Art market

Brussels stakes its claim as European hotspot for contemporary art

Four art fairs opened in the Belgian city this week, including newcomer Independent Brussels and longstanding Art Brussels

Who gets what when artists and galleries split up?

When artists such as Yayoi Kusama and Marc Quinn sever ties with their galleries, it raises questions about assets, shows and production costs

Online art market defies global slowdown with 24% growth last year

Auction houses continue to expand web platforms but dealers are slower to adapt, according to annual Hiscox report

Unauthenticated Francis Bacon works go on sale in London

Herrick Gallery is marketing two pastels and eight drawings said to be by the Irish-born artist

Object lessons: the best of London’s Islamic sales

From Iranian "vase" carpets to a rare figurative Iznik dish, here's our pick of this week's auction highlights

Christie’s gears up for an evening of 'failure'

Curated sale to include Koons's floating basketballs and Cattelan's kneeling Hitler

Frieze gets the Hollywood treatment as entertainment group WME-IMG buys a stake

Company of super agent Ari Emanuel has invested in London-based publisher and art fair

Storm clouds gather over German art market

As Art Cologne opens today, some experts fear that forthcoming legislation protecting cultural assets could be nail in the coffin

Fifty editions on, can Art Cologne regain top billing?

Prospects are brighter for the world’s first art fair, which opens this week, thanks to its director Daniel Hug

Object lessons: from a pint-sized El Greco to a Turkish bokche

Our pick of this week’s auction and art fair highlights

What to see at SP Arte

The crowds were thronging even though sales were moderate

Five to see at MiArt in Milan

The thoughtful fair has more to offer than Italy’s Postwar market darlings

Object lessons: from MoMA's Man Ray to a Ming moon flask

Our pick of this week’s auction and art fair highlights

Museums and the art trade: dangerous liaisons?

The relationship between public institutions and private dealers has historically taken many forms, and is anything but simple

Tefaf brings welcome cheer to the market

Relief for dealers after Dutch fair rings up decent sales

Armory week brushes downbeat sentiments aside to ring up sales

The Armory Show and New York’s satellite fairs prove US market is holding up

West London gallery hub to keep V&A company

£15m development in South Kensington’s “Albertopolis” cultural zone will house shows and projects

Ghana gains first commercial gallery for contemporary art

Institutional boost for country’s rising art scene, but still only a handful of local collectors

Crowdfunding captures the art world’s imagination

Big-name artists and institutions are using Kickstarter to fund their projects

The media fail to cover the bulk of art market transactions

This was one of the conclusions reached during the panel discussion Informing the Art World, held at the Tefaf Art Symposium in Maastricht on 11 March

Race is on to beat art forgery with DNA technology

Artists Mat Collishaw, Idris Khan and Gary Hume support new platform

A month of legal ups and downs at Christie’s

Two Indian sculptures were seized from Christie’s, New York ahead of Asia Week