Art market
China Guardian to open new flagship in Beijing
The art centre, designed by Ole Scheeren, is the first purpose-built for auctions in the country and will open this spring
Brafa beefs up its contemporary art offering
Long-established Brussels fair bolsters more patchy modern works on show to complement strength in haute époque, ethnographic and ancient art
Small Italian galleries could suffer from influx of foreign dealers
Il Giornale dell'Arte's deputy editor weighs in
Foreign galleries make move on Italy
Thomas Dane is the latest in a string of galleries to open spaces in the country, but are there are enough high-level collectors to sustain them?
Paddle8 to allow cryptocurrency in online auctions
The auction house has merged with Swiss technology company The Native
From Van Gogh to Richter—what happens when bidders fail to pay up at auction?
Flaky winning bids are knocking the gloss off record-breaking sales
Tefaf drops comprehensive art market report
Maastricht-based fair organisation deems more targeted reports a greater service to dialogue
Outsider Art Fair welcomes new exhibitors to New York
Genre continues to embrace ever-widening fringe, to collectors’ delight
Podcast episode 15: What will 2018 hold for the art world?
We are at the London Art Fair speaking to Georgina Adam about her art market predictions and to Louisa Buck about the top shows and artists to keep on your radar this year
Object Lessons: our pick of New York's Winter Antiques Show
Alaskan seal mask, Japanese Buddhist deity and an 18th century Chinoiserie screen on show at event's 64th edition
Julia-Peyton Jones gives Sturtevant her first posthumous show in London
Ropac gallery exhibition to include artist’s famous reconstructions of Andy Warhol’s Flowers
London Art Fair hits 30—and holds its ground
Bank of England governor Mark Carney attended the VIP preview of the middle-market fair
New York's Winter Antiques Show returns with a refreshed image
Fair stalwart joins the Instagram generation as it encourages dealers to forge links between past and present for its 64th edition
Phillips to incorporate its Latin American offering in its main contemporary auctions
Citing record prices for works by Herrera, Schendel, and Oiticica, the auctioneer hopes move will stoke international demand
Global auction sales up 25% to $11.2bn in 2017
Contemporary art leads market recovery at Christie’s, Sotheby’s and Phillips, according to ArtTactic report
Author Don Thompson takes issue with 'the last Leonardo' tagline and casts 2018 market predictions
$450m Salvator Mundi sale too late to be included in new book, The Orange Balloon Dog, but would have filled several chapters, economist says
New York DA’s Antiquities Trafficking Unit starts the new year with double seizures
The newly formed team, led by Assistant District Attorney Matthew Bogdanos, has been cracking down on ancient art dealers and collectors
Sotheby's snags a fresh £36.5m Picasso for February auction in London
Price sets a high bar for the auction house's first Impressionist & Modern offering of 2018
Sotheby's brings outsider art to Bond Street
Exhibition with charity Outside In shows work by "hidden" artists working outside mainstream society
Brooklyn Museum first to show Yusaku Maezawa’s $110m Basquiat
Japanese billionaire has sent his prized 1982 skull painting on “world tour” after buying work at Sotheby’s last year
Pace reveals details of its new Hong Kong space
Yoshitomo Nara show to inaugurate the new gallery during the week of Art Basel in Hong Kong
San Francisco fairs target tech wealth
Fog Design+Art blurs genre boundaries and Untitled upgrades its venue in a bid to convert Bay Area browsers into buyers
The future may be virtual, but who is running the show?
With VR going mainstream, legal questions about copyright and authorship are coming to the fore
David Zwirner to expand again with another New York gallery opening in 2020
Five storey Renzo Piano-designed space will become mega-dealer’s new global headquarters
New York court grants permission for Rybolovlev to use confidential documents in UK and Switzerland
Order could pave way for Russian billionaire to launch High Court case against Swiss dealer Yves Bouvier and Sotheby’s
What will 2018 hold for the art market?
Expect more guarantees, an Old Master revival and gallery innovation, says Georgina Adam, art market editor-at-large
Third edition of art-fair alternative Condo gives 27 international galleries a prime London platform
The collaborative initiative involving established and emerging dealers is mooted as an alternative commercial model
Beyond Leonardo: the artists who led the auctions in 2017
We survey the top five results in key markets, from Old Masters to Post-war and contemporary