Art market

Object Lessons: from Chanel’s armchairs to a tobacco magnate's illuminated manuscripts

Highlights going under the hammer in this week’s international auctions

Changing art market puts pressure on traditional antiques dealers

Mallett is the latest in a number of businesses that have been forced to change their strategy to survive

Photo London takes over Somerset House

New tent in the courtyard and ambitious public programme sees photography fair establish its presence in the capital

Christie’s storage facility still faces $23m worth of lawsuits for Superstorm Sandy damage

Nearly four years after New York was left half-submerged in water, legal rows over who should pay for damage to works of art rumble on

Cheyenne Westphal to take up new role as chairman of Phillips

Auction specialist left her position as head of contemporary art at Sotheby’s last month

Tepid Impressionist and Modern sale at Christie’s concludes New York auction week

Works by Kahlo, Monet and Hepworth were high points of an otherwise average night

Paddle8 and Auctionata merge to create ‘dominant’ online auction platform

The internet auction houses have united to target the middle market and Millennial collectors

Can SFMoMA's $610m renovation boost the Bay Area’s art market?

New blue-chip galleries are popping up around San Francisco, but it remains to be seen if the collector base can keep up

Sotheby’s bounces back with steady contemporary art sale

Auction exceeded expectations after disappointing results for Impressionist and Modern art on Monday

Christie’s sets record for Basquiat at solid contemporary art auction

Auction house served up a ‘tight, curated and profitable’ sale after reducing reserves

Disappointing Sotheby's sale shows correction at top end of the market

Last night's Impressionist and Modern auction in New York had a 66% sell-through rate

(Not) Bound to Fail: solid results for Christie's 'curated' auction in New York

Maurizio Cattelan’s Hitler statue breaks record, but sale overall comes in at lower end of pre-sale estimate

Gently does it at Phillips evening sale

Unenthusiastic bidding was bolstered by heavy guarantees, but some works hit the mark

Object lessons: the best of this week's New York auctions

From Bacon’s double self-portrait to Monet's waterlilies, three highlights going under the hammer

OFAs (old French artists) are the new YBAs

François Morellet and Pierre Soulages are among the pioneering Modernist masters gaining wider recognition around the world—not least because of attractive pricing

Frieze New York preview: welcome to the island

Curatorial projects, faster ferries and the "specific charms" of Randall's Island await visitors

Fairsnews

Art Basel fair surprises amid Hong Kong’s economic gloom

Asian galleries sold well at this year’s event

Fairsnews

Art fairs take on terrorism by keeping calm and carrying on

The industry is putting on a brave face in the wake of another devastating attack on a European city

Brazilians put a brake on art buying

Local collectors were scarce at SP-Arte as the country heads further into recession

Five to see during Berlin Gallery Weekend

Make tracks to the German capital for the bank holiday art extravaganza