Numbers swell at Africa’s biggest art event as its contemporary market matures

A new auction record is set for Kazuo Shiraga

Fights at the top cast doubt on the venerable gallery's future

You can buy an animated fried egg for $6,000

As art events crop up all over the world, A-list events are no longer an imperative for dealers

Alternatives to fine art

Zhang Lan bought Little Electric Chair for $10.5m

Maleki alleges deals were undisclosed, Shariat countersues for malicious falsehood and defamation

The fair highlights the crossover between cinema and video art in the region

Anri Sala tops the list for the second time

Salvator Mundi has been sold to a collector, months after Dallas Museum of Art made a similar offer

Record sales for women artists at Christie's

There are “all kinds of rumours swirling” around the estate of the graffiti artist Jean-Michel Basquiat

Galleries and artists see improvement after temporary relaxations were implemented to discourage nuclear proliferation

A former girlfriend of Jean-Michel Basquiat is to exhibit works from her personal archive, including a series of black-and-white nude portraits of the artist, who died in 1988

In a meeting with the South Beach ACE, it was concluded that Miami Beach Convention Center's rebuild would not impede the progress of the annual fair

Walter Maibaum claims to have not seen proper payment for the sculptures, accusing Barry of neglecting various agreements

The empire builders are changing the rules

A big week for Phillips, Sotheby's, and Christie's

An unpublished list provides details of the fate of 44 paintings confiscated by the Andy Warhol estate in 1991

In a time of increased importance on authentication, specialists are holding back in the hope of avoiding the worst.

Despite what one would initially believe

Rankings take into account the collector's participation and responsibilities within the art world

Unlike their Western counterparts, female Brazilian artists are at the forefront of the market

Warnings that the French government's proposed VAT hikes will undermine the country's standing in the global art market

Only around 25% of the dealers at Art Basel are female, but women are giving no quarter as the playing field begins to level out

Slowly but surely, the fair’s newest edition is beginning to make strides

But will the wider market and museums buy in?

The auction attracted 263 bidders, and 1,500 bids from 36 countries