Art market
Object lessons: a Cuban vanguardian work, a Noguchi sculpture with a Hollywood history and a Ragamala miniature painting
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Dealer Perry Rubenstein cuts plea bargain, will serve jail time
He has been sentenced to 180 days in a private facility, and three years of formal probation
ArteBA hopes to build on growing visibility of Argentinian art
Organisers hail the lure of Buenos Aires as fair looks to build on its growing appeal for international buyers
Matt Carey-Williams quits Phillips for Blain Southern
Move marks first major departure from auction house under Edward Dolman
Basquiat skull painting sells for record $110.5m at Sotheby's
Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa bought the work in New York for almost double the artist's previous record
Object lessons: an anti-authoritarian triptych by Mike Kelley, a Western sculpture by Frederic Remington and an early work by Rosemarie Trockel
Our pick of highlights from upcoming auctions
The great artists' estates race
Competition is heating up among galleries seeking to sign exclusive representation of late artists, as both heirs and dealers eye the possibilities
Object lessons: a painting of Igbo spirits by Ben Enwonwu, a whimsical collage drawing by Joan Miró and a two-faced bust by Lichtenstein
Our pick of highlights from upcoming auctions
May sales in New York will test the trade in uncertain times
Trump-inspired post-election “wealth effect” may be waning
Van Gogh, Schiele and Beckmann to lead Christie’s Impressionist and Modern sale
June auction includes a broader range of material than ever before, breaking down traditional collecting categories
Deitch to return to West Coast with art hub
Dealer and former MOCA director says he wants to reconnect with audiences in Los Angeles
Object Lessons: a Western classic offered with its featured subject, a Roman-inspired glass dish by Carlo Scarpa and a netsuke from a vanguard collector
Our pick of highlights from upcoming auctions
Gallery Weekend Berlin gets serious
The annual event featured more contemplative works ahead of the Venice Biennale, Munster Sckulptur Projekte and Documenta in Kassel
Photo London starts to pull the big galleries in
Top names participate for the first time as the ranks of emerging galleries also swell
Tefaf's transplant takes root in New York
Contemporary art and a Surrealist feast are on the menu for second north American outing of Maastricht-based import
Frick shows that collecting is a scholarly subject
Center for the History of Collecting marks its first decade with book release and reveals ambitions to do more work with living collectors
Germany can now be sued for the return of Guelph Treasure, US court decides
Judge’s decision in Washington, DC—and new law—clear way for further claims on alleged Nazi loot from heirs of Holocaust victims
Spanish Royal Academy puts Goya’s Tauromaquia engravings on eBay
Etchings are among 36 Goyas that institution is selling on the site
Online stock exchange for art opens its virtual doors
London- and Prague-based online art trading platform launches full website this month
Object lessons, May 2017
From a H.G. Wells-inspired print by Moholy-Nagy to a prehistoric Native American birdstone, our top picks of notable sales at auctions and fairs
Frieze New York gets reframed for the post-truth era
Galleries will use fair as a platform for protest and cross-cultural dialogue
‘Brexit won't change anything,’ says Thaddaeus Ropac at opening of London gallery
Paris and Salzburg dealer launches new space with shows by Gilbert & George, Joseph Beuys, Oliver Beer and American Minimalists
Art Basel's film programme taps into political zeitgeist
Films about Islamic State, North Korea and the Black Lives Matter movement among highlights of curator Maxa Zoller's line-up
New faces at Art Cologne seize Berlin calendar clash opportunity
Gagosian and other newcomers more than fill the shoes of stay-at-home Berlin galleries
Sotheby’s first Modern and contemporary African art sale set to be a record-breaker
London auction includes 60 artists from 14 countries across the continent, with several making their debut
Object Lessons: studies in space and time, from an Andalusian astrolabe to a Sioux pictorial calendar
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