Co-presentations and “collegiality” prove strengths of the 31st edition, which runs through 3 March

Auction house reports $6.4bn in total sales last year, while chief executive Tad Smith says guarantees are not "at a particularly high level"

Impressionist, Modern and Surrealist art auction makes second highest total for Christie's London at £165.4m, but much of overpriced collection goes unsold

£63m auction total is half that of last year, but bidding from Asia and Russia helps make new record for Oskar Schlemmer and a Venetian view by Monet

Our highlights from upcoming fairs and auctions

Shop's programme highlights Crossrail artists’ commissions including Chantal Joffe, Yayoi Kusama and Darren Almond

Papers show Tefaf sought New York Supreme Court ruling releasing it from obligation to employ Artvest for bi-annual fairs

Facing 30 months in prison beginning in May, the dealer calls herself the "Martha Stewart of the art world"

Western interest in contemporary works from the continent is at a high, but that can be a double-edged sword

Unforeseen structural issues have forced a third of the Armory's exhibitors out of their planned Pier 92 space and into Volta's venue

Fledgling local client base and rising international interest fuel Cape Town and Marrakech shows

The conviction follows a seven-year investigation into the Swiss banking giant by French authorities

Resolution includes proposals for database of looted art, support for provenance research and exemptions from statutes of limitations

Proceeds would go toward acquisitions that “address art historical gaps’’

New York art dealer falsely claimed around $1.6m in personal expenses as tax-deductible business expenses in 2011

Last year, the LA gallery took on Michael Williams, Fred Eversley, Huma Bhabha and Lauren Halsey

Having for years viewed each other with suspicion, relations between agencies and galleries may start warming up

Shrugging away doubts, the city’s art dealers are cautiously optimistic of the fair’s future

Gary Klesch claims undisclosed provenance led him to pay higher price for two paintings by Jan Brueghel the Elder and Salomon van Ruysdael

Artist paid $1,880 for the mini chocolate cake, given as a favour at US President's marriage in 2005, but is tight-lipped about his plans for the baked good

Spaces like Salón ACME and Cinco Pisos en el Quinto offer a more ‘empathetic model’ as the region’s art market grows

With works from the forced liquidation of his gallery by the Nazis still regularly turning up in Germany, two current restitution claims by his heirs could have major ramifications for all those seeking to recover looted art

Works at mid-tier price points are moving quickly at the 16th edition of the Mexico City fair, according to exhibitors

Brexit not a factor in dip in auctions in Europe and the Middle East, says auction house's Emeri president Dirk Boll

Sculpture of Peter Pan and painting by Gluck were among the stars of five-hour long auction

New commercial gallery shows—from figuration to incarceration

Former David Chipperfield-designed premises has been donated to Berlin's heritage foundation

Market for Italian artist’s works slows as police investigation into alleged forgeries scares off some collectors

Our highlights of works being sold over the next fortnight

Sotheby’s sees strong sales for works on paper by Rubens and Carracci while interest in masterworks by female artists slowly rises