Georgina Adam reports in her Financial Times column that Albert Oehlen has joined Gagosian gallery. Recently Gagosian has opted to harness his powerful global distribution network to artists with long-standing and solid dealer relationships in temporary joint ventures. But Thomas Dane, who expanded his gallery in London to a ground floor space hasn’t gone that route:

His inaugural show of five works by the German painter Albert Oehlen was sold out before the opening, at prices between €175,000 and €285,000. But this will be the last Oehlen show for Dane – the artist has been poached by Gagosian. Thomas Dane, elegantly, refuses to be drawn on the subject, just saying: “Albert decided he would benefit from showing with Gagosian, who have a global presence. He’s very committed to this show and he is a close friend and will remain so.”

Art Trade in a Cautionary Time (Financial Times)