Samia Halaby, Red and White Neighbourhoods, 2019
Global Art Market: 2025 Performance and 2026 Outlook
The 2026 Art Basel and UBS Report—prepared by Arts Economics—analyzes the global art market in 2025 across both the auction and dealer sectors, and offers projections for market trends in 2026. According to the report, the global art market returned to profitability following two consecutive years of contraction, recording a 4% increase in overall growth. Meanwhile, the online segment posted its weakest sales performance since 2019. The following section highlights several of the report’s key findings and outlines the outlook it presents for the year ahead. 
27 April 2026
Global Art Market: 2025 Performance and 2026 Outlook 27 April 2026
The 2026 Art Basel and UBS Report—prepared by Arts Economics—analyzes the global art market in 2025 across both the auction and dealer sectors, and offers projections for market trends in 2026. According to the report, the global art market returned to profitability following two consecutive years of contraction, recording a 4% increase in overall growth. Meanwhile, the online segme...
The Global Art Market: From Crisis to a New Opportunity 16 March 2025
Over the past two years, the global art market has faced significant challenges and a notable downturn. According to recent reports, total auction sales at major houses such as Sotheby’s, Christie’s, and Phillips saw a sharp decline in 2024, continuing the downward trend from 2023.In response, the art market has been exploring new strategies to counteract these losses. One promising...
How New York, London, Paris, and Hong Kong Competed in Major Auctions 24 September 2024
The global art market is undergoing changes, and cities like New York, London, Paris, and Hong Kong have evolved as as major hubs for high-profile auctions over the past decade. These transformations are driven by economic, political, technological, and cultural factors, leading to the development of new approaches in art sales. Considering the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and th...
Women and the 2021 Global Art Market: 100 Most Influential Female Artists you should Know 4 January 2023
In this article, Artpro magazine has examined the market of female artists in 2021. Their research has shown an unprecedented growth in the share of female artists in total sales. This share has almost doubled from 2012 to 2021, however, it has only reached six percent of total sales. In this article, the statistics of the top 100 female artists in the world and their sales record i...