Decorative arts no longer the Cinderella

Middle-of-the-range works have maintained their appeal, even as to the kind of collector who bought them when they were painted

Good pickings for private collectors at Drouot auctions

Solid sales in the first days

It is pointless to pretend that the commercial art world and the worlds of research do not interpenetrate each other. Here we look at the relationship, present and past, and ask ourselves, in what respect is the art historian any different from the lawyer who sells his opinion?

Criminal proceedings over early English pottery fraud

The Werner will give visitors a taste of Vuillard in anticipation of the Washington show

Beautiful art in the Beautiful Country

The buy was demonstrative of the gallery's commitment to acquiring works from that period

A rising market for the Vogue shot: two shows, one at the V&A, the other at Hamilton’s

It is estimated that between 65-80% of Giacometti furniture and sculpture offered at auction since 1986 is fake

The auction houses bring out six long-held major estates to tempt collectors

Francis Bacon’s “Pope” fetches top price at Sotheby’s

The response to the first critical study of this subject has been enthusiastic

Contemporary art dealer affirms his confidence in the artists he works with by doubling the gallery space at the Lisson

A useful, market-serving guide to thirty young British artists

Surrealism à la mode

Populist legislation involves no more “chandelier” bids, loans to buyers, or secret reserve

The art market at the touch of a button

No more free champagne at the 22nd Art fair, from 12 to 17 June

Three Colemans for the Lisson

Thumbs down for the modern and contemporary paintings section

Some exhibitions postponed, but a gothic-revival room and a Qi Buddha head for sale

Ruedi Staechelin appointed leadership role

While Russia tears down the images of Communism, there is a market in Germany for former artists of the regime

As “Sensation!”, the exhibition of the Saatchi collection of young British art, opens at the Royal Academy we ask what drives Saatchi to buy, and risk, so much

After Warhol and Johns, it’s the turn of the globe-trotting

Watch out for Millares, Chillida, Domìnguez and Barceló. Interpol find “French connection”

Fresh information has confirmed the importance of the works which will be put on the block