Art market

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

London’s female art dealers break away from the mothership

Women are waiting until they are in their mid-30s to go it alone with their own galleries

Asian art market comes of age in Hong Kong

The fourth edition of Art Basel’s Hong Kong fair will have more historical material by Asian artists—and more Western galleries

Brain drain at Sotheby’s as Henry Wyndham the latest to leave

Chairman will take a six-month break before deciding what’s next

Flagging market and ‘deeper’ dip in business cycle blamed for Sotheby’s grim fourth-quarter earnings

CEO Tad Smith addressed shareholder concerns over low sales and departures of key staff

Ken Griffin spends reported $500m on two Abstract Expressionist paintings

Billionaire hedge-funder is believed to have bought works by De Kooning and Pollock in one of the biggest private sale in history

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

Lawnews

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