Art market
SOFA fair, Chicago. Who are the craft collectors?
Many who buy paintings and sculpture are now starting to invest in contemporary decorative arts
Is the art market in a boom or bubble?
Our art market editor assesses the current rise in spending
Art historians appointed to the Warhol Authentication Board to help judge attributions
The Warhol Foundation adds curatorial experts to attempt to ease the controversy surrounding its authentication board
Collector pays £1 million for oil sketches of British Royal Family
14 preparatory sketches of members of the royal family
Appeal over Peter Brant ownership of Warhol
Ms Lindholm has been attempting to regain Warhol's Red Elvis since 2000
Western collectors still paying highest prices for top lots of Asian art
While Chinese sustain the middle market for rare but flashy cinnabar, rhinoceros horn and cloisonné
Top collectors descend on Zoo as the satellite fair opens its doors a day ahead of Frieze
Saatchi and Branson among first to race round fair
Court finds Peter Brant really does own Warhol’s Red Elvis
The decision ends a dispute that started in 2000
Trend for newest art possible takes hold as dealers benefit from coordination with Biennale: Art Basel 2005
Art Basel '05 fair report
Contemporary auction sales report: Boom continues, leading to some inexplicable results
One buyer pays against the odds for Sean Scully, while new records are set for Chilida, Hockney and Baselitz, among others
Comparing and contrasting art world heavy-weights: Venice Biennale vs. Art Basel
The difference in experiences offered by each of these iconic fairs, and the symbiosis this leads to
New Ukrainian buyer spends £12 million on Modern paintings
American buyers have returned and Asian collectors were also active
Increased Chinese involvement at Art Basel is proof of China's contemporary art market expanding
Influential forces in the Western art world are courting potential Chinese buyers, but this market is far from mature
'The art trade is the last major unregulated market'
Is it time for reform? Murky dealings came to light in 2005 as more collectors began to enter the scene—and brought their cases to court
New strategy for Art Basel includes the selection of thematically linked works by dealers
Curation will be promoted over serendipitous choices by Art Cabinet, a scheme debuting at Art Basel/Miami Beach
Two plump catalogues prove the major auction houses can drive the contemporary market
A week of new records will leave dealers wondering how to set their prices
The value of art: Economics alone do not explain painting’s revival
The medium always renews itself, especially when collectors feel prosperous
The London latest: It’s art, but not as Beck’s intended it
A typo on their beer bottle turns it into an instant collectors’ classic
Fritz the Cat comic drawings hot on the art market, but highly rare
Robert Crumb, the creator, is now a cult figure in the contemporary art market
The Forbes rich list: More billionaires than ever before
And many of them are huge art collectors
Comment: droit de suite in the EU is bad for all art markets—and the artists it is meant to help
The British Art Market Federation chairman on Artists' Resale Right representing a serious challenge to market competitiveness in 2005
China requests US impose embargo on Chinese art
China holds the US responsible for pillaging, however US cannot solve China's problems
Calder estate sells works through Thomas Dane
The works up for grabs range from jewellery to mobiles
Today’s frenetic art world pushes criticism to the sidelines—and many critics are not helping matters
Do art critics still matter?
The $2.6 million Dalí retrospective comes to Philadelphia
A credit card company has spearheaded the massive publicity campaign for the Philadelphia Museum of Art’s exhibition
ARCO, Madrid: Big crowds, but few buyers
A Frida Kahlo—not for sale—pulled in 180,000 viewers
Droit de suite is pushing art sales away from Europe
New report concludes that the levy mainly benefits artists’ estates
Embarrassment of riches for Asian art collectors at Asia Week, New York
Exhibitions, lectures and auctions span the centuries and the continents
Rumoured sale of Damien Hirst's formaldehyde tiger shark to US billionaire Steve Cohen confirmed by Saatchi Collection
Scepticism surrounds the supposed value of $12 million
A turn of the tides: Art is flowing back to China as the Chinese market grows
Overseas collectors are shipping work to China for sale in the growing number of auction houses