The ten-foot-tall metal arachnid is being sold by a Brazilian foundation and could reset several auction records

Despite the fair’s more sedate, distinctly Southern pace, local and international dealers reported plenty of sales during the VIP preview

A new roadmap developed by US dealers offers a practical guide to improving sustainability

The museum spent $100,000 to bolster its collection thanks to funding from the Dallas Art Fair Foundation

'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

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

The paintings and drawings are estimated to fetch more than $8m at Christie’s New York in May

Plus, dramatic scenes from the Iliad and a delicate Modigliani head

International dealers returned to 27th edition of the fair after two years marked by Covid

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

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

Collectors from the Midwest and beyond turned up for the fair’s VIP preview, as did the city’s next mayor and one of its most famous rappers

While auction houses and dealers are increasingly worried of a downturn, a look back to the 1970s and 1980s suggests that their anxieties might be unfounded

Kyiv-based Voloshyn Gallery is showing works by two emerging Ukrainian artists on its stand at Expo Chicago

Thanks in part to the support of a leading Latin American collector, three Buenos Aires galleries are Chicago-bound for Expo

Four works recently returned to heirs of the influential French dealer Ambroise Vollard will go under the hammer in New York next month

Results from the recent auction season, where young, “red-chip” artists surpassed expectations, while big names of Modern art went unsold, point to a shift in how collectors think

She will open the three-storey, 6,000 sq ft space with shows by Sheila Hicks and Robert Mapplethorpe

Tribeca has reached a critical mass of around 50 galleries

The Air Jordan 13s were worn by the basketball star during his last year with the Chicago Bulls

Never seen by the public during his lifetime, they include studies for his most famous paintings such as Les Demoiselles d’Avignon

The Mo Ostin sale at Sotheby's will feature works by Magritte and Twombly

As their art-world profiles rise, Windy City gallerists are opening outposts in Mexico, France and Portugal

The year-long grant will support three graduate students researching Nazi-confiscated cultural artefacts between 1933 and 1945

Internal crime agency urges vigilance, and greater efforts on monitoring and enforcement, but industry figures say study lacks focus and hard evidence of key vulnerabilities.

Plus, hip hop in Baltimore and Juan de Pareja, the artist enslaved by Velázquez

Shortening art market cycles and the politics around "flipping" artworks are leading collectors to conduct business away from public scrutiny

"Interior. The Music Room, Strandgade 30", expected to sell for between $3m and $5m, was painted in the artist's most productive period

It’s the latest acquisition for the billion-dollar company

Collectors tend towards safety in times of trouble—and current uncertainty is causing a shift in buying habits