Phillips and Bonhams see strong sales on smaller lots
The auction houses' bottom lines suffered from unsold lots, continuing a trend of top-lot discernment during New York’s fall sales
Object Lessons: From a marble mask by Henry Moore to a powerful Namibian wooden sceptre
Our picks from this week's fairs and auctions around the globe
Larry Poons: Art isn’t business
The octogenarian painter stars in The Price of Everything, a new film about the machinations of the market airing on HBO
Holy grail of folk ceramics made by 19th-century snake handler breaks auction record
The “snake jug” shattered the previous record for Anna Pottery, a niche favourite of Americana collectors
Native American group denounces Met’s exhibition of indigenous objects
The Association on American Indian Affairs says the "first mistake was to call these objects art" and that tribal representatives should have been consulted
The art world reacts to Brazil’s new far-right president, Jair Bolsonaro
The former army captain's apparent leanings toward authoritarianism and his fundamentalist views have arts professionals feeling wary
US museums are too white, and this paid internship programme hopes to change that
Ten museums across America will participate in an inaugural project launched by the Association of Art Museum Directors
New York cemetery opens its doors to art to honour dead migrants and victims of Hurricane Maria
Artist creates an altar incorporating objects from Puerto Rico and invites visitors to add their own
Object Lessons: from sixth-century Chinese figurines to Snoopy's sidekick
Our picks from fairs and auctions around the globe this coming fortnight
‘Brazil’s Donald Trump’ Jair Bolsonaro may thwart efforts to rebuild Rio museum destroyed in fire
New far-right president wants to remove the country’s ministry of culture
Object lessons at the Fine Art Print Fair: from an apocalyptic landscape by Tacita Dean to lithographs by Bruce Nauman
Our pick of three works for sale at the International Fine Print Dealers Association’s 27th edition of the fair
Object Lessons: from a medieval manuscript of women's woe to an Italian Baroque #MeToo icon
Our picks from this week's fairs and auctions around the globe
Three shows to see in New York this weekend
Head downtown for Sarah Lucas, a deep-dive into LES galleries and Toyin Ojih Odutola's beguiling portraits
Christie's to offer major works from the Klapper collection that could fetch more than $50m
The 20-lot sale spans the auction house's New York and London locations and includes works ranging from Old Master paintings to a Monet
Galleries on New York's Lower East Side band together to boost foot traffic
More than 20 galleries will participate in the inaugural LES Art Week, launching 17 October
Metropolitan Museum of Art reclassifies status of Native American art for new exhibition
Donor of artefacts asked New York museum to present them as "American art rather than tribal art"
National Museum in Rio starts rebuilding efforts with temporary exhibitions
While most of its collection is still buried under rubble, the institution begins the long road to restoration with displays of stored works that were spared from the fire
Object lessons: from a Qianlong-era Chinese vase to a painting by the master of Nigerian Modernism
Our pick from this week's fairs and auctions
Feminist photographer Anne Brigman rediscovered in Nevada Art Museum show
The artist, once championed by Alfred Stieglitz, fell into obscurity after her death in 1950
Object Lessons: from a polaroid of Basquiat to a Ming dynasty bodhisattvas
Our pick from this week's fairs and auctions
Geta Brătescu, Romanian multidisciplinary artist, has died aged 92
She was an important figure of the European country’s avant-garde scene with a career spanning more than six decades, but gained wider international recognition in recent years
Who are the people seeking political asylum in the US?
A floating art project in New York tells refugees’ stories during the UN General Assembly
San Francisco show celebrates diversity of Muslim fashion
As debates on the burqa rage worldwide, De Young Museum exhibition explores complexities and range of Islamic dress
Three exhibitions to see in New York this weekend
From long-hidden sculptures to a Land Art pioneer’s early cogitations
Sotheby’s to offer landmark paintings by Marsden Hartley and Ludwig Meidner in November
The auction house hopes the works will surpass previous records by several million
New York's Chelsea galleries hope new storefronts will bring new business
After waves of closures, the pricey West Side art district sees a frenzy of growth this fall
Protesters decry neglect after Brazilian museum fire
Amid melee at Rio's National Museum, museology students begin project to digitise the institution
Massive fire devastates the National Museum of Brazil
Budget cuts and negligence blamed for the blaze
Escaping New York's concrete jungle for the Governors Island Art Fair
The ‘artists for artists’ fair will be open each weekend of September with more than 100 works on view
‘Art Rx’: museum tours linked to easing chronic pain
Participants of study reported feeling less pain and less social disconnection after an hour-long museum tour