An art dealer reads the small-print of a new Italian government regulation that enables its officials to “notify” works even when on temporary importation

One of Europe’s greatest private collections of medieval material and works of art from antiquity to the twentieth century is now on view in Ireland

Talley Dunn of Gerald Peters Gallery states with pride that “The art community as a whole is growing”

Our correspondent warns against doing what the auction houses do just as well

A dealer with a fine nose for futures

Exploring Basel commercial galleries; from Classic Modernists to new contemporaries

A new strategy at Sotheby’s as private collectors’ appetite for sculpture grows

Sixteen French dealers join the Anglo-Saxons with Impressionist, Post-Impressionist and Modern art

Commercial galleries with common goals banding together

A field with keen collectors and plenty of sleepers at the auctions to challenge the dealers

But £60 can still buy you quality

1996 saw high prices and new records with the Chinese determining the shape and make up of future sales

The pioneering company find that patience is the key to success in Japan

Also, Richard Hains's logo-mania and Robert Malaval's regurgitations

Second fair surpasses first in sales for certain subjects

A further exhibition of Dubuffet's output may present a rough comparison

Why I prefer decorative arts

Daniel Katz, Britain’s leading sculpture dealer, has a major exhibition in London this month. He describes his thirty-year career and his undimmed passion for art

After leaving Berlin in 1937, Berggruen will be placing his collection - which will go on show this autumn - on a ten-year loan with the Berlin State Museums

The fledgling fair will operate in tandem with the main fair, which has attracted 250 participants from twenty countries

Defendants' story was "reasonably possibly true"

Collectors fear the end of British rule in the Territory, but some young dealers see huge opportunities

However, there is still a marked lack of Spanish collectors

“A bit mad, but in a nice way”—Jean-Claude Binoche

The TEFAF Basel saw only 12,500 visitors, but some good sales nonetheless. Could the organisers have promoted it more?

The scholar of Iranian culture and International Herald Tribune art journalist says dealers could be the solution to recent archaeological disasters

A big new event organised by the Maastricht team but with concessions to its Swiss location. Will it work?

Art Basel's status as the leading art fair remains in tact; whilst plans are made to include a video forum and a space for young galleries

Top dealer Giuseppe Eskenazi blames the auction houses

Twelve American dealers and seventeen private collectors invited