
Anna Brady
Mini Impressionist and Modern sale at Sotheby's makes £99m thanks to auction debutantes
Monet's waterlilies and Modigliani's portrait of an unknown boy lead the 25-lot sale, and new record made for Austrian artist Alfred Kubin's haunting drawing
Tough going for Christie's skinny £36.4m Impressionist and Modern art sale
Early Schiele drawing is the low-key star of an unremarkable sale, topped by a flashy Picasso
Sotheby's goes private as it is sold for $3.7bn
French-Israeli media billionaire Patrick Drahi's company BidFair USA buys firm from shareholders
Object lessons: from an ancient Roman mosaic to an Art Deco icon of the LGBTQ+ movement
Our pick of items from auctions and fairs around the world over the next fortnight
South African art fair gets reboot under a new owner
Johannesburg-based FNB Joburg fair has been bought by its former director Mandla Sibeko
Art Basel: where political cartoons still have a home
As the New York Times bans satirical illustrations, Art Basel has plenty on show, from the 1920s to today
Collector's Eye: Hubert Bonnet
The Belgian art collector tells us what he's bought and why he loves it
Auction prices: the elephant in the room at Art Basel
The first rule of art fairs is don't talk about auctions—but sometimes they can benefit artists and their dealers
Bringing up baby: making motherhood work in the art world
Being a mother has been cast as career suicide by Tracey Emin and Marina Abramovic. We speak to four women in the art world who beg to differ
Are we worried enough about the planet to give up jetsetting to art fairs?
A truly environmentally friendly art world requires that we give up the 'freedom, privilege and progress to which we are so accustomed'
Goodman Gallery will open in London to rail against 'heightened nationalist sentiment and populist politics'
South African gallery is first to be confirmed for new Cork Street redevelopment which has been empty since it was finished last year
Gagosian to go off-piste with first pop-up show during Art Basel
Continuing Abstraction show will run off-site throughout the fair, featuring artists such as Willem de Kooning, Helen Frankenthaler and Theaster Gates
Dominique Lévy: ‘I just don’t think big is better’
She started off as an apprentice clown and did a stint as a currency trader, but it’s as a dealer in works of art in the vanguard of social change that Dominique Lévy has found her true calling
Object lessons: from Salvador Dalí greetings cards to a long-hidden Kandinsky painting
Our pick of highlights for sale over the next fortnight
Private view: must-see gallery shows opening this June
New commercial gallery shows—from notions of black culture in London to immigrant identity in Los Angeles
Object lessons: from Giacometti’s last bat to Dior's New Look
Our pick of highlights from upcoming auctions and fairs
Italian galleries no longer have to pay artist royalties on primary market sales
New guidelines are published after six year negotiation, but dealers will have to provide written contracts with artists when acting on consignment
Collector's Eye: Alejandra Castro Rioseco on collecting the work of female artists
Latin American artists feature prominently in the collection of the Chilean supporter of women's rights
Watch out Frieze, here comes Tefaf with its mac and cheese
Sales to the Upper East Side set may take their time at the New York fair, but they do happen and exhibitors praise its slick presentation and diverse offering
JAM, the historic gallery supporting contemporary African American artists, gets another bite of the cherry
MoMA will hold a museum exhibition dedicated to JAM in 2022
Private view: must-see gallery shows opening this May
New commercial gallery shows—from a new space in south London to an apartment show in San Gimignano
Tefaf chairman Nanne Dekking speaks out about sexual abuse at Amsterdam 'cult'
Opening up about his traumatic experiences as a young man, he says the industry must act to improve transparency and diversity
Object Lessons: From a Persian shah's portrait to a popsicle stick "painting"
Our picks from upcoming fairs and auctions in the next fortnight
Another shake-up in art finance sector as Athena sold for $170m
New owner, digital investment platform YieldStreet, calls art finance an "exciting and sound new investment option" with low correlation to the stock market
Three exhibitions to see in Milan this weekend
From mesmeric cinematic art in a fresco-lined palazzo to the Brazilian artist Lygia Pape's first exhibition in Italy
Private View: must-see gallery exhibitions opening this April
New commercial gallery shows—from East African scenes to Freud’s sitter
Big-hitters join Miart for first time
Hauser & Wirth, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac and other well-known galleries have joined the Milan fair
Object Lessons: from a triumphant tapestry by El Anatsui to a heroic charcoal drawing by Charles White
Our picks from upcoming fairs and auctions in the next fortnight
All aboard: Frieze Floats and Basel Boats battle for international waters
So-called Floating Freeports Ships (FFS) are new frontier in today's globalised fairs market, organisers say