $25,000 Artist Award, Anonymous Was A Woman Names Environmental Art Grants, and More: Industry Moves for September 2, 2026

  Plus, the New Yorker profiles Susan Te Kahurangi King.

• Dealers Are Betting on the Future of South Korea Despite Measured First-Day Sales at Frieze and Kiaf

  The fairs saw a bustling VIP day with crowded aisles, though sales moved at a measured pace.

• Recent Key Departures at Phillips Point to a Pivot in Strategy

  It appears Phillips has decided it doesn’t want to be the same company it spent the last decade trying to become.

• Untitled Art, Miami Beach Names 166 Exhibitors for 2026 Edition 

  The galleries and nonprofits hail from some 36 countries and territories.

• Christie’s London Offers a Restituted Kandinsky, Long Displayed in a German Museum, for $30 M.

  The painting has hung in the same Munich museum for some five decades.

• Jonathan Crockett, Phillips’ Outgoing Asia Chairman, Discusses the State of Asia’s Art Market

  Crockett will depart the house this week after over a decade leading its Asia operations

• Collector and Patron Hasnaine Yavarhoussen Is Determined to Bring Madagascar’s Art Scene to the Rest of the World

  The Malagasy entrepreneur is a member of Tate’s Africa Acquisitions Committee and the cofounder of Hakanto Contemporary on the island nation.

• Phillips Faces Major Senior Leadership Shake-Up, Ahead of Fall Sales

  Miety Heiden, chairman of private sales, and Jonathan Crockett, chairman for Asia, are among the high-level departures from Phillips since May.

• Frieze Abu Dhabi Lines Up 84 Galleries for Inaugural Edition in November

  More than 40 percent come from the SWANA region.