Art market
Art fraud has hijacked the conversation again, but calls for stronger regulation miss the bigger picture
Is regulation a wonder drug for curing the art market of its chronic fraud problem? Our columnist explains why that thinking is a myth
Lacklustre results for highly anticipated auction from Long Museum collection in China—experts weigh in on why
Despite a slew of records set for Western art in Asia, including new highest prices for Modigliani and Mark Bradford, the Hong Kong sale made below its low estimate
Julie Mehretu painting sets new auction record for an African-born artist
The work by the Ethiopian-American artist was sold by Sotheby's Hong Kong for $9.32m with fees
Balthus painting deaccessioned by the Art Institute of Chicago could bring as much as $18m at auction
"La Patience" (1948), which was one of two Balthus paintings in the museum’s collection, will go up for auction at Sotheby’s New York in November
Mind the (shrinking) gap: Paris gains on leading London
The debate over Europe’s art capital intensifies as post-Brexit red tape complicates business for UK art sellers and more major galleries set up shop in the French capital
Egon Schiele works recently restituted to Holocaust victim's heirs head to auction
Christie’s will offer six of the seven pieces by Schiele that were restituted to heirs of Fritz Grünbaum last month during its November sales in New York
Atlanta Art Fair is the latest addition to a packed fair calendar
Organisers expect more than 50 galleries to take part in the fair's inaugural edition next year
'Rediscovered' Rembrandt could make £15m at Sotheby's London this December
The Biblical scene was recently offered at auction for just €10,000
French billionaire collector Bernard Arnault under investigation for money laundering in connection to Russian oligarch
The probe concerns a convoluted financial transaction around properties in the French luxury ski resort Courchevel
Phillips aims for $70m haul with New York sale of works from the Triton Collection Foundation
A double-sided Fernand Léger estimated between $15m to $20m leads the offering, amassed by a Dutch shipping and oil magnate and his wife
Art acquired by the late ‘Ghostbusters’ director Ivan Reitman could fetch more than $60m at Christie’s New York
The collection is led by Pablo Picasso’s Femme endormie (1934) which the auction house estimates will sell for between $25m and $35m
Art collective Slavs and Tatars curates a Central Asian-focused Asia Now fair in Paris
More than 85 galleries will show at this year's edition, which takes place at the historic Monnaie de Paris for the second-year running
Ahead of major Indigenous rights vote in Australia, Desert Mob Aboriginal art fair welcomes collectors to the Outback
The event, one of the most remote art festivals in the world, features more than 280 artists
When dealers go bust, what happens to the art they hold?
Establishing ownership and value of works can be a complicated business, as recent legal cases have shown
A deep dive into the history of China’s art market
From the devastation of the Cultural Revolution to the transformation of the contemporary art scene
From a tender portrait of Gauguin’s son to a 17th-century Leonardo manuscript: our pick of October's auctions
Plus, a first-century Roman cameo and a gilt bronze statue from Tibet
Collection of late California patron Chara Schreyer could net more than $70m at Sotheby’s in New York
In sales spanning this year and next, hundreds of works that once belonged to the SFMoMA trustee will be offered, including a box in a suitcase by Duchamp
Cosmoscow, once Russia’s premier international art fair, opens in building reportedly struck by drone last month
Only one of over 75 participating galleries this year is from abroad—but Russian dealers remain determined to continue business
Newly attributed Raphael drawing heads to auction at Dorotheum
Rediscovered work is a preparatory study for the Battle of the Milvian Bridge fresco displayed in the Vatican’s papal apartments
'Turkey is becoming very powerful, and very international': Contemporary Istanbul fair opens amid shifting geopolitics and a strong economy
Galleries from more than 20 countries are taking part in the fair's 18th edition
Private museum's collection of ancient arms and armour could bring in £22m at Christie’s
The privately-owned Mougins Museum of Classical Art closed in August for a revamp to rebrand as what has been described as Europe’s "first major museum dedicated to work by women artists"
Oligarch Files investigation reveals $963m art collection of Roman Abramovich and Dasha Zhukova
Mondrian, Magritte and Freud are among the masterpieces acquired by the sanctioned Russian billionaire, according to a report by The Guardian
Art Basel reaches outside art trade for new chief officers of growth and digital
Hayley Romer and Craig Hepburn will work to bolster the brand's year-round presence and "engage ever broader cultural audiences"
Hauser & Wirth to open in Basel—taking over Galerie Knoell's space in 2024
The mega-gallery will also welcome Knoell's founder as a senior director, in a move that will "extend its commitment in Basel"
Ex-dealer Robert Newland sentenced to nearly two years in prison for role in Inigo Philbrick’s art frauds
"He did his job, but his job turned out to be assisting a criminal fraud," a New York district court judge said
What David Zwirner’s recent surprise losses reveal about the high-stakes art market
The dealer remains “cautiously optimistic” about the trade’s prospects this autumn
Private sector picks up the pieces as UK government cuts art education funding
While university arts departments are being dismantled, dealers and auction houses provide learning programmes
International galleries and collectors finally returning to Brazil’s ArtRio fair
The fair’s 80 exhibitors include a small but significant coterie of dealers from abroad while Brazilian collectors are out in force
Bob Ross’s canvas from the first The Joy of Painting episode hits the market for $9.85m
Minneapolis gallery Modern Artifact called the price a “not-for-sale number”, adding that they intend to take the 1983 painting on tour
After 25 years of operating solely in London, Stuart Shave's Modern Art gallery will open in Paris
Brexit has not influenced the decision to launch the outpost, says the gallery's founder