Art market
Sex Pistols photographer accuses artist Elizabeth Peyton of copyright infringement
Dennis Morris is considering legal action over painting removed from Sotheby’s day sale last week
American Airlines and seven others sued over damage to Lucio Fontana sculpture
Concetto Spaziale was being shipped from France to the Armory Show in New York last year
Melanie Clore to leave Sotheby’s at the end of February
Decision by respected Impressionist and Modern art specialist, after 35 years of passion and loyalty, comes as a surprise
Middle market shines through during week of uncertainty at London auctions
Cautious estimates at Bonhams and Christie’s produce solid results in cooling market
Stolen mosque lamps to return to Egypt as Cairo museum houses new database
Authorities confirmed the objects had been taken from national collection and fakes left in their place
Blain Southern celebrates five years in Berlin
To mark the anniversary, the gallery is showing all the artists it has worked with in Germany
Tefaf Maastricht doubles down with New York expansion
Dutch fair teams with US advisory firm to bring two more editions to the marketplace
Art in shopping malls: it’s all product after all
Art has long been hitched to luxury goods, but it is now becoming a more democratic—or commercial—concept as malls begin to incorporate exhibition space
Wildenstein can’t be forced to recognise disputed Monet
French court will not intervene over work that was championed by BBC’s Fake or Fortune
Ellsworth Kelly’s last projects are also firsts: photography show and $23m building
Initiatives in New York and Texas
Sotheby’s pays top dollar for the art world’s best address book
Auction house buys art advisers in surprise $85m deal
Why is the art market like a carousel?
Academic Olav Velthuis says growing a scene is “hard and tedious; but once it gets going it gets easier”
Out-of-towners stay out-of-sight at Art Los Angeles Contemporary fair
But the event delivers for local curators and collectors looking for some of the city’s best artists and galleries
Top Sydney gallerist launches blistering attack on the art world
Evan Hughes, son of founder Ray, is closing the Hughes Gallery and running for office
Art Loss Register faces competition complaint from Art Recovery Group
Gloves come off in fight to run international database of stolen works of art
Contemporary art market cools, but Modern sector heats up at Christie’s in 2015
Middle market helps deliver auction house’s second highest results in 250-year history
Taubman collection was a gamble that did not pay off for Sotheby’s
President Tad Smith reveals that the auction house expects to lose between $10m to $19m in the fourth quarter due to sale guarantees for the former owner’s art
The show must go on at Brussels Art Fair
Despite the security lockdown in the Belgian capital in November, Europe’s oldest art fair is back with an expanded, more international edition