Art market
Officials in Mexico call on Dutch auction house to halt sale of pre-Columbian artefacts
Some 30 objects in an auction this week are protected by Mexico’s cultural heritage laws, authorities there say
Tefaf brings a blend of eras and materials for its eighth New York edition
The Dutch fair’s smaller North American outpost has an eclectic offering emphasising modern and contemporary art as well as antiquities
KAWS wins nearly $1m in damages in counterfeit lawsuit
Artist Brian Donnelly first filed the lawsuit against Dylan Joy An Leong Yi Zhi in 2021
Former OpenSea employee found guilty in first-ever NFT insider trading trial
Former OpenSea product manager Nathanie Chastain has been convicted of wire fraud and money laundering in a landmark case
Hedge to hedge: a secondary market for third-party auction guarantees is on the rise
There is a growing trend for guarantors to spread their risk by selling off parts of their guarantees—violating auction house rules
The Armory Show lines up more than 225 galleries for fair’s third year at sprawling Javits Center
The fair has grown to be among the largest in the world since it began as a hotel fair in 1994
Time to invest in the art market? New 'stock exchange for art' to launch at the Victoria & Albert Museum this month
Francis Bacon’s triptych Three Studies for a Portrait of George Dyer revealed as the first work to be listed on Artex, starting at around $55m
Art Basel appoints Maike Cruse as fair director
The current head of Gallery Weekend Berlin will start in the newly created role in July and oversee the 2024 fair
Remembering Myriam Ullens, art collector, and philanthropist, who launched the first contemporary art museum in China
Belgian entrepreneur in fashion, food and art, co-founded the Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, in Beijing, with her husband, Guy Ullens
On eve of the coronation, Sotheby's offers document in which Charles II set out his vision for restoration of the British monarchy
"Transformational" signed 1660 copy of The Declaration of Breda leads mixed-category sale featuring manuscripts, royal portraits, medals and memorabilia
A Van Gogh Montmartre scene with sunflowers is coming up at Sotheby’s—and could fetch $30m
Looted by the Nazis, after the war it was returned to the Rothschild family
New York collector sues his lawyer for allegedly stealing Warhol canvas
The collector, Stuart Pivar, claims he sold the 1977 portrait of himself to his lawyer for $100,000 because he needed cash quickly; he is now suing that lawyer for $10m
‘Duplicative’ or discarded? Whitney's sale of more Hopper works from historic bequest comes under scrutiny
Questions resurface over New York museum’s rationale for consigning works by the artist to auction
Martin Parr to take centre stage at Photo London fair
The documenter of Britain’s quirks is this year’s Master of Photography
What are you worth? New report reveals art world salaries, from £22,500 for gallery assistants to over £250,000 for top sales directors
The report, published by recruitment firm Sophie Macpherson, used base salary data from 2022
Auction Queen: hammer to fall on Freddie Mercury’s art collection at Sotheby’s
More than 1,500 lots, including original lyrics and Victorian paintings, from the rockstar’s London home will be sold in September by former girlfriend and close friend Mary Austin
A fugitive art dealer convicted of selling counterfeit art 14 years ago has been extradited to the US
Angela Catherine Hamblin, who has been hiding out in a small village in Scotland for over a decade, is being extradited to the US
Rare Gustav Klimt lake landscape to make auction debut in New York
The painting is estimated to sell for around $45m next month at Sotheby's
How do US taxpayers value their art collections? With great difficulty
Possible penalties for donors and heirs make the process of determining the value of artworks a high-wire act
Towering Louise Bourgeois Spider sculpture could reach $40m at Sotheby’s
The ten-foot-tall metal arachnid is being sold by a Brazilian foundation and could reset several auction records
Dallas Art Fair gets a boost from Texas’s resilient economy and surging population
Despite the fair’s more sedate, distinctly Southern pace, local and international dealers reported plenty of sales during the VIP preview
Is The Art Show the first green fair?
A new roadmap developed by US dealers offers a practical guide to improving sustainability
Dallas Museum of Art acquires 12 works at Dallas Art Fair with annual gift
The museum spent $100,000 to bolster its collection thanks to funding from the Dallas Art Fair Foundation
Battle of the Basquiats: Christie’s and Sotheby’s both have big, eight-figure paintings lined up for marquee spring sales
'El Gran Espectaculo (The Nile)' and 'Now’s the Time' are estimated to sell for $45m at Christie’s and $30m at Sotheby’s, respectively
Art and diamond dealer accused of funding Hezbollah is charged with evading US sanctions
Nazem Ahmad, a Lebanese businessman who deals in art and diamonds, has allegedly been involved in moving goods worth more than $440m into and out of the US since sanctions were imposed in late 2019
Renoir, Degas and Goya works from collection of Rhode Island School of Design’s founding family head to auction
The paintings and drawings are estimated to fetch more than $8m at Christie’s New York in May
From a homoerotic Marsden Hartley to a Yoshitomo Nara painting of Michael Jackson: our pick of the highlights from April's sales
Plus, dramatic scenes from the Iliad and a delicate Modigliani head
Galleries flock back to Miart fair in Milan—but play it safe
International dealers returned to 27th edition of the fair after two years marked by Covid
Three US museums use prize funds to acquire works from Expo Chicago
The institutions that won the fair's Northern Trust Purchase Prize selected artwork by artists Mohau Modisakeng, Wole Lagunju and Claudia Peña Salinas for their permanent collections
Art in the Windy City: Expo Chicago fair and beyond
Plus, how Northern Ireland's museums are marking 25 years since the Good Friday Agreement and an extravagant portrait of a 19th century French actor