Cyrus Naji
Booksreview
Former Sotheby's chairman recounts the birth of the London art market as we know it
James Stourton's new book explores changes from the power shift to the auction houses in the mid-20th century to the excesses of the 1980s and 90s
Art marketanalysis
Long undervalued, Bangladeshi artists begin to rise at auction
Modernist paintings by artists such as Zainul Abedin and Mohammad Kibria soared past their estimates at recent sales in New York
Exhibitionsreview
The V&A’s Mughal exhibition traces the emergence of a ‘new art’
The show, which closes in May, highlights a golden age of pluralism under three monarchs from the house of Tamerlane
Protestsanalysis
How Bangladeshi artists played a role in their country’s ‘monsoon revolution’
Artists who had long suffered threats and censorship contributed to, and then celebrated, the downfall last year of the country’s repressive regime
Book Clubfeature
How a Persian manuscript was swapped for a Willem de Kooning owned by the Iranian government
Oliver Hoare's memoir details the story of the ambitious exchange of an Iranian masterpiece for a painting by the Abstract Expressionist