Art market
Comment: why an art market clean-up would be a clear-out
In 2007 the creative industries consultant noted that the “insider” aspect of the contemporary art market and hierarchy of knowledge and status that it creates was a significant part of its attraction
Installation withdrawn from Huang Yong Ping retrospective due to feud over restoration responsibility and costs, then sold at auction
Institutions are powerless to prevent such abuses, says Walker Art Center deputy director Philippe Vergne
Albright-Knox sells the old to pay for the new
Sotheby's is auctioning 200 antiquities and pre-Modern works worth $15m from the US museum's collection to raise funds to purchase Modern and contemporary art
Specialist Barbara Pollock questions value of contemporary Chinese art
Pollock is forthright about her distrust of the current auction market in China
Russian collectors at Art Basel/Miami Beach
“It’s like a supermarket”
Artnet and Art Basel team up to create virtual experience for Miami Beach attendees
The program will be accessible to the public on the last day of the fair
Art Basel/Miami Beach '06: More international than ever
Most works sold on opening day and buyers came from all continents
Former MoMA chairman’s oddball art goes under the hammer
William Lieberman’s eclectic holdings yielded bargains
The Warhol effect : Moving from connoisseurship to brand recognition
How the money men have changed the market
Why you cannot trust dealers’ prices—or auction results either
In 2006 we reported that attempts to accurately measure the market are being thwarted by auction guarantees and private sales between tight-lipped collectors
Art Basel director replaced by triumvirate
The three candidates sharing the responsibility are revealed to be Marc Spiegler, Cay Sophie Rabinowitz and Annette Schönholzer
This year's Art Basel proves Andy Warhol has become a universal brand name
Financial buyers have had a dramatic impact on the way the art market works
Art Cologne sets up subsidiary fair in Palma de Mallorca
By following Art Basel's example, organisers hope to rival their prosperity
Fiac bounces back thanks to homegrown collectors
François Pinault, Bernard Arnault and Claude Berri attended, among many others
The trouble with art fairs: curators, collectors and dealers are starting to feel fatigued
As the sheer number of annual events continues to grow, fair fatigue has become a common condition
Most Russian collectors are at Art Basel Miami Beach to learn rather than buy
Russian collectors approach fair with care…
The Nazi bounty hunters: War loot claims become big business
World War II restitution is now a multi-million dollar enterprise in which lawyers, auction houses and possibly even venture capitalists all have a stake
Frieze: For one week London became the centre of the art world
The annual event in Regent’s Park is a new magnet for artists, collectors and dealers
Best results ever for Italian art at auction
An unnamed East European collector bought several works at both Sotheby’s and Christie’s
Government seizes works made by “New Deal” artists
Collectors, dealers and auction houses are unaware that much Depression-era art remains the property of the state
Gagosian in controversial $54m Giacometti deal
“Preposterous plan to create additional sculptures,” says rival PaceWildenstein
How to build a contemporary collection
The British collector Frank Cohen reviews a guide to the intricacies of buying new art
Why collectors are moving from the wall to the floor: negotiating the logistics of sculptural acquisitions
Trends in real estate and the prestige factor have influenced recent preferences in the private market for sculptural works
Former fugitive opens decorative arts gallery
Roberto Polo, once the toast of Paris, returns in style
Police search Montparnasse Museum in Modigliani fakes investigation
Up to 1,000 forged works are circulating on the market, says expert
Modigliani sold to Russian buyer
The artist's portrait of Picasso is now part of a Moscow private collection
Hauser & Wirth to show art at Colnaghi
Their first exhibition there will show Picabia's nudes
How long can this amazing art market boom last?
In recent years have seen works sold for explosive prices—and now in 2006 we are asking if this an indication of an accelerating trend or a reflection of the cyclical nature of the market?
Modern Indian art fetches top prices at Sotheby's
But older decorative arts of the subcontinent fail to excite buyers