Art market

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

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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

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

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

Gallery Weekend Berlin gets serious

The annual event featured more contemplative works ahead of the Venice Biennale, Munster Sckulptur Projekte and Documenta in Kassel

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Photo London starts to pull the big galleries in

Top names participate for the first time as the ranks of emerging galleries also swell

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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

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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