Art market
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
Christie's leads the way as auction houses expand into China
But the local market is contracting
Shinwa auction house plans expansion into Impressionist market
Leading “open” auction house seeks financing, wants to sell major paintings
Drouot reports 14% increase in turnover after another strong year in the market
End of auction monopoly still awaited
Marlborough wins suit against Schwitters estate
Bacon executor denies parallels with its own case
Art Basel to launch in Miami Beach
From next year, modern and contemporary art dealers will congregate in Florida
In an attempt to cut costs, the online auctioneer artnet.com chooses to give up selling paintings
"Photography and prints are the way forward for on-line sales" say e-commerce pioneers
London’s National Gallery withdraws from bidding on possible war loot
Metropolitan Monet subject to claim
Contemporary and Post-war art auction sales do better than expected
Gary Hume, Sam Taylor-Wood and Cecily Brown prove that it’s never too soon to be an auction star
Fair report of Cultura, Basel: Good results for classical antiquities
Paintings and decorative arts prove harder to sell
Diary of a dealer: veteran Asian art dealer Robert H. Ellsworth states “provenance is worth one-third of the price”
The market is driven by supply and demand and not by collectors’ taste, says veteran dealer in Asian art
With Sotheby's and Christie's allowed to hold sales in Paris for the first time, can Paris regain its lost place in the art market?
A new French revolution?
A new head of Asian art at Phillips: Interview with Colin Sheaf
“London remains a huge centre for collectors all over Europe”
At Asian Art Week in London dealers, scholars and collectors congregate for major shows and great parties
Fifty-two participants will exhibit everything from Indian statue jewels to Islamic tiles
Former Christie's director launches online venture eAuctionRoom.com
“We are a technology platform, not an auction house,” said Mark Poltimore in 2000. The onetime auction boss wants to make European sales more accessible to US and UK audiences
Rembrandt’s Venetian influence: Hanging around New York, a monthly guide by Brook S. Mason.
And bounty of decorative arts including Chinese porcelain and Mendini furniture
Ads for art get professional with a $6 million budget for eyestorm.com
A slick campaign of prominent ads for multiples by contemporary artists is being counted in London, New York and San Francisco
Collector profile: Gustav Rau, Schweitzer redivivus
A doctor in a remote village in the Congo, part of Dr Rau's thousand-strong collection is on display now in Paris.
Diary of a US dealer: Fred Hill of Berry-Hill. European museums turn to American landscape
And a wider range of stock attracts more collectors