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London’s leading fair for 20th century art, design and decorative arts is back, and better than ever! This year, there will be 66 galleries in the new tent, including 14 newcomers, and noted dealers Magen H Gallery, Modernity Sweden, Peter Petrou, and Chahan. You can discover and acquire pieces of museum quality with a distinct history in an environment that cultivates eclecticism, authenticity and connoisseurship with passion and flair. This year, PAD London will be paying a stunning tribute to the late architect, Zaha Hadid, a longstanding supporter of the event, which pitched its first tent ten years ago. Its boutique setting is sure to inspire collectors, consultants, interior designers, and the public alike throughout the week of October 3-9, in the heart of Mayfair.

US judge Paul Gardephe is considering nearly two dozen motions of enormous consequence for the first trial in the $60m Knoedler Gallery forgery scandal scheduled to begin on 25 January. The motions concern what evidence the jury will hear, and so will help influence their verdict on whether the defendants—the gallery, its former director Ann Freedman, and its owner 8-31 Holdings—should pay the collectors Domenico and Eleanore De Sole up to $25.3m for selling the couple a fake Mark Rothko painting in 2004.

On December 13 the Art Institute of Chicago unveils 44 contemporary works donated by collecting titans Gael Neeson and Stefan Edlis. The largest gift in the museum’s 136-year history, the mix reads like an art lover’s “Twelve Days of Christmas,” with one Robert Rauschenberg, two Cy Twomblys, four Gerhard Richters, six Cindy Shermans, and nine Andy Warhols among the blue-chip pieces.

It may not summon up a sense of international intrigue like Geneva or Luxembourg, but this small city, just off the Interstate and down the road from Wilmington, can now boast that it has joined those more glamorous locales as a tax haven for art collectors.

Fritz Dietl, who for years watched collectors ship artworks from sales in New York to tax-advantageous free ports overseas, has opened his own here in a former foam peanut packing factory beside the train tracks.

The Judd Foundation is working to digitize Donald Judd’s archive, which is in the process of being moved fr om New York to Marfa, Texas, wh ere the artist founded the Chinati Foundation in 1986.

The archive has so far been the main resource for a catalogue raisonné being compiled by the Judd Foundation. With the appointment in September of former studio assistant Ellie Meyer as the catalogue raisonné research manager, the project is moving into a more public phase, focusing on collectors, galleries and institutions.

Old Sturbridge Village has a remarkable collection of early American objects - the furniture, tools, clothing, toys, decorative arts and other artifacts of life in rural, inland New England during the period 1790 to 1840.

Old Sturbridge Village regularly hosts Collectors' Forums in order to focus on this collection, bringing together curators, experts, collectors and the public to examine a large sampling from the collection and learn about new scholarship and perspectives on the collection. This annual event is being held in conjunction with the opening of our new exhibit, Kindred Spirits: A.B. Wells, Malcolm Watkins and the Origins of Old Sturbridge Village.

International Fine Print Dealers Association (IFPDA) has announced the exhibitors for its annual Prints Fair that runs from November 4 to 8, at the Park Avenue Armory. Launched in 1991, the fair will present 89 exhibitors this year, selected from the foundation’s members of international art dealers. “The Fair tracks 500 years of printmaking,” said IFPDA executive director Michele Senecal, “and given that it draws the top collectors and curators, exhibitors must be diligent in their efforts to secure the best offerings to present, whether they be Old Master, Modern, or Contemporary.”

A late landscape painted by Vincent Van Gogh in Arles the year before he died, and one of the last great Suprematist paintings by Kazimir Malevich in private hands will headline Sotheby’s Impressionist and Modern art sales in New York on 5 November.

The auction house, which has led rival Christie’s in the past eight of ten sale seasons in this field, will be selling a group of ten works from a collection assembled in the 1940s and 50s by the Belgian collectors Louis and Evelyn Franck. “This is one of those fantastic post-war time-capsule collections that there are now so few of,” says Simon Shaw, the co-head of Sotheby’s worldwide Impressionist and Modern art department.

Heralded as the centerpiece of Expo Art Week -- Chicago’s citywide celebration of all things arts and culture -- Expo Chicago (September 17-20, 2015) has emerged as a decidedly innovative and multifaceted art fair. Now in its fourth year, Expo Chicago, which focuses on modern and contemporary art and design, champions established and emerging artists alike -- a quality that has earned it a stellar reputation among a wide range of collectors, dealers, enthusiasts, interior designers, and curators. According to Tony Karman, the President/Director of Expo Chicago, “There is so much to look forward to at this year’s fair...With artwork from 140 galleries from 16 countries and 47 cities, it is a one-stop opportunity to survey the work and trends in the...

Margaret Tao was named Executive Director of Asia Week New York, it was announced by Lark Mason, Chairman of Asia Week New York 2016.

"We are delighted that Margaret is our new Executive Director of Asia Week New York," said Mason.  "Her extensive knowledge of the Asian art market will certainly enhance our visibility and broaden our reach to new collectors." According to Mason, Noémie Bonnet, who previously held the position, is stepping down in order to pursue various projects, but will continue working with the association as its Technology Consultant.