Art market

Auction of German dealing dynasty’s collection disappoints

Sotheby’s sale of Konrad Bernheimer’s family property, once looted by the Nazis, failed to meet expectations

New African art and design fair in Paris cancelled in wake of terror attacks

Also Known as Africa postponed to 2016 amid heightened security and a bleak economic outlook

Gary Hume parts ways with White Cube

YBA artist is spending more time in the US

Common sense makes a comeback at New York’s November sales

This month's auctions signalled a slowdown in the market as collectors started to exercise restraint

Auctionscomment

The sky is falling on the art market, or is it?

Kenny Schachter on the auctions in New York

Paris Tableau folded into Biennale des Antiquaires

This year’s edition of Old Master fair was the last in its current form

Bonhams boss adds dramatic twist to the auction theatre

Under Matthew Girling, the auction house is running an advertising campaign that makes devious dukes and ravishing brides central characters in the backstory of items listed for sale

Insurance rates drop back to pre-Hurricane Sandy levels

Premiums head south but conditions more onerous

Strong finish for New York auction marathon at Christie’s

Matisse’s drawing of sleeping beauty fitted mood of quiet Impressionist and Modern sale

Lawnews

Monaco appeals court rejects Swiss freeport king’s bid to quash fraud case

Criminal complaint filed by family trust associated with Dmitry Rybolovlev against Yves Bouvier can now go ahead

Art marketcomment

Quantity now wins out over quality

The constant demand by dealers for new work to feed the market has led even the most promising artists to overproduce

Records for Cy Twombly and Mike Kelley at solid Sotheby’s sale

Contemporary art auction in New York meets expectations as market finds its level

Paris Photo gains a section—and two new directors

Europe’s leading photography fair puts large-scale, serial works in focus

Louise Bourgeois’ spider breaks record, but auction at Christie’s crawls in below estimate

Auction house’s post-war and contemporary sale in New York last night was patchy

Modigliani sells for $170m to China, but market ‘a little cooler, a little smarter’

Shaky stock market dampens Christie’s contemporary and Modern art auction

Experts question the authenticity of a group of works by Jackson Pollock

Tests suggests pigment used in some of the paintings not commercially available before artist’s death in 1956

Picasso portrait helps Sotheby’s put Taubman blues behind it

Billionaire sells Blue Period La Gommeuse for $67m in upbeat Impressionist and Modern sale

Big show for Oldenburg's mini works

Paula Cooper's exhibition, which opens tomorrow, includes miniatures of some of the Pop artist's most monumental pieces

Sadie Coles opens double-height 'fish tank' gallery in Mayfair

Venue is the London dealer’s third in the UK capital

Lacklustre result for Sotheby’s sale of former chief's best works

Modigliani soars, but many pieces once owned by Alfred Taubman fall flat

Iron Lady’s handbags go under the hammer

Christie’s to sell Margaret Thatcher’s belongings after V&A turns them down

Art superhubs reach new heights

As political and economic turmoil increases risks for businesses worldwide, the high-end market has become a tale of two cities

Lawnews

Former Knoedler boss Freedman will ‘tell her story’ in court

Judge dismisses attempts to throw out lawsuits and orders trial over fake Abstract Expressionists

Women and Italians first: the surprise results of the London auctions

Market turns on its head as buyers show less interest in the usual contemporary, blue-chip names

Off the beaten track

Bonhams has big plans to break into the contemporary Asian art market—next year