Art market

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

A depressed art market: not a bad time to die

US tax court’s valuation revision reduces estate taxes for heirs

Phillips scotches speculation of market retreat from Asia with senior Hong Kong appointment

Jonathan Crockett will become head of 20th-century and contemporary art and deputy chairman, Asia

It’s official: art sales fell in 2015

Annual Tefaf report shows 7% decline in a polarised market tilted toward the one-percent

The unspoken reason why galleries are flocking to Los Angeles

Galleries like Sprüth Magers and Hauser Wirth & Schimmel quietly but fiercely compete for the city's artists

Long battle rages over Franz West’s estate

Zwirner and Gagosian galleries are embroiled in the feud between the Austrian artist’s archive and foundation in the wake of his deathbed decision

Bangladesh puts exposure before sales to get itself on art market map

The non-commercial Dhaka Art Summit is helping to raise the international profile of South Asian artists

Is now the time for Sherrie Levine’s market to take off?

The conceptual artist has jumped ship to David Zwirner gallery, which is now showing her works in New York

Canadian dealer fights to raise the profile of Native American art

There is more to this field than feathers and tomahawks, says leading specialist Donald Ellis

Bonhams fires eight in Hong Kong including deputy chairman for Asia, Magnus Renfrew

The former Art Basel Hong Kong director says he was 'surprised and disappointed' by the decision

Art lenders outside the US get creative

Falcon Fine Art expands business that allows borrowers to keep their works

The Armory Show: preview of New York's stalwart fair

This year's edition focuses on Africa—but its heart belongs to Manhattan

Bubble hasn’t burst, but it is deflating fast

Art market puts a positive spin on a downbeat London fortnight