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

The fair keeps the flavour of its predecessor, ArtHK, but the galleries have changed

The experimental character and technical virtuosity of Old Master sketches are inspiring interest from new sectors of the art world.

Dallas museum could not raise $100m to buy the authenticated Leonardo, until recently believed to be a mediocre copy

Raphael’s Head of a Young Apostle was the centre of attention during London’s Old Master week last month

The New York Dealers Alliance attempted to bar its exhibitors from future editions of Nada should they also take part in Untitled

The modern and contemporary design fair's profile is rising

The chairman of the artist’s catalogue raisonné committee dismisses controversial drawings as “pastiches” in UK bankruptcy hearing

Identifying forgeries being sold on websites is not enough to tackle the problem

“I primarily buy art to show it off”

The inaugural sale made $17m last month

Joe Roseman, former head of economics at Moore Capital and author of Swag: Alternative Assets for the Coming Decade

A new breed of buyer is crossing over from modern and contemporary art and acquiring the top pieces in every field

Record price for early work sends late graffiti artist into “super blue-chip” territory as demand—and prices—soar

Founder declares that hostile takeover bid has been defeated, but opponents are regrouping

Set of sheep sell for $746,500

Documenta, Manifesta, La Triennale and the Kiev Biennale strike a different tone to the art market

A 'more selective' preview is planned for this year to avoid last year's melee, but many of the same faces have returned

The family of the artist Richard Diebenkorn says it alerted the gallery to fakes before they were sold

While ancient art and ceramics remain popular, Contemporary Chinese art is taking off at home, and buyers outside the mainland are slowly looking toward Western art

Sotheby’s goes west as art centres spring up beyond the traditional coastal base

Auction houses experience surprisingly high demand as the most expensive living Spanish artist has his best year yet

After seeming to grow cool on his Chinese venture, the collector is now staging numerous shows and branching into Indian art

After the first sale fell through, the seal's second buyer gets a bargain

In 2011, he was given six years jail time for what was then understood to be a much smaller number of reproductions

Many dealers reported mixed results from the fair