Art market
Object lessons: unseen photographs of the Romanovs, an early Ken Price ceramic work, and Sadie Coles's own Neo Rauch painting
Our pick of highlights from upcoming auctions
US returns 95 works from money laundering banker’s collection to Brazil
The works were smuggled out of the country by Edemar Cid Ferreira and have been gradually repossessed over the past decade
Mexico’s galleries pull together after earthquake
The city’s art dealers are sharing their spaces and helping rebuild the cultural economy
Christie's to sell Leonardo da Vinci's Salvator Mundi
The painting, presumed lost until 2005, is estimated at $100m
Hauser & Wirth’s Bronze Age 'museum' to travel to Colchester
Fictional museum booth will be re-staged at Firstsite gallery after drawing crowds at Frieze, where the gift shop raised £10,000 for UK regional museums
Record breaking Chinese brush washer points to demand for Song ceramics in Hong Kong
At HK$294.3m, the Ru ware piece set a record for a Chinese ceramic at Sotheby's during Hong Kong's busy autumn auction and fair series
Christie’s ends London contemporary auctions on a high note—despite Bacon flop
Market’s appetite shows no signs of flagging for fresh works that are correctly priced
UK could completely ban ivory trade by 2018
The government has launched an immediate consultation period with the aim of protecting African elephants
Subdued Sotheby’s sale, despite record for Josef Albers
Contemporary auction followed a lacklustre Italian sale, prompting calls for the latter to be shelved
Artists cut out the middleman at the Accessible Art Fair
The 11th edition of the Brussels event is a part of a growing trend for fairs where artists exhibit their own work
The great British booth-off
Showstopping stands are fast becoming a trend among London gallerists at Frieze art fair, each one recreating a different world
Object lessons: a life-sized drawing by Charles White, a painting by Turner Prize nominee Hurvin Anderson and an early Bauhaus work by Xanti Schawinsky
Our pick of highlights from upcoming auctions
The market boom for Basquiat
A year after his death, MoMA turned down an offer of the artist’s work. Today, the appetite for his paintings has never been greater
1:54 fair in London turns its gaze to North Africa
Contemporary African art fair welcomes unprecedented numbers of galleries from the region ahead of Marrakech launch
Ex-Christie’s chief goes global with advisory enterprise
Steven Murphy has hired six executives for New York, China and Continental Europe
Dreweatts and Bloomsbury get new owner
Art advising and valuations firm Gurr Johns steps in, citing "huge opportunities" in London auction market's lower levels
Better with age: artists over 60 in the spotlight at Frieze London
1960s feminists and overlooked octogenarians are being reappraised, both critically and commercially
Object lessons: an imperial jadeite censer, a Tibetan bronze of Akshobhya and a rare Ru guanyo brush washer
Our pick of highlights from upcoming fairs and auctions
Art Basel issues new exhibitor regulations
Changes are aimed at improving professionalism and shoring up buyer confidence in the wake of growing litigation
Sotheby’s to hold first sale in Dubai
Christie’s moves October auction to London as rival plans first sale in the UAE
Rich mix: PAD London 2017
Design fair reflects market’s eclectic tastes and aims to attract crossover collectors in town for Frieze
US institutions dominate Sotheby’s inaugural museum prize
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago and Nasher Museum share the first $250,000 award for shows on Middle Eastern and South Asian art, and Latin American Pop
Gilbert & George take charge of their legacy
Shows in New York, Paris and London mark the artists’ 50th anniversary
Sotheby’s organises selling exhibition to commemorate a century of De Stijl
It is the only exhibition dedicated to De Stijl to be organised outside of Europe this year
Fine Art Asia's diverse offering, from gold deities to gelatin silver prints
The 12th Fine Art Asia fair will be held at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre from 30 September-3 October
Longstanding Met curator moves to Colnaghi to launch New York gallery
After nearly 30 years at the museum, antiquities expert Carlos Picón will head dealer’s new US venture
Arab artists respond to dictatorship, surveillance and civil war at Beirut Art Fair
Strong showing of Syrian art across the event including by artist Saad Yagan whose Aleppo studio was destroyed in 2012
Hauser & Wirth to open Hong Kong gallery next spring
Swiss dealers will occupy a space in the new H Queens development, as well as establishing offices in Shanghai and Beijing
Will If So, What? be Silicon Valley’s first “smart” art fair?
The new event, which comes online April 2018, combines art and decor and takes its cues from design thinking