Art market
Lewis Hine prints under scrutiny as hundreds are found to have been posthumously produced
Many Lewis Hine images have been printed after his death without authorisation, some on papers from as late as the seventies
Christie’s close down Spink and take over the building for corporate headquarters
Serving a possibly premature coup de grâce to the oldest art dealership in the world
Disappointing sales for sothebys.com
Only a quarter of the lots are selling, mostly at prices under $5000
Greek art market in crisis due to weak and badly enforced laws and taxes
Very little support for the art scene from the tax system and, as in Germany, an outdated distinction between “original” works of art, subject to 9% VAT, and multiples (prints, digital works, photography etc), subject to 19%
Arts of Pacific Asia Show: Mid-price treasures for new and younger collectors
Works from the Southeast Asian countries vie with the more traditional Chinese and Japanese selections
Sue Runyard's new practical handbook explains how to sell your museum
A introduction which examines the principles that underlie marketing and public relations and how they are applied
In their need to raise sponsorship, are US museums risking the loss of their intellectual freedom?
We look beyond the Brooklyn Museum's Sensation exhibition into a troubling trend emerging across the sector
Is another bubble about to burst in the fine art market?
In 2000 we noted that single-owner collections sent prices spiralling upwards which was good news for the salerooms, but disastrous for museums with dwindling budgets
Most expensive works of art at auction, January to December 1999
The top twenty has Cézanne at the top with a new record from Sotheby's
The market for antiquities is growing, unfazed by protesters
As last month’s antiquities sales boomed, The Art Newspaper surveyed leading dealers and specialists in New York
The looming spectre of a large scale photograph : Our choice of New York contemporary galleries
Drawing on draughtsmanship at Alexander and Bonin, Paula Cooper, Zwirner and Marlborough
London auction report: Sotheby’s and Christie’s last month show strong performances for Impressionists in London
Many new, middle-aged, collectors, say Christie’s
Ritzy auction prices for homespun objects: American Arts and Crafts design receives boost in popularity from Barbra Streisand
“At least thirty collectors are spending $200,000-500,000 a year at auction” on this branch of the decorative arts
Fifty percent is brought by men
Geoffrey Munn gives an insider view of the last year
Established fair experiments in Art Cologne's twenty-third year
Big names for private collectors and big sculptures for museum curators
Famine or feast in the Dutch and Flemish Old Masters trade
As the supply of works by the big names dwindles demand is growing for pictures by lesser known artists
Auction records off the beaten track
A new Orientalist star overturns Gérôme; Italo-Swiss Alpine artist fetches $9.5 million and “The big wave” sweeps photography to new heights
Dealers deem London Old Masters market scarce but stable
While a broad consensus emerged that sales remain solid, the demand for quality pictures outstrips supply, causing frustration among serious collectors
The Old Masters trade: Scarce but stable
While the market remains largely stable in Europe, the demand for quality pictures, fuelled by thriving European economies, outstrips supply
The Old Masters market in Germany seems stable but are the collectors a dying breed?
Trade at home is still strong, but Germany is looking for business beyond its borders
Cross-border buoyancy in the European Old Master market
Plotting national tastes and identifying certain general market trends
Hanging around in London: monthly guide by Elspeth Moncrieff. Christmas shopping special
Abbot and Holder, Colnaghi, Maas Gallery, Lumley Cazalett Contemporary Applied Arts, Fine Art Society, David Black, Bloomsbury Workshop, Whitford Fine Art
Art Forum struggles again, the German capital proves itself still too isolated with too few collectors
Despite support from public institutions and a glittering collectors programme Art Forum needs a loyal and affluent clientele
A tour of the Shanghai and Beijing galleries
China’s economy may be faltering, but the Shanghai and Beijing contemporary art markets have expanded significantly since the Asian economic crisis last year
Cultura 1999 primed to replace TEFAF's Basel antiques fair in the market
Cultura must draw inspiration from its forerunner if it is to take advantage of collectors flocking to Basel
Fair report: International Fine Art and Antique Dealers Show, New York. “Haute Modernism” and antiquities at the forefront
With American classical furniture and decorative arts in close second place
The Modernist fakes mountain: How many John Drewe forgeries remain unidentified
Nearly 200 paintings forged by John Drewe may be on the market. The Art Newspaper tracked down 40
Will art crime be more common in cyberspace?
What effect will the internet have on a market traditionally based on face-to-face contact and what are the implications of increased access to information?
Rembrandt will ride again as reprinting is planned from his original plates
A Californian company prepares to sell etchings reprinted from the seventeenth-century plates
Thea Westreich, the visionary US art advisor whose grasp of the system determined the Kramlich Collection's success
She is the bridge between the private collector and the public