Art market
After years of debt and disaster, Puerto Rico’s Meca art fair offers economic boon
Opening this week in San Juan, the third edition of the event hopes to help the region on the road to recovery
Object lessons: from a tobacco bird jar to a Frida Kahlo still life
Our pick of highlights from the next fortnight's auctions and fairs
Collector and patron Kamiar Maleki appointed director of Volta and Pulse art fairs
The two events have recently come under the same ownership although there are no plans to merge them—yet
New York's autumn sales were subdued but not necessarily septic
Overall sales were down by around 30% but beyond the disappointing headline figures, women and minority artists shone
Still very much a local (af)fair: Art Düsseldorf's Asian promise is yet to come to fruition
Strong German collector base attracts European and US galleries but the the influx of international dealers and visitors is only a trickle
Banksy’s The Drinker withdrawn from Sotheby’s sale after rival artist claims ownership
Sculpture—estimated at £1m—was removed from the street by Andy Link in 2004 but later “liberated” from his East End garden
Artist who ‘kidnapped’ Banksy's The Drinker claims ownership ahead of Sotheby's sale
Andy Link says sculpture for which he demanded £5,000 in ransom was later stolen from him. Banksy’s former dealer says otherwise
Anselm Kiefer interview. Plus, New York auction 'gigaweek'
We talk to German artist Anselm Kiefer about his new works inspired by String Theory and ask expert Scott Reyburn why the art market is treading water. Produced in association with Bonhams, auctioneers since 1793
Hammer Time: Sotheby's picks up the pace during a sluggish art week with $270.7m contemporary art sale
Record prices were set for Charles White, Brice Marden, and Wayne Thiebaud, while a Clyfford Still painting prompted a prolonged bidding war
Carved from a youth centre's walls, Keith Haring mural sells at Bonhams New York for $3.86m
The Grace House Mural becomes the first and only such site-specific work by the artist to be sold at auction
Helen Molesworth to collaborate with Jack Shainman on summer programming
The curator is organising “Feedback” for the gallery’s Upstate New York satellite space, marking her first major curatorial project since leaving LA’s Moca
Uncertainty hangs over Para Site’s fundraising auction as Hong Kong protests escalate
The non-profit art space derives half its annual income from the charity gala which last year raised a record HK$7.8m
UK buyer bags Artemisia Gentileschi painting for a record €4.8m in Paris
Work depicting Roman heroine Lucretia was in a private collection for 40 years
Two Dutch museums join forces to buy rare, $3m Van Gogh painting at Sotheby's New York
Work acquired by Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam and the Drents Museum in Assen is one of few to survive from the artist's visit to Drenthe
Hammer Time: records set but reserves remain low at Christie's post-war and contemporary art sale
Ed Ruscha's visual pun Hurting the Word Radio #2 rose to $46m, a new world record for the artist, but most lots barely reached their estimate in a slow sales season
Fine Arts Paris to expand with new investment, but will it rival the city's Biennale?
New partnership with Connaissance des Arts magazine announced as third edition of the fair opens
Hammer Time: consistency and caution are key at Sotheby's Impressionist and Modern evening sale
The newly private auction house led the night's lots with its known money-maker Claude Monet, and set a world record for the Polish artist Tamara de Lempicka
'The complicated history of Boccioni sculpture is no barrier to record price at Christie's in New York'
Futurist bronze sculpture cast from another bronze in the 1970s sells for $16.2m—four times its estimate
Abuse of diplomatic privilege? How missing art has been linked to embassy officials
Recent cases involving stolen art have raised questions over the behaviour of diplomats
Hammer Time: Christie's Impressionist and Modern evening sale November 2019
In our new video series, deputy art market editor Margaret Carrigan recaps the highlights of New York's billion-dollar auction week
Object lessons: from a Space Age-inspired V.S Gaitonde to a cheeky Norman Rockwell
Our pick of highlights from this week's auctions around the world
Also Known As Africa fair draws crowds but lacks big galleries—for now
Parisian fair dedicated to contemporary African art is gaining momentum in its fourth edition
Countdown to the auction block: one Rodin's journey from consignment to sale room
How a work of art comes to auction is far from a simple process and its place in the eventual sale order is crucial
In person | Cheyenne Westphal on swapping the drama of Sotheby’s for the challenge of growing Phillips
The chairman of Phillips on boardroom battles and joining the underdog
Confidence may be low, but New York's auctions are aiming high
Can the quality of the smaller works coming up during "gigaweek" quell economic jitters?
'Hong Kong art market profits despite protestors’ pain'
If not immune to geopolitical unrest, then perhaps art is a refuge for money that is struggling to find its way into other assets
Premium vintage prints dominate Paris Photo
The world's largest photography fair aims to champion diversity and young blood, but new works from the medium's biggest names tower over this year's edition
For sale: two Van Gogh paintings come up at Sotheby’s New York next week
One of the works was looted by the Nazis from Jewish collector Jacques Goudstikker, but is now being sold by his heir after restitution
Los Angeles police recover $800,000 worth of stolen lithographs by Scottish artist Benjamin Creme
Missing since 2012, around 1,300 prints have been returned to their rightful owner, who used to sell Creme's works
Brafa to auction section of the Berlin Wall for charity
Five graffitied segments were bought by the non-profit Brussels art fair last year and will be exhibited at the event next year