Michael Werner, his dealer for 30 years, says “everything was out of control” before the artist died

Critics question their priorities, one city commissioner calling their plan to manage the venue “like the fox in the henhouse”

But Bacon brings profitable business to Christie’s and Sotheby’s

It is almost impossible for a museum to mount a contemporary exhibition without the involvement of the artist's dealer

As Tate Britain opens a major travelling retrospective, we examine the factors underpinning the meteoric rise in prices for the artist’s work and reveal the identity of his biggest collectors

“We meet a broader range of collectors here”

Has collectors' passion for Basel's protégés cooled?

Recent record prices for the two artists boosted results for 20th-century British works, while Victorian art struggled

While the known and bankable sold at a steady rate, Abramovich was the name on everybody's lips

Historical trends of male art selling for more are being challenged

Chelsea FC owner joins Brad Pitt and Sheikh Saud Al-Thani at vernissage

The pair plan to expand the Miami edition, but not much else will change

Dealers are growing increasingly wary of do-it-yourself institutions

Helping young collectors to find the right gallery

Cohen photos go to Washington, DC

British collectors Charles Saatchi and Frank Cohen were among those who bought

The Estella collection will be sold in Hong Kong this month following exhibitions at leading institutions

Collaboration between the two spheres does not always benefit the market

Jason Beltrez claims it was a flea market find while Christie's is stuck in the middle

Market worries conspicuously absent at Art Dubai

Increasing numbers of private collectors, dealers, museums, and banks have been buying policies to protect their assets

Collectors seek top antiques in a market with a dwindling supply

Christian Parisot is accused of faking drawings by the artist’s lover Jeanne Hébuterne

Yet secrecy over values remained a priority at the Art Kapital auction

Most of the buyers were American private collectors and large-scale installation works were popular

Chinese auction house data deemed unreliable and misleading as not all artists have made it to the salesroom yet

Russia’s Federal Cultural Heritage Protection Agency is set to publish the first volume of a catalogue of Russian paintings known to be fake

The fair, now backed by Art Basel’s owners, targets China