Sotheby’s executive vice-president talks about their online venture and the importance of auctions on the web
A brand new tribe of collectors and buyers is coming
Dealers deem London Old Masters market scarce but stable
While a broad consensus emerged that sales remain solid, the demand for quality pictures outstrips supply, causing frustration among serious collectors
The Old Masters trade: Scarce but stable
While the market remains largely stable in Europe, the demand for quality pictures, fuelled by thriving European economies, outstrips supply
Cross-border buoyancy in the European Old Master market
Plotting national tastes and identifying certain general market trends
Art in the media: History as a developing process
Lodz ghetto photos found in Vienna; Van Dyck reassessed; Tracey Emin in profile
Art in the Media: Norman Foster’s renovated Reichstag, Andy Warhol on video and CNN's The ArtClub comes to London
Air-raising adventures in Berlin, the mythology of Andy Warhol on screen, and The ArtClub hitting its stride at London visual art events
Art in the media: Jarvis Cocker tours Outsider Art, Anish Kapoor shows up in Bordeaux and Damien Hirst’s dentist opens wide
April 1999 provided a particularly nourishing media menu
Books: The market muscles its way back onto the agenda, with Bacon and the body keeping pace
Mammon’s shrine in the groves of academe
Art in the media: The people’s painting—only what we deserve
Komar and Melamid reveal what we like, Tory politician Jeffrey Archer speculates in Warhols, fictional Bacon somewhat censored, and Britain’s own intellectual, Jonathan Miller, on reflection
Databases of stolen art can help thwart art thieves and promote vigilance
Registering items in such databases can bring peace of mind