New US owner of former Chinese building-materials business turns to lucrative fractional ownership of art

David Hockney was latest white male artist to set a record this year

First major survey in Shanghai of late artist’s work includes giant spider on loan from Tate

The people, places and things that had a year to remember—or to forget

Art lovers tell us what they’ve bought and why

Art lovers tell us what they’ve bought and why

From a Tschabalala Self painting donated to the Art Institute of Chicago to Goshka Macuga's commission the Norwegian parliament

Country's galleries are out in force at the fair after far-right Jair Bolsonaro's election

Former deal-maker, who joined the auction house in 2016 with the acquisition of Art Agency, Partners, will leave on 31 December

Our pick of highlights from December's auctions

Tis the season for Old Masters: here are three works to seek out, from a mythological marriage portrait to Annibale Carracci's sketch on an old account book

For Frieze Projects, artists including Barbara Kruger and Paul McCarthy will create site-specific works within Paramount Pictures Studios's fake New York city

Under president Xi Jinping's increasingly stringent regime, galleries must negotiate a slow and capricious approval process to show works of art

Hockney made the headlines, but other artists made waves—or flopped—at November’s auctions

Third-party auction deals have made some people very rich—but they may be bad for the market in the long run

From Louise Bourgeois’s giant spider at the Long Museum to literally walking on glass at the Shanghai Museum of Glass

Galleries are also seemingly undeterred by tussles between Presidents Trump and Xi Jinping

Our picks from this week's fairs and auctions around the globe

Pair of portraits by Frans Hals expected to lead two-day sale of collection of Dutch entrepreneur, who was advised by the dealer Robert Noortman

Emirati fair says she will work alongside the artistic director in a move away from having a single leader

Brexit and Trump's trade war with China are affecting the mood of buyers

Art lovers tell us what they’ve bought and why

Francis Bacon's lighter depiction of George Dyer leads auction at £17.5m, with strong prices for Hurvin Anderson, Bridget Riley and Albert Oehlen

Profits from the sale will support new UK arts education programme in 2019

Art lovers tell us what they’ve bought and why

Work at Galerie Kamel Mennour is quite literally ground-breaking

Fair focuses on women but market still favours men

From Kerry James Marshall's all-new paintings in London to Zoe Leonard's decade-long photo series in Los Angeles, these are the commercial gallery shows to see

Our pick from this week's fairs and auctions

The success of Tefaf New York Spring this year marked a sea-change