Carlie Porterfield

Battle of the Basquiats: Christie’s and Sotheby’s both have big, eight-figure paintings lined up for marquee spring sales

'El Gran Espectaculo (The Nile)' and 'Now’s the Time' are estimated to sell for $45m at Christie’s and $30m at Sotheby’s, respectively

Renoir, Degas and Goya works from collection of Rhode Island School of Design’s founding family head to auction

The paintings and drawings are estimated to fetch more than $8m at Christie’s New York in May

Victor Vasarely works seized in Puerto Rico amid longstanding family feud over Op artist’s legacy

More than 100 paintings by the late artist and his son were allegedly taken in the FBI raid

Three US museums use prize funds to acquire works from Expo Chicago

The institutions that won the fair's Northern Trust Purchase Prize selected artwork by artists Mohau Modisakeng, Wole Lagunju and Claudia Peña Salinas for their permanent collections

Art in the Windy City: Expo Chicago fair and beyond

Plus, how Northern Ireland's museums are marking 25 years since the Good Friday Agreement and an extravagant portrait of a 19th century French actor

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Dealers report strong first-day sales as Expo Chicago’s largest edition yet draws a 'critical mass' of Midwestern collectors

Collectors from the Midwest and beyond turned up for the fair’s VIP preview, as did the city’s next mayor and one of its most famous rappers

Florida woman mows down Damien Hirst sculpture with her Rolls-Royce

The work, from the series Hirst premiered at the 2017 Venice Biennale exhibition, is reportedly worth $3m

Miami officials vote to continue luxury high-rise construction after Native American site found

The developer behind the project is the Related Group, founded by the billionaire art collector Jorge M. Pérez

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One-tonne statue of Olmec ‘Earth monster’ that was illegally taken to US will be returned to Mexico

Authorities in New York recently informed Mexican officials that the artefact was recovered, though when exactly it was stolen and brought to the United States is unclear

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Expo Chicago fair turns ten: dealers say low cost of living and greater freedom to experiment nurtures US city’s art scene

Chicago is benefiting from a new generation of innovative collectors and a rich cultural ecosystem

Dallas Art Fair hopes to cash in on city’s expansion

For the first time, it will share the stage with the smaller boutique fair Dallas Invitational

Paintings by Ed Ruscha, Philip Guston and others from major Chicago collection headed to auction at Christie’s

A group of paintings and works on paper from the collection of Alan and Dorothy Press is estimated to fetch more than $50m across multiple sales in New York this spring

Asia Week New York bounces back from Covid-19 restrictions with $131m in sales

A print of the "Great Wave" by Hokusai sold for a record-breaking $2.8m at Christie’s during the series of exhibitions and auctions

Mexican authorities condemn French auction of pre-Columbian artefacts

In all, 83 artefacts scheduled to be sold in Paris next week are protected under Mexican law, authorities say

Turmoil at First Republic could jeopardise the bank’s art world sponsorships

The San Francisco-based bank is a corporate partner at museums across the US

Hong Kong heiress sues gallery over alleged £500,000 Banksy fraud

Karen Lo says the dealer Pearl Lam never followed through with her purchase of a well-known painting by the secretive British artist

Mysterious Jackson Pollock painting—with hidden message to Lauren Bacall—found in Bulgaria

The painting, which reportedly features a birthday message to the American actress on its back, was seized during a smuggling raid, officials say

US President Biden designates two new national monuments in the American Southwest

Both sites contain examples of Indigenous art including petroglyphs and pictographs

More than 1,000 objects in the Met’s collection linked to alleged traffickers and looters, investigation finds

A new report claims New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art has many items in its collection with major provenance issues

Bracelet worn by Marlene Dietrich in Alfred Hitchcock film could bring $4.5m at Christie’s

The diamond and ruby bracelet is part of an auction of the jewellery collection of Dwight D. Eisenhower’s granddaughter

Judge throws out copyright lawsuit over artwork featuring Ruth Bader Ginsburg photograph

Atlanta artist Julie Torres was accused of using a photographer’s image in her own artwork without permission

Late Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston trustee’s collection could fetch more than $270m at Christie’s

Two sales featuring work from Gerald Fineberg’s collection will take place in May in New York

Miami art dealer sentenced to more than four years in prison for smuggling ivory sculptures

Eduardo Ulises Martinez was convicted of illegally transporting ivory and obstruction of justice

Frieze New York lines up mega-galleries and some new faces for fair's 2023 edition

The fair will welcome more than 60 galleries as the event remains on a smaller scale than before the Covid-19 pandemic

Venus Williams and Adam Pendleton team up for charity auction to fund restoration of Nina Simone’s childhood home

The legendary civil rights activist and musician was born in the North Carolina house and spent the first years of here life there