Art market

US sues Larry Gagosian seeking back income taxes on art sales

Taxman claims he and others created a shell company to avoid tax

Play again, Calder: Artist's toys back in production

A French company is re-producing toys by the inventor of the mobile

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Fine art investment fund goes live

Meanwhile, other art funds are being started up

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Belgian tapestries dealer Bernard Blondeel is selling his inventory at Christie’s on 2nd April

Despite the market for tapestry fluctuating throughout the 20th century, interest is high at present

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Contemporary sales report: Storm warnings prove inaccurate

Problematic Warhols hinder Christie’s but Sotheby’s sparkles with Richter Riley, Barceló and Flanaghan

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AIPAD '03 fair report: Art market perseveres in the shadow of a war

Collectors braved the terrorist alerts and bought but at a lower level than in the past

Diary of a New York dealer: Carlton Rochell

Contemporary art collectors are coming to Southeast Asian art. Hollywood’s fascination with Buddhism is also a trigger

Association Giacometti's dwindling funds compel Paris courts to sue

Their problems could be blamed on the troubled stock market or an ongoing lawsuit between the directors and the executor of the bequest

Art fairsarchive

Salon du Dessin is what a fair should be

A host of related events make this a “must” for drawings collectors

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Sotheby’s to close online art sales site in May

Just a year after Sotheby’s announced a strategic alliance with the giant auction site eBay, it has thrown in the towel and will stop online sales of art and antiques, from May

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Lorenzo Rudolf to run dmg fairs after David and Lee Ann Lester cut ties

After his substantial contributions to Art Basel and Art Basel Miami Beach, Rudolf tries his hand at dmg

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The supply of surrealism on the art market means that collectors can still tap into this movement

The Surrealism sections of the February sales in London were the only to produce sparkling results

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Interview with a British dealer Pat Jordan Evans on her gallery's 30th anniversary

An out-of-town gallery thrives on showing gentle, figurative painters

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Diary of a London dealer: Alistair Sampson. Yes, trade is dreadful at the moment

Leading specialist in early English decorative arts expects a slow improvement in trade

Export Reviewing Committee declares Anglo-Saxon cross a fake

Is the Anglo-Saxon cross shaft found at auction among tractor parts a $500,000 treasure or not?

The owner of Christie’s continues his battle to have a statue that he bought declared a fake

The statue of Pharaoh Sesostris III has already been deemed authentic in the Pinault's two lost lawsuits

Diary of a London dealer, Nicholas Logsdail: “I think I changed the landscape”

Why the art market is holding up as stock exchanges plunge, and why there are 10 times more collectors than in 1990

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15th century German armour sold to American buyer

Unconfirmed reports suggest Ronald Lauder is the purchaser

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Christie’s Picasso sale saw prices soar; but the highest-priced lots were the least desired

Most of the unsold lots were high-value items unlikely to attract new buyers

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Tough times at the 2002 Armory

Collectors were cautious as economic woes continue

A market for baskets: Interview with New York dealer Sebastian Izzard

The difference between Japanese and European taste in the field of Japanese art

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Christie's Giacometti sale overshadowed by interference of French auctioneers and Giacometti Association protests

The auction was moved to Drouot after commisaire-priseurs' took objection to court-directed sales legislature being overlooked