Art market
‘Let’s stop this war’: the plight of Ukrainian gallerists and what they are doing to help their artists
Following the Russian invasion, some art dealers and their artists have left the country, some have stayed—but all are finding ways to help their compatriots
'I’ve done my duty on spreadsheets': senior staff reshuffles at Christie's and Sotheby's
A number of new appointments are announced today at the auction houses, with a different EMEA president for Christie's and new managing director in the Middle East at Sotheby's
Sotheby’s and Ketterer Kunst among auction houses to ban some Russian buyers
The move comes as the art market steps up its due diligence
Art Basel/UBS report: Global art market bounces back to above pre-pandemic levels—but recovery is uneven
Asian spending continues to grow, particularly at auction, while the UK’s market share shrinks to historic lows as Brexit woes linger
Dealer suspected of selling looted antiquities to the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Louvre Abu Dhabi detained in Paris
The Hamburg-based dealer Roben Dib was arrested in Paris last week. His lawyers say he will "fully cooperate with the investigation"
'Everyone in Europe is afraid and angry': Russia-Ukraine war on exhibitors' minds at Vienna's Spark art fair
The second edition of the buzzy Austrian fair is taking place at Vienna Contemporary's former venue, the Marx Halle
Two lots withdrawn from Christie’s antiquities sale after possible ties emerge to dealers known to traffic in illicit artefacts
The artefacts were flagged by Christos Tsiogiannis, who has, since 2006, been identifying looted antiquities through photographic archives of suspected and convicted dealers in plunder
New accounts reveal Damien Hirst's company received £1.3m in furlough payments, while making large-scale redundancies
The artist also made his son, Connor, a director of Science (UK) last year
Russian dealers make way for Ukrainian galleries at Liste fair in June
Fragment and Osnova galleries will give their stands to The Naked Room and Voloshyn from Kyiv
Strawberry painting by Chardin makes €24m at Artcurial Paris, smashing the French artist's auction record
The New York dealer Adam Williams bought the fruity still-life
Art Basel reveals directors and name for new Paris fair in October
Paris+, by Art Basel is due to run until at least 2028
The original NFT? Sotheby's to offer a receipt for an invisible work by Yves Klein for €500,000
The French conceptual artist made nine "empty zones" in the last three years of his life, which could be purchased only with pure gold
Bonhams continues acquisitions spree with purchase of Danish auction house Bruun Rasmussen
The firm bags a second Scandinavian auction house as sector consolidation continues
Shotgun the Warhol: Christie's to sell Shot Sage Blue Marilyn for $200m
The painting, being sold by the Thomas and Doris Ammann Foundation, could become the most expensive 20th century work of art ever sold at auction when it is offered in New York in May
Artist resale rights organisations launch UK High Court action against multi-millionaire art dealer and collector Ivor Braka
The Artists’ Collecting Society and the Design and Artists Copyright Society say Braka has refused to disclose information on secondary market sales since royalties legislation was introduced in 2006
'Will new code of conduct make collectors more ethical?'
A new code aims to introduce more transparency to the business of buying
Crypto collectors beware: why online wallets are increasingly vulnerable to theft
NFTs are a major new economy and with every major new economy, there is a big new scam
A Canova statue—lost in an English garden for decades and bought for £5,200—will be sold at Christie's London for £8m
The 19th-century work, executed just before the sculptor's death, has been rediscovered after languishing outside for more than 50 years
Bonhams's big buying spree continue with acquisition of US auction house Skinner
Just two months after buying the Nordic firm Bukowskis, the private-equity-owned auction house is bolstering its presence across the Pond
Sotheby’s, Christie’s and Bonhams call off Russian art auctions in response to war in Ukraine
The sales, popular with London-based Russians and regional collectors in Russia alike, had been scheduled for June
Major Surrealist paintings make auction debut at Sotheby's Paris, including Picabia's very modern muse
The 25-lot sale tomorrow includes works that reflect "how irrational, how ugly, and how challenging the modern world can be"
'Damaging and unjust' legislation linking art and antiques trade to money laundering and terrorism financing must stop, industry body says
Cinoa, the dealer association, has issued an open letter criticising recent reports that make 'false claims' linking industry to crime
Joshua Reynolds's £50m portrait of Polynesian celebrity Omai becomes joint-most expensive work to receive UK export ban
A buyer has until 10 July to start raising the funds to keep the 18th-century painting in the country—but it is unlikely any cash-strapped national museum can afford the hefty price tag
Belgian cuts to art crime policing weaken ‘intelligence gathering’
Decision follows years of uncertainty around dwindling enforcement funding
Biggest-ever Art Dubai fair offers smoke machines, escapism and, of course, NFTs: here’s what sold so far
The event's 15th edition dedicated a whole building to the "rapidly expanding digital arts space"
Jeff Koons loses court case against Italian collector over 'fake' work
The American artist claimed the sculpture of two snakes was a fake—now a court in Italy has overruled him and said the collector can seek compensation
Here's how you can help the Ukraine aid effort by buying art
Auction houses, galleries, online platforms and artists are selling works for charities helping those affected by the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Here is a selection
Russia-Ukraine war seeps into Art Dubai fair
Georgian gallery lays down Ukrainian flag in its booth while fair says it will donate 25% of ticket sales to Ukrainian refugees
Painting of one of the first transgender women to receive sex reassignment surgery achieves auction record for Danish painter
Gerda Wegener’s 1924 painting of her partner Lili Elbe shows the subject as a languid odalisque





























