Sotheby’s, which bought the former home of the Whitney Museum last year, promises to respect the building’s “architectural significance” in its upcoming renovations

In collaboration with the events platform Art Market Minds, the ten-hour programme will dissect the rapidly shifting contemporary art ecosystem

The Italian city is becoming a hub for millionaires thanks to an attractive tax regime for high earners

The Venetian lagoon painting—submitted by a member of the public to Christie's digital appraisal service—comes to auction in New York with an estimate of $300,000 to $500,000

In 2024 there were more than 800 multi-generational billionaires and the number of female billionaires has increased by 81% in the past decade, UBS report finds

The non-selling portrait exhibition will be on display at Christie’s Beverly Hills during the Frieze Los Angeles fair

At last November's evening auctions in New York, eyes were on a $6.2m banana, but overall sales were down 41% on the previous year

The potential sale raises questions around how to value the prestigious and unique art brand

The study, authored by economist Clare McAndrew, also reveals that Japanese collectors buy far less at art fairs or online than the global average

Post-Fair will take place in an Art Deco former post office building in downtown Santa Monica, a short drive from Frieze

We asked the art world’s movers and shakers what's in store for the next 12 months

Long-term buyers are going to fewer fairs while the growth in numbers is from people less likely to buy

Liz Nielsen, who showed a piece of her own at the Untitled Art fair, drove from New York to Miami and back with a van full of other artists’ work

Paintings attributed to major Modernists in a recent show at the gallery of the University of London’s School of Oriental and African Studies (Soas) are facing scrutiny

From the devastating war in Gaza to art attacks in museums, our editors analyse the year's biggest stories

Less than a year ago, the auction house reduced buyer’s premium and tried to introduce a flat 10% vendor's commission to avoid bartering. It did not prove popular with sellers

The London private members club, owned by the founders of Hauser & Wirth gallery, was shut down by police in November following a “serious crime” at the Soho venue

Martin Wilson, the chairman of the British Art Market Federation (Bamf), is joining as chief executive and will oversee global operations

The show, at Hauser & Wirth St Moritz, looks at the artist's visits to his Swiss dealer Bruno Bischofberger, when he would go cross-country skiing and visit agricultural shows

The bronze is now expected to sell for up to €2m when it is auctioned in Orléans in February

The house's auction total saw a double-digit decrease for a second year in a row—but private sales are booming

Max and Rosemary Levai claim Pierre’s “long-time paramour” Marcia Levine is responsible for his death and should not receive any of his inheritance

Staff cuts at auction house come as $1bn deal with Abu Dhabi wealth fund closes 

The New York gallery first opened in 1971

Italian investor Nanni Bassani Antivari secured the still-life Cut Melon with a €26.7m bid in June, but has yet to send the auction house any money

The deaccessioned works, to be offered at Christie's in New York, include 17 pieces by Dutch and Flemish artists from the 17th century

The top end of the market failed to recover, while auction houses expanded in Hong Kong amid dramatic shifts in the city

The five-gallery fair was staged inside one of Manhattan's most famous hotels

More than 100 events accompanied two major fairs, with a vibrant and chaotic energy befitting China's financial capital

The actor famous for playing Rocky commissioned the huge work from the late artist in the 1980s