The house's auction total saw a double-digit decrease for a second year in a row—but private sales are booming

Max and Rosemary Levai claim Pierre’s “long-time paramour” Marcia Levine is responsible for his death and should not receive any of his inheritance

Staff cuts at auction house come as $1bn deal with Abu Dhabi wealth fund closes 

The New York gallery first opened in 1971

Italian investor Nanni Bassani Antivari secured the still-life Cut Melon with a €26.7m bid in June, but has yet to send the auction house any money

The deaccessioned works, to be offered at Christie's in New York, include 17 pieces by Dutch and Flemish artists from the 17th century

The top end of the market failed to recover, while auction houses expanded in Hong Kong amid dramatic shifts in the city

The five-gallery fair was staged inside one of Manhattan's most famous hotels

More than 100 events accompanied two major fairs, with a vibrant and chaotic energy befitting China's financial capital

The actor famous for playing Rocky commissioned the huge work from the late artist in the 1980s

Plus a satellite fair that promises glory holes and chicken buckets

More stringent regulations are posing provenance challenges and leading to legal battles

This is the second most valuable page of comic art ever sold at auction

The artist’s textile works depict important events from recent years, including the assassination attempt on the US President-elect

On the second day of Art Basel Miami Beach, leading dealers, advisers and market experts are split on the US president-elect’s tax and tariff plans

Plus, top tips for dealing with fair-and party-weary feet

Nine bidders competed for the 15th century painting of a Virgin and child at Sotheby's, while Zoffany, Tiepolo and Van Dyck topped auctions at Bonhams and Christie's

The US dominates the global art industry, but new President's proposed additional 10% levy on paintings from China and possible tariff on imports from Europe will damage trade

Dealer Larry Gagosian said "colllectors are taking their time" on the fair's first day

The artist is debuting a new work, intended as a statement on gun violence, at Gagosian’s stand

The lower-priced sector is also the fastest growing, doubling over the past decade

The state’s finance surge has paid only modest dividends to the art trade

Karma gallery, now representing the influential artist’s estate in the US, will reveal his circus-themed paintings at Art Basel Miami Beach and his ‘wild’ portraiture next year

The grandchildren of Ras Desta Damtew, an Ethiopian general and noble, are seeking to recover the piece, listed in the online auction catalogue as coming from the estate of an Italian soldier who was present at Desta Damtew’s execution

In recent years the Malba founder has emerged as one of Latin America's leading collectors

The new event would have coincided with the city’s existing Art Mumbai fair

Justin Sun, who purchased the work just last week, also pledged to buy 100,000 bananas from the vendor who originally sold the fruit for $0.25

The largest fair in the Americas responds to “a challenging year for galleries” by introducing a new range of flexible sizing options for its main Galleries section, resulting in a record number of first-time exhibitors

The fourth edition sees the event court serious collectors as well as curators

Sector is lobbying UK government to simplify trading procedures, or risk being outpaced by competitors