Art market

Bortolami creates US-wide mini-Marfas

Artists given non-traditional spaces and free rein to put on shows

Experts shed light on Modigliani's murky market with new research project

Fakes and squabbles have long-obscured scholarship, but a catalogue raisonné may now be in the pipeline

Object lessons: from an ancient Greek coin to a chronicle of English kings

Dealers and auction houses stage selling shows during the art world's summer break

How far can developers gentrify the artist hub of Red Hook?

New projects are looming, but there are still around 150 artists’ studios in the Brooklyn neighbourhood

Helena Newman named chairman of Sotheby’s Europe in staff restructure

A slew of new posts includes the appointment of museum professional Eric Shiner to the Fine Arts division

London dealer Timothy Taylor to launch New York gallery

The gallerist’s new space, which opens this autumn, fills the ground floor of a Chelsea townhouse

London Art Week: our top five picks

A selection of objects that reflect the variety of art on offer, both in terms of price and medium

Object lessons: best of London's Old Master auctions

From a poetic Claude landscape to Rubens's masterpiece depicting biblical incest, here's our pick of this week's sales

The market looks vulnerable as the summer break begins

As a busy, but thinner, season draws to a close in the wake of Brexit, uncertainty is the order of the day

French antiques dealers up in arms over move to ban elephant ivory sales

Art market professionals send an open letter to the government warning that a complete tusk ban would foster a black market

Leading Parisian antiques dealers arrested for forgery

Ministry of culture is investigating authenticity of furniture bought by Versailles since 2008

London sales take the next hit

Impressionist and Modern evening totals are down by half, but a dearth of top works is more to blame than the UK’s Brexit vote

Christie’s keeps calm and carries on despite withdrawal of £14m Richter

British-based collectors disregard Brexit and buy a quarter of works in contemporary art auction

Thaddaeus Ropac defies Brexit and commits to London

Confirmation of the Ely House gallery gives UK market a needed boost

London Zoo to auction off unseen animal paintings by Agasse

Proceeds from sale at Christie’s in London will benefit work on wildlife

Fairsnews

Masterpiece London turns away from luxury roots

Cross-disciplinary fair focuses on art and design to lure collectors and curators