Art market
Francois I’s Book of Hours has left Britain as Louvre starts to raise £8m to buy it
Renaissance manuscript with gold binding is being sold by London jeweller
What to see at New York's International Fine Print Dealers Association fair
The event, which opens today at a new venue, shows artists stretching the boundaries of the medium with three dimensions and digital manipulation
Swiss freeport king Yves Bouvier sells art storage company Natural Le Coultre
French shipping firm André Chenue beat US competitors to buy the 150-year-old business, as Bouvier continues to fight legal case against Dimitry Rybolovlev
Court orders release of Mugrabi family’s art being held 'hostage' by storage firm
Mana Contemporary must deliver five works in exchange for $1m—or turn over the entire collection within 24 hours
British art dealer Timothy Sammons denied bail by New York judge
The former Sotheby’s specialist was extradited to the US to face charges of art theft and fraud
Tefaf Maastricht announces second preview day for 2018 and 16 new exhibitors
Responding to complaints that the preview day has become overcrowded, the fair in 2018 will hold two invitation only opening days
Crozier Fine Arts adds West Coast storage facility
The acquisition of Fine Art Shipping in Los Angeles provides a gateway to California and Asia
Auctioneers look to fashion world to increase online sales
Houses beef up digital teams by hiring from the fashion industry in a bid for new revenue streams
The irresistible rise of Light and Space
Once overlooked as regional artists, West Coast pioneers have emerged from the shadows since the first edition of Pacific Standard Time in 2011
Islamic State's looting of antiquities is rising but hard facts remain scarce
Experts question the reported size of illicit trade, particularly as the number of fake artefacts increases
Artsy and the rise of the matchmaker market
In the bricks-versus-clicks shakeout, the new power players in online auctions are harvesting data from both the supply and demand sides
Fast sales at 44th edition of Fiac as galleries target European buyers
High-profile fair welcomes 41 “newcomers” and starry clientele including Brigitte Macron
Fiac welcomes design back to the fold
Fair celebrates art-design crossovers in public installations
Galerie Templon due to open a second Paris space in 2018
Decision to expand in French capital supported by healthy local market and change in political climate
SJ Phillips: downsizing but “not closing down”
Long established London jewellers will hold sale at Sotheby’s following move to smaller premises, but director insists it is “business as usual”
Tracey Emin, Carl Freedman and Jonathan Viner establish Margate 'arts district'
The artist is setting up a sculpture studio, while the London dealers are opening second galleries in the same former printing warehouse
Newhouse family hires Tobias Meyer to advise on Modern art collection’s future
The involvement of the former Sotheby’s auctioneer turned private dealer and advisor hints at bigger plans
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





























