Art market
UK’s revenue and customs agency begins handing out fines to art market players
HMRC is penalising art world "participants" that have failed to register under the new anti-money laundering legislations
One of Ukraine's leading avant-garde artists to get major presentation at Tefaf Maastricht
Works by Oleksandr Bohomazov, priced up to €1.75m, will be presented by James Butterwick and Modernism galleries
Sylvie Fleury picks her five favourite works at Art Basel
UBS, the fair's lead partner, has this year dedicated its VIP lounge to the Swiss artist
'Soho Scammer' Anna Sorokin to sell NFTs
Sorokin joins the many celebrities, from Grimes to Paris Hilton, who are cashing in on the NFT trend
Rediscovered Sebastiano Ricci painting to be unveiled at Tefaf Maastricht
The work’s last public appearance was on 10 March 1838 in a Christie’s London sale. “It’s like a 300-year-old brand new painting,” says dealer Christopher Bishop.
A single owner sale of works by Gertrude Abercrombie may bring her market the attention it has long deserved
The 21 lots come from the collection of the Chicagoans Laura and Gary Maurer, the preeminent collectors of Abercrombie works
Francis Bacon’s portrait of rival and friend Lucian Freud could make more than £35m in London sale
Work from a private European collection fuels the market for the blue-chip artist
Stanley Whitney, revered painter of lyrical colour grids, goes to Gagosian
The abstract painter will have a solo show with the gallery at one of its London spaces in 2023
Uffizi gallery makes only €70,000 from Michelangelo NFT that sold for €240,000
Deal with Cinello company fuels debate about ownership of Old Master masterpieces in the metaverse age
In the Hamptons, a collaborative exhibition aims to move glass art into the market's mainstream by pairing it with blue-chip art
“Having that kind of cross-category [collaboration] between art and design helps to pull different types of buyers into the market,” says Eliza Ravelle-Chapuis, head of Sotheby’s East Hampton gallery
Collector files lawsuit to prove ownership of $7m Picasso after attempted sale goes south
The prospective buyer failed to give anything beyond the down payment, the suit alleges, while at the holding warehouse, a string of suspicious custodial transfers began
The Venice Biennale has long been known as the world's most discreet art fair—where does Ukraine fit into that?
In the wake of Russia’s invasion, some of the spending power at the exhibition is being directed towards good causes
From Dora Maar's photograph of Picasso to Chagall's depiction of wedded bliss: our pick of the highlights from June's sales
Plus, a contemporary woven Japanese basket and a colourful work on paper by Kirchner
What’s with dictators and bad art?
Imelda Marcos is just one of a series of despots with appalling taste
Could Japan rise again? New fair to launch in Tokyo in July 2023
Founded by Sandy Angus, Tim Etchells and Magnus Renfrew, the event looks to cement a growing market in Japan
Art Basel plans comeback in Switzerland: but is it all business as usual?
With a new Paris fair on the horizon, attendance figures are expected to rebound to pre-pandemic levels next week at the Swiss flagship event
Verse, NFT platform with a former Tate curator in its corner, hopes to bring order to the digital art market
The site's first selling exhibition, a collaboration with 12 leading artists and curators, hopes to bring trusted sources to the mad world of Web3 collecting
Has the NFT art bubble finally burst? Not yet, new data suggests
NFT sales have dropped by 92% since last September, but analysts detect subtle evolutions in the blockchain market
Why did Van Gogh fail to sell his work?
Although his paintings now fetch millions, during his lifetime he perhaps ended up pricing them too high
Seeing double: Andreas Gursky’s new and recent works show at mega-galleries on both sides of the Atlantic
The large-scale pictures, which recall both 19th century landscape painting and mid-20th century abstraction, comment on the very real effects humans have on the environment
Riopelle outshines Motherwell at Canadian auction house Heffel’s major spring sales
The auctions also saw major results for Alex Colville and Emily Carr, and a new auction record for Rita Letendre
Frieze Los Angeles takes off from Beverly Hills locale, will land at Santa Monica Airport for 2023 edition
The fair’s third location since its founding in 2019 will include more space for food vendors and other external activities
C’est officiel: Hauser & Wirth will open a space in Paris next year
Located in a townhouse near the Champs-Élysées, this will be the mega gallery’s 16th location worldwide
Egyptian antiquities connected to international trafficking ring seized from Metropolitan Museum in New York
Five objects worth more than €3m have been confiscated by authorities as part of a wide-ranging global investigation involving former Louvre director Jean-Luc Martinez
What does New York’s abrupt winding back of auction house regulations mean for the art market?
The houses say they will not change their practices, but the move could mean more opaque bidding and guarantees
A pared down Art Basel in Hong Kong is saved by remote sales and a heightened focus on Asian art
Travel restrictions continue to prevent the physical presence of many international exhibitors at the fair, with 75 galleries opting for satellite booths
NFTs are accelerating the pace of art crime—here's how digital sleuths are sharpening their tools to fight wrongdoers online
Lawmakers must now contend with a new era of discord channels, smart contracts and open-source intelligence to combat cyber criminals
UK to investigate Sotheby's owner Patrick Drahi's stake in telecommunications giant BT amid national security concerns
The French-Israeli billionaire is the majority shareholder in BT through his firm Altice
Can Ernie Barnes score again? A sale at Bonhams may hold the answer
After his record-shattering sale at Christies in May and the announcement of gallery representation, can Ernie Barnes hold on to the momentum?
Georgian galleries unite for first Tbilisi Gallery Weekend in support of Ukraine
Commercial spaces will exhibit and sell works made by artists during Russia’s invasion




























