Art market
Growth in internet sales forces fraud issue
Identifying forgeries being sold on websites is not enough to tackle the problem
On the eve of his gallery’s 20th anniversary and its complete reinstallation with paintings, Charles Saatchi answers questions on the record for the first time ever
“I primarily buy art to show it off”
First results for Warhol Foundation sell-off
The inaugural sale made $17m last month
"Silver, Wine, Art and Gold" is a proper asset class
Joe Roseman, former head of economics at Moore Capital and author of Swag: Alternative Assets for the Coming Decade
Tribal art attracts Modern collectors
A new breed of buyer is crossing over from modern and contemporary art and acquiring the top pieces in every field
Basquiat leaps into different league: A market analysis
Record price for early work sends late graffiti artist into “super blue-chip” territory as demand—and prices—soar
Artnet wins takeover battle but will it lose the war?
Founder declares that hostile takeover bid has been defeated, but opponents are regrouping
Collectors flock to Lalanne sheep, driven by recent exhibition at the Paul Kasmin Gallery
Set of sheep sell for $746,500
While Art Basel's outlook stays cosmopolitan, US artists are left in the cold by curators
Documenta, Manifesta, La Triennale and the Kiev Biennale strike a different tone to the art market
Art Basel hosts few changes, but quality remains
A 'more selective' preview is planned for this year to avoid last year's melee, but many of the same faces have returned
Was the Knoedler gallery warned about fakes?
The family of the artist Richard Diebenkorn says it alerted the gallery to fakes before they were sold
What Chinese collectors are really buying
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
Rich inland cities become players on Chinese art scene
Sotheby’s goes west as art centres spring up beyond the traditional coastal base
Battle to buy Barceló’s prized bullfighters
Auction houses experience surprisingly high demand as the most expensive living Spanish artist has his best year yet
Ullens makes U-turn to refocus on Asian space
After seeming to grow cool on his Chinese venture, the collector is now staging numerous shows and branching into Indian art
Qianlong seal finally finds a buyer
After the first sale fell through, the seal's second buyer gets a bargain
Beltracchi admits to faking the work of an estimated 50 artists in German interview
In 2011, he was given six years jail time for what was then understood to be a much smaller number of reproductions
Collectors remain cautious at Pavilion of Arts and Design in Paris as impulse buying declines
Many dealers reported mixed results from the fair
First reactions from curators, collectors and artists from Frieze New York
The tent is deemed beautiful and airy, if too big by some
Collectors’ initiative for Swiss and French patrons
Members will have opportunities to go on excursions to European art capitals
Catalogues raisonnés rivals dispute Bonhams’s Modigliani
The authenticity of Jeune Fille aux Cheveux Noirs is questioned, but only by some experts
The future has yet to arrive for online art fairs
VIP Art Fair expands its business model and improves technology, but big-name dealers are unconvinced
We don’t own that Modigliani: restitution case faces legal dilemma
Nahmads say the contested painting belongs to another organisation
Interview with dealer Santo Micali on finding new markets for pre-Columbian art
Argentina, Mexico and Brazil could be the future for a field struggling with limited supply
Sale reports: Impressionist and Modern, Surrealism, and Contemporary
Peaks for best modern and contemporary artists High prices for works by Miró, Bacon, Moore and Richter are reminiscent of the boom
Fears grow that Greek art market is riddled with forgeries
A legal case brought against Sotheby’s by a major Greek collector could be the tip of the iceberg
Interview with collector Marc Straus on transitioning to dealing: “The gallery business is a terrible concept”
Despite reservations, the former oncologist and “fierce” collector has become a dealer in contemporary art
Police investigate allegedly fake photographs sold at Artcurial Deauville
The works were supposedly from the artist’s family and "rediscovered"
Market predictions for 2012: the outlook is mixed
Tough times lie ahead for galleries, but auction houses and art advisers could continue to prosper this year
Local collectors pick and choose in Chinese art and ceramics sales, with unsold lots increasing in key auctions
The days when buyers would pay top prices for any work seem to be over, as a maturing market becomes more selective and sensitive to change in the global economy

