Art market
Ewolfs is reported to have severe debts as numerous parties try to regain control
Minority owner sells stock, then buys it back to acquire company
As France opens its auction market predictions are optimistic that “France could regain its supremacy in Europe”
Gérard Champin is the president of new regulatory body for auction sales
What's on in New York: Serra’s solemnity and size at Gagosian
Posthumous popularity at Max Protetch, last works at Matthew Marks mapping at James Cohan, psychedelic audio-visual art at Feigen effective excellence at Zwirner, and homage at Universal Concepts
Sotheby’s ends auctions in Chicago
Twentieth-century decorative arts market may shift to local firms and Phillips
Sotheby's places a bid for the middle market with opening of new Olympia saleroom
The auction house hopes to cash in on the £500 to £10,000 range
Son of El Lissitzky files for return of another war loot Kandinsky
The dispute revolves around the work 'Improvisation No.10'
Antique textiles: A boom from the loom as museum buying and new collectors hike prices
As other items become inaccessible to some collectors, many in the middle market have turned to textiles
Art Basel 2001 report: Collectors motivated by passion rather than stock market swings
This year has served as a good barometer of the Modern art market
High end sales as glassware proves a winner at fourth SOFA fair
SOFA fair report '01
Architecture is taking centre stage in the art world, and the market for architectural drawings is heating up
Few dealers, scarce material, but a growing audience
Online art ventures continue to face business difficulties
Eppraisals disappears, N@rt stops art sales, and nextMonet merges
BADA Survey shows 2000 was an excellent year for dealers
Highest ever turnover for members
London galleries: Gilbert & George get horny in White Cube debut
Painting pushed into new places at Victoria Miro and The Approach and seismic shifts at asprey jacques as the Chapmans explore their feminine side at Modern Art
Hong Kong sales report: imperial wares are top, even the vulgar
While an historic collection of Northern Song letters goes unsold
Interview with fair director Samuel Keller: Art Basel, the commercial complement to Venice
The director of the world’s top modern and contemporary art fair prides himself on the new talent it has discovered
Eight leading market figures on what the next recession will mean for the art world
In 2001 they predicted that some areas such as the Old Master market will remain stable but that trendy art would lose its zip
Interview with economist William N. Goetzmann: 'The financial and the art markets do not crash at the same time'
In 2001, the Yale professor attributed the one- to two-year lag between crashes to the time it takes to liquidate assets
Marilyn photos sales flop; one set was just too expensive, the others were fake
A sign that even this highly popular market for images of the screen icon has its limits–and danger
LVMH raises Phillips’ society profile by appointing titles to the board
Ushering in a new age of glamour on Phillips board
With the Paris auction market soon to be cracked wide open to outside competition, all eyes were on the first major sales to be held this year
Tip-top results for two very different sales
The mass gallery exodus from SoHo continues despite rumblings of a recession
Chelsea becomes the new home of many even as it becomes ever more expensive
Drouot to close for FFr40 million revamp
Fury at likely choice of railway warehouse as temporary replacement
A failing Russian bank exposes a climate of fear and suspicion over ownership of Malevich’s “Black Square”
The painting is currently with Russia's Culture Ministry, though Malevich's heirs dispute the bank's original ownership
Winning and losing categories in the art market over the last 15 years
Which trends have gone up and which have gone down
Paris Museums support drawings fair Salon de Dessin for the first time
Special viewings arranged for expected international collectors
New York Ceramics Fair 2001 hits upon winning formula as dealers elated by sales
Collectors defy mini-blizzard
An overview of Paris’s top five auction houses at the turn of the millennium
Tajan and PIASA lead the list
Art Deco furniture rules the auction houses and a new sales record was set as the style replaces 18th-century furniture
Prices are rocketing, but perhaps not everything is right in this field with many experts questioning the authenticity of some pieces
People prefer new rugs
Valentine’s Day sale for Davide Halevim’s farewell to the carpet trade
Interview with dealer Bernard Jacobson on his change of taste and direction
From Great British to stellar American art