Contemporary art auction in New York meets expectations as market finds its level

Europe’s leading photography fair puts large-scale, serial works in focus

Auction house’s post-war and contemporary sale in New York last night was patchy

Shaky stock market dampens Christie’s contemporary and Modern art auction

Tests suggests pigment used in some of the paintings not commercially available before artist’s death in 1956

Billionaire sells Blue Period La Gommeuse for $67m in upbeat Impressionist and Modern sale

Paula Cooper's exhibition, which opens tomorrow, includes miniatures of some of the Pop artist's most monumental pieces

Venue is the London dealer’s third in the UK capital

Modigliani soars, but many pieces once owned by Alfred Taubman fall flat

Christie’s to sell Margaret Thatcher’s belongings after V&A turns them down

As political and economic turmoil increases risks for businesses worldwide, the high-end market has become a tale of two cities

Judge dismisses attempts to throw out lawsuits and orders trial over fake Abstract Expressionists

Market turns on its head as buyers show less interest in the usual contemporary, blue-chip names

Bonhams has big plans to break into the contemporary Asian art market—next year

There seems to be no limit to the number of works that are being snapped up, ranging from those by the acknowledged superstars of the period—Lucio Fontana, Alberto Burri, Piero Manzoni—to lesser-known names that are coming out of the woodwork to meet extraordinary demand

Secret legacies, family feuds and the aristocratic rakes who couldn’t resist a bet

Mayfair stalwart gets "new lease of life" in merger with Coll & Cortes