Art market
Latin American art gets a boost on the auction block
Broadening the sales strategy for Latin American art has been a positive move for some artists' markets
Nobel Prize-winning doctor’s painting of the lab where he discovered insulin goes on sale in Toronto
Dr Frederick Banting wanted to take up art full-time, but he was killed in a plane crash during the Second World War
African American artists sweep Sotheby’s contemporary evening sale in New York
With only two lots unsold, the auction house nets $362.6m in evening of avid bidding
How high will Hockney go and can his soaring market last?
A double pool portrait, estimated at $80m and offered at Christie’s with no reserve, could set a record for the most expensive work by a living artist
Record $91.9m sale of Edward Hopper’s Chop Suey buoys confidence at Christie’s American art sale
At $317.8m, the Ebsworth evening sale becomes one of the top five most valuable collections ever sold at auction
Will the UK be able to take part in antiquities busts after Brexit?
Nineteen of the accused in Operation Demetra face trial in December, while the alleged UK mastermind awaits extradition
Top lots go unsold at New York's Impressionist and Modern sales, proving a discerning but 'not doomsday' market
Monet carries Christie's evening sale while a Magritte shines at Sotheby's, marking an auction record for the Surrealist painter
Performance art finds its voice at Independent Brussels
Contemporary fair has reinvented itself after scaling back and moving to a November slot, although it has lost some big name exhibitors
Tiny, but rich: Luxembourg pushes for more presence in art market
It may be known as a haven, but buyers in the grand duchy pay 17% tax, fair director says
Mayfair Fine Art administrators struggle to trace paintings linked to money-laundering scandal
Two works supposedly owned by bankrupt company, whose director Matthew Green resigned in February following FBI sting operation, are "apparently" in Dubai
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
Guarantees: the next big art market scandal?
Third-party auction deals have made some people very rich—but they may be bad for the market in the long run
Common mistakes of rookie auction guarantors
Guarantees can be lucrative, but in the face of savvy competition, novices can get burnt when backing works as a third-party
Ambitious estimates hamper Christie's $279.2m Impressionist and Modern art sale as Van Gogh goes unsold but Monet is on the money
New York auction topped by Monet's Le bassin aux nymphaés, sold to an Asian buyer at $31.8m
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
What to watch on the block during New York's fall sales
Lesser known lots still hold plenty of hammer potential
Picture this: from €10,000 to €1.3m, what to buy at Paris Photo
Prices for photography tend to be lower than standard art market price ranges but Richard Avedon’s famous Warhol image has a seven-figure price tag
Russian billionaire Dmitri Rybolovlev charged in corruption probe brought by Monaco police
The formal investigation follows his detainment earlier this week related to an ongoing spat with the art dealer Yves Bouvier
Contemporary art’s value may be on the rise, but it comes at a greater cost
Chicago’s aborted effort to sell Kerry James Marshall’s public work teaches us something about the transactional nature of today’s culture
US court orders collector to repay Sotheby’s $1.2m for Parmigianino fake
The judgement comes after two experts found the painting was made with modern synthetic pigments
Shanghai’s two rapidly expanding fairs—Art021 and West Bund Art and Design—are attracting dealers despite China's slowing economy
Galleries are also seemingly undeterred by tussles between Presidents Trump and Xi Jinping
What is a football club doing at an art fair?
It's not just about money—credibility is a factor too
Paris versus Shanghai: photo fairs old and new compared
Despite censorship, China’s appetite for photography is growing but Paris Photo remains pre-eminent
Tefaf drops dealers and auction house specialists from vetting committees
Move brings Dutch and New York art fairs in line with each other
Art dealers across the US are mobilising in support of Democrats ahead of US mid-term elections
Galleries in New York and Los Angeles make the most of their cultural and financial capital
Kerry James Marshall painting created for Chicago library withdrawn from Christie’s auction
Knowledge and Wonder was estimated to sell for more than $10m, but Chicago’s mayor had a change of heart
A record-setting $30.1m sale of an Assyrian relief at Christie's raises red flags
The 31 October sale has prompted calls for repatriation and criticism of the seller, highlighting the gap between art ethics and law
Art Basel owner backs off from its regional fairs
MCH Group is selling its stakes in Art Düsseldorf and India Art Fair and will pull out of Singapore’s Art SG to 'to stabilise the company '
Witchy works cast a spell at Turin's Artissima art fair
Feminine power and the occult permeate the Italian event and the city beyond
Private View: our pick of November gallery shows
From a two-venue show of Albert Oehlen's abstract works in Paris to a Bridget Riley retrospective in Los Angeles, here are the gallery shows to see