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

The art world is entering a period of true globalisation

China will be the key to real expansion

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

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

Young financiers want to build a diversified portfolio

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

V&A thirsts for flask

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

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

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

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

Some big collectors have stopped buying and bidders held back

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

Yeats and Orpen run out of steam

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

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

Figures show between 1.2% and 17% decline in turnover

Gilbert and George and Mickey Wolfson are among the enthusiastic collectors

Has the Eternal City overtaken Milan and Turin?

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

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

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

The new location is drawing collectors into the Paris stock exchange

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

Hicham Aboutaam sold the antiquity to a New York buyer for $950,000; the US says it is part of a the looted Western Cave hoard

Prices are rising for a new generation of Indian artists

However, this controversial exhibition at the Olympia Fine Art Fair might boost her posthumous profile