Art market
The rich list: More than 100 people join global list of billionaires
Many are major art collectors and philanthropists
Going...going...is the traditional antique gallery dying?
Dealers race to sell stock at auction as buying tastes change
Damien Hirst conquers Mexico: the biggest collectors in the country are lining up to buy new work by the British artist
Other pieces, including a new version of the shark in a tank, have sold to Korea and the US
Fake art: “Criminality in the Russian art market has reached alarming levels”
Tretyakov curator speaks out and admits being taken in by forgers
Small fairs around the Armory show attract major collectors
Five satellite fairs keep up the pace
New documentary challenging the gatekeepers of Warhol’s legacy
Alan Yentob shines a revealing light on the secretive world of the Warhol Authentication Board
British collector David Roberts scoops Keith Coventry show
Property developer spends almost £100,000
Crafts fair relaunched to coincide with Frieze
The Crafts Council will be hosting the yet unnamed crafts fair at Somerset House
Tribunal rules in favour of disclosing price of Conrad Shawcross piece
After initially refusing , the true price was eventually disclosed
Removing French trade barriers still leaves London auction houses with upper hand
Five years ago, France finally allowed outsiders to hold auctions in the country by ending the 400-year-old monopoly of state-appointed auctioneers
C.I. Kim to open New York gallery, following spaces in Beijing and South Korea
The Korean collector is being compared to Charles Saatchi
Parisian auction results buoyed by decorative arts
Most auctioneers reported increased sales in 2005
Warring New York dealers guilty of tax evasion
Court orders Helen Fioratti and James Sansum to repay huge sums
Impressionist art: unknown Russian buys $95m Picasso
New buyer beat established collectors at Sotheby’s impressionist and modern art sales in New York
November auctions of Important British Pictures failed to stir collectors leaving slew of unsold lots
Collectors shunned many 18th- and 19th-century works
Debt and legal troubles force Berry-Hill Galleries to file for bankruptcy
Christie’s is owed $14 million and there are over 100 other creditors
Russian billionaires are spending hundreds of millions of dollars on art. None of them has spoken to the press about what drives their collecting—until now
Russian collector Pyotr Aven shows his hand
Success in China for Christie's following inaugural sale of modern and contemporary art
Auction report; 3rd November 2005
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