Art market

Picasso, the master of experimentation

The prolific artist turned his hand to ceramics, photography, textiles and even poetry

The price tag of contemporary art is just the beginning of what it will cost you

The Art Preservation Index wants collectors to know that much art today is made from materials that will deteriorate fast

Danh Vo and Dutch collector settle legal battle

The Danish-Vietnamese artist will no longer have to create a “large and impressive” work for Bert Kreuk

Works leave Germany before new laws stop them

Art worth as much as €100m may have already been moved to Belgium to avoid national treasures listing

The sheer amount of contemporary and Modern art for sale may finally have matched demand

While the frantic pace continues in early December, with visitors flocking to Art Basel in Miami Beach and its many satellite fairs, some taking of stock seems in order

Best satellite fairs orbiting Art Basel in Miami Beach

Forget the beach, this year's parallel events include a new fair and plenty of art that won't break the bank

Auction of German dealing dynasty’s collection disappoints

Sotheby’s sale of Konrad Bernheimer’s family property, once looted by the Nazis, failed to meet expectations

New African art and design fair in Paris cancelled in wake of terror attacks

Also Known as Africa postponed to 2016 amid heightened security and a bleak economic outlook

Gary Hume parts ways with White Cube

YBA artist is spending more time in the US

Common sense makes a comeback at New York’s November sales

This month's auctions signalled a slowdown in the market as collectors started to exercise restraint

Auctionscomment

The sky is falling on the art market, or is it?

Kenny Schachter on the auctions in New York

Paris Tableau folded into Biennale des Antiquaires

This year’s edition of Old Master fair was the last in its current form

Bonhams boss adds dramatic twist to the auction theatre

Under Matthew Girling, the auction house is running an advertising campaign that makes devious dukes and ravishing brides central characters in the backstory of items listed for sale

Insurance rates drop back to pre-Hurricane Sandy levels

Premiums head south but conditions more onerous

Strong finish for New York auction marathon at Christie’s

Matisse’s drawing of sleeping beauty fitted mood of quiet Impressionist and Modern sale

Lawnews

Monaco appeals court rejects Swiss freeport king’s bid to quash fraud case

Criminal complaint filed by family trust associated with Dmitry Rybolovlev against Yves Bouvier can now go ahead

Art marketcomment

Quantity now wins out over quality

The constant demand by dealers for new work to feed the market has led even the most promising artists to overproduce