Art market
'Men still own the world, and it’s not cute': NFT projects and DAOs lead the way during Women’s History Month
Nadya Tolokonnikova among those to launch NFT collecting fund which will invest in projects by female and LGBTQ+ artists
Christie’s Middle East chairman Michael Jeha is stepping down after 23 years at the end of this month
Jeha began his career at the auction house as an intern in the Impressionism department
Art Dubai flexes city’s futuristic credentials with focus on NFTs and crypto
Art fair opens in the UAE this week with a new digital arts section and a series of talks on all things metaverse
Appeals court sides with Phillips in dispute with Chinese collector over auction of Gerhard Richter fighter jet painting
The decision, the latest (and possibly last) in a legal saga that stretches back to 2015, upholds a 2021 decision in the auction house’s favour
As his gallery marks a decade in business, New York dealer Hong Gyu Shin puts his personal collection on view
The Lower East Side's Shin Gallery marks its tenth anniversary with a show mixing works by artists from its roster with blue-chip and historical gems from its founder's personal holdings
The London dealer who sacked his young assistant Van Gogh went on to sell his art
Christie’s uncovers records revealing that Obach & Co marketed a landscape drawing in 1910
Phillips donates £5.8m, the auction house's share from its evening sale of 20th-century and contemporary art, to Ukrainian Red Cross
The sale felt fresh, with 83% of works making their auction debut and in-demand young artists again taking centre stage, with a new record for Issy Wood
NFTs of Old Masters—good or bad?
Are the digitally produced copies of museum works sold as NFTs for six-figure sums simply very expensive digital posters?
Cornelia Parker and Anselm Kiefer donate works to raise money for £14.5m Warburg Institute redevelopment
Phillips will sell 16 works in aid of the London University institution tomorrow
Magritte more than doubles auction record at an otherwise tame Sotheby's Modern and contemporary evening sale in London
Back-to-back auctions, with works from Degas to Banksy, brought in a total of £221m
Franz Marc's £42.6m Foxes leads Christie's marathon Shanghai-London auction of Modern and contemporary art
The sprawling 20th and 21st century sale took over five hours and spanned Boudin to Banksy
Hollywood talent agency to expand its contemporary art footprint with new gallery in Atlanta
UTA Artist Space's second gallery, with a former professional basketball player as head of sales, show the agency zeroing in on the lucrative crossover possibilities between the art market and high-earning sports and entertainment figures
'We call for an immediate cessation of all hostilities': Russian-owned Phillips auction house issues statement in support of Ukraine
The firm, owned by the Mercury Group, posted the message on Instagram yesterday, to some criticism
Object lessons: from a Francis Bacon triptych to India's most expensive woman artist at auction
Our pick of highlights from forthcoming auctions and fairs
Here are some of the Russian art collectors facing Western sanctions
Individuals and companies have been targeted by the UK, US and EU over the invasion of Ukraine
Revealed: Van Gogh landscape once owned by Yves Saint Laurent coming up for sale, valued at $45m
Christie’s is to offer the never-exhibited painting in a New York auction in May
'How canny auction houses and advisory firms are turning a generation of Amazon shoppers into art collectors'
The middle market, traditionally the art world’s unloved child, offers treats galore
Art Basel relaxes participation requirements, announces gallery line-up for 2022 Basel edition
Of the 289 galleries participating in the June event, 19 are first timers
Arco Madrid opens to decent sales, few Latin American collectors and a Peruvian artist getting her vagina sewn shut
The first full edition of Spain's leading art fair since the start of the pandemic saw a near-return to form with strong institutional presence
The government-backed platform that aims to bring Portuguese contemporary art to the rest of the world
Artverbium, founded by former Christie's staffer Lorena Duran, will show established and emerging artists in a series of exhibitions
Five artists to look out for at London's Collect contemporary craft fair
Event opens at Somerset House this week
Cape Town Art Fair feels the absence of European collectors
Visitor numbers were good, but sales of higher priced works were slow at the South African event
Los Angeles is open for business again
With mega-galleries heading west and a dynamic local scene, the city is realising its market potential
Sotheby's unveils second $200m tranche of works from the Macklowe collection
The works, by artists such as Warhol, Richter and Giacometti, will be sold in New York in May
Rubens could become most expensive work of art ever sold in Poland
Portrait of a Lady by the artist and his workshop is expected to sell for up to £4m at DesaUnicum in Warsaw next month
National Australia Bank to sell off its $7.2m contemporary art collection next week
Proceeds from the auctions, at Deutscher and Hackett and Leonard Joel, have been earmarked for climate change programme, but questions arise over bank's motivations
'We hold NFTs with no value and no future perspective': aggrieved Art Wars NFT investors speak out over dispute
The 1,138 NFTs have been de-listed from OpenSea, after artists complained that permission had not been sought for the creation of NFTs of their work
New NFT platform with art world bona fides launches marketplace with Fang Lijun digital editions
The renowned Chinese painter’s first NFTs, commissioned by Outland, will be followed by US artist Rachel Rose’s latest works in the format
Berlin gallery fights eviction by property company majority-owned by billionaire art patron Nicolas Berggruen
Semjon H.N. Semjon has occupied the property in the city's Mitte district for 21 years and has launched a legal challenge against his landlord
From Taiwanese white goods entrepreneurs to the Nanking shipwreck cargo: Colin Sheaf on the meteoric growth of the Asian auction world
As the Chinese art specialist steps back at Bonhams, he reflects on 50 years in the auction world as it went from provincial to global