Art market

Retrospectives boost Flavin but damaged Rauschenberg in 1998

As Flavin’s survey continues its US run, recent record prices for the artist show how exhibitions affect the market

Prince of Liechtenstein buys Badminton Cabinet for over £19 million

The finest piece of 18th-century Florentine craftsmanship will go on public show in his Vienna museum this year

Art marketarchive

America votes for giltwood at the International Art and Antiques Show

Decorative arts dealers reported good sales but paintings were harder to shift

New Lefevre/Gibson collaborative gallery christened with London's first ever Giacometti show

All fifteen of the drawings that make up the display - running until 15 December - are available to purchase

Art marketarchive

Speculators angering dealers over collecting without passion for art

Young financiers want to build a diversified portfolio

Art fairsarchive

FIAC, Paris: Suffering from the Frieze effect

Foreign collectors deserted the fair and the French only buy their own artists

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China opens doors to foreign auction houses

What does this mean for auction houses and the growing number of buyers?

Televisionarchive

Television Guide: Athens '04 Olympics sparks Elgin marbles documentary and The Art Show sheds light on the collector's perspective

The BBC asks whether Lord Elgin's actions could be justified as the spotlight on the Greeks rekindles the Elgin marbles debate, and Channel 4 programme has dealers weigh in on the state of the art market

Contemporary auction sales report: British art makes the great leap

Bacon and Auerbach triumphed as Sotheby’s and Christie’s racked up impressive totals

1933-1948—the dangerous years: how Sotheby's check art for tainted provenance

A Sotheby’s lawyer describes the work of its provenance research team

Isabel von Klitzing
Auctionsarchive

British and Irish art sale a subdued affair

Some big collectors have stopped buying and bidders held back

Authentication issues: "Trust me, this is a fake"

Pierre Valentin suggests that the decisions of expert committees should not be beyond the reach of the law

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Set to change whole profile of art publishing, Louise MacBain is on a mission to create media empire

The ex-ceo of Phillips de Pury talks about her plans to create a group of art publications and to make an “Art Davos”

From the archive | Can the new Vermeer make £20m?

A committee of experts has decided that the reattributed painting, Young Woman Seated at the Virginals, is authentic

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Warning about fairy paintings as fakes appear on the market

Forgeries inspired by the burgeoning popularity of the genre are becoming increasingly problematic

Art marketarchive

Auction sales of art shrank again in 2003

Figures show between 1.2% and 17% decline in turnover

From flea market to Manhattan penthouse: the revival of Christopher Dresser

Gilbert and George and Mickey Wolfson are among the enthusiastic collectors

Art fairsarchive

Contemporary decorative arts get sexy at Collect, London

Clear success for the first European crafts fair held at the Victoria and Albert Museum

Collectorsarchive

Collector interview: Sheikh Saud Al Thani of Qatar

The Art Newspaper visits the biggest art collector in the world and talks about the five museums he is building in Doha

Art marketarchive

Dealers are the art world's real brains

Let us face facts. Before money changes hands, unfamiliar art is not studied because nobody thinks it is worthy of study

How the contents of Iran’s Western Cave were dispersed

Many of the objects, some extant since the first millennium BC, were looted from the site and entered the international market