Art market
Banksy's former agent quits gallery world citing snobbery and the death of subculture
Steve Lazarides leaves Lazinc in Mayfair to pursue solo projects
Mega-galleries pick up the pace in the race for space
Commercial galleries continue to expand in Manhattan despite steep real estate costs
East Asian unrest plays in Art Jakarta's favour
Fair is benefitting from Indonesia's burgeoning economy as well as cancelled Singapore fairs
Sotheby’s shareholders approve $3.7bn sale to telecoms tycoon Patrick Drahi
With 91% of shareholders in favour, the publicly traded auction house will officially go private after three decades on the New York Stock Exchange
Russia's only international art fair tackles tricky topics
Cosmoscow's public programme will explore 'the crisis of faith in expertise' in the art market
Private view: must-see gallery shows opening in September
New commercial gallery shows—from Baroque blackness in Chicago to flying saucers in London
Seller beware: how to avoid being duped by an artful dodger
Timothy Sammons misled clients over sales of works by artists including Picasso
US-China trade war expands to books and maps as increased tariffs hit art imports
Trump's tariff of 15% on Chinese art that went into effect 1 September also applies to the antiquarian trade, further frustrating dealers and auction houses
MCH Group sells India Art Fair to Angus Montgomery Arts
Swiss-based owner of Art Basel sells majority stake in Delhi event as part of wider withdrawal from regional art fairs programme
What am I actually buying? Performance art-only fair in Brussels faces challenge of materiality
A Performance Affair introduces new protocol to specify what is on offer and its secondary market development
'Outrageous coup': art world shocked as Boris Johnson suspends parliament
Trade condemns the move and prepares for mayhem of no-deal Brexit
US-China trade war and protests bring uncertainty as Hong Kong auction houses head into busy autumn season
Sweeping demonstrations are putting people off buying art, but relations with the US are likely to have a greater long-term effect
Collectors are now collecting museums, not the other way around
Seats on boards offered by major museums are increasingly being used to serve the narrow agendas of the ultra-rich
Perrotin picks up four new artists post-KAWS
Emily Mae Smith, Genesis Belanger, Claire Tabouret and Gabriel de la Mora join the Paris dealer's growing gallery network
Sculpture knocked over by cat revealed as authentic Giacometti, which sold for £500,000 at Christie's
Featured on the BBC's Fake or Fortune TV show, the sculptor's Tête qui regarde was badly repaired after it was felled by a family feline
Australia's only gallery dedicated to female artists to open in Melbourne
Founder of Finkelstein Gallery aims to counter the low representation of women in the Australian art world
Trump delays tariffs on Chinese goods until December—but not for art and antiquities
New 10% tax will come into force on 1 September and apply to all works originating from China, regardless of where they are imported from
For African artists, it pays to be female
Four women top the auction market for African art as collectors look to 'fill gaps in the market'
Fourth Sotheby’s shareholder files lawsuit in bid to block $3.7bn sale to Patrick Drahi
Auction house says such litigation is “routine in the US”, with deal expected to be completed by the end of the year
Timothy Sammons 'very remorseful' as he is jailed for defrauding clients of up to $30m
British art dealer sentenced to up to 12 years after pleading guilty to fraud and grand larceny in the New York State Supreme Court
Female artists outperform men when their work returns to auction, report finds
A data study by Sotheby's Mei Moses reveals a 73% increase for work by women in repeat sales, while men lagged at 8%
London art dealer Joseph Nahmad banged partner’s head against wall during drunken row at Knightsbridge flat
Nahmad could face jail time after admitting two counts of assault against Georgia Barry
Brexit contributes to 10% drop in sales at Sotheby’s in first half of 2019
Sale to telecoms magnate Patrick Drahi looks set to go ahead as firm makes up for a loss in revenue through increased commissions and more efficient guarantees
Dealer Karsten Schubert—champion of YBAs including Rachel Whiteread and Gary Hume—has died, aged 57
The German-born gallerist and publisher was a key figure in the London art world for more than 30 years
Michael Findlay: 'You don’t make art good by making it expensive’
A fixture of New York’s art scene since the 1960s, dealer Michael Findlay mourns the loss of the city’s local market and fears that the cost of real estate will destroy innovation
Elaborate, traditional pieces sold well at the latest auctions
Chinese and Russian buyers with a taste for the ornate have added a new layer of bidding and are forcing prices ever higher
Decorative arts market report: The field is booming, fuelled by museum buying and style-hounds
"Sold to the person in the Prada suit"
Decorative arts sales shift to Chicago
New York vies with London for nineteenth- and twentieth-century decorative arts sales, but Chicago is coming on quickly
Post-1935 decorative arts, mass produced at exclusive prices
A survey of the decorative arts market
‘Grand Paris’: new art complex to open in Parisian suburb
Galleries such as Air de Paris and Fabienne Leclerc will relocate to a refurbished industrial space in Romainville