Art market

Art marketarchive

Is New York taking over from London for Old Master drawings?

Christie's cancel a London sale and European dealers are flocking to the US to buy and sell

Art marketarchive

With the rise of the super-store, what will happen to the art book industry?

“The biggest change in the publishing business these days is the phenomenon of the super-store and the breakneck pace at which these stores are opening”

Art marketarchive

Novel approaches: Changes in the German art book market

As the recession begins to abate in Germany, the market for art books blossoms

Art marketarchive

Exploiting the exhibition catalogue: An assessment of art publishing today

How publishers are coping with changes in academic approaches to art and the buying habits of the public

Art marketarchive

As more private libraries are put on the block, the question arises ⁠—are we running out of old libraries?

Some of Europe’s oldest collections have recently been broken up: are there many left, and who is buying the books?

Number of fake Moores on the increase

Dramatic rise in counterfeit bronzes on the market

Art marketarchive

FotoFest 94 emphasises global environment concerns

The Texas gathering is expected to attract as many as 50,000 visitors

Six-figure sum for Frida Kahlo’s journal

Abrams’s winning bid for 170-page illustrated diary

Collectorsarchive

Subject over style for Italian collectors, as photography continues to be commodity of choice

Works of illustration and Italian genre photography have been market favourites since the seventies

Photography thriving in London, shortage of collectors notwithstanding

Few buyers, but innovative galleries win the public's approval

July 1994archive

The hunting and capture of two fakers: Mr and Mrs 'van den Bergen' arrested on forgery charges

Ali Baba’s cave of forgeries uncovered—the crucial evidence lay in the fake certificates

Bank debtors’ Van Gogh withdrawn as fake

While there is some support for its attribution, doubt still lingers

Art Baselarchive

Dealers at Art Basel play it safe in response to art market uncertainty

Return to the classics as galleries keep their eyes on selling

Calder for sale in London

Tapping into the artist's popularity after the success of his RA appearance

Newsarchive

The Warhol estate undervalued, finds court

The judge’s ruling resolves the crux of the legal war between the foundation and the lawyer for Warhol’s estate

Looted artarchive

Stolichny bank buys war booty

Russian bank revealed as major investor in the art market

Art fairsarchive

Clients look to spend, some over $1 million dollars: The Art Show 1994, New York

Serious collectors, serious prices, but mostly for the modern

Embattled Warhol estate fights legal fees

Christie's in the dock over whether Warhol's estate is worth $220 million or $558 million