Art market
'May the image rights be with you': Artists claim Art Wars sold NFTs linked to their designs for Stormtrooper helmets without their permission
The online project was launched earlier this year by the London-based artist and curator Ben Moore, with NFTs based on his previous project which saw major artists design Stormtrooper helmets
Art dealer Daniel Blau in tussle with Italian authorities to get paid for the painting bought for Uffizi galleries
Blau purchased the self-portrait by Ottone Rosai at auction last December, but but it was subject to a compulsory purchase by the Italian state and given to the Florence museum
Big money, new collectors: the low-down on the New York auctions
Plus, Fabergé in London and a rediscovered Dürer
Sotheby's triple-header New York auction night notches up $234.2m with artist records for Lisa Brice, Maria Berrio and seven others
The auction house also accepted cryptocurrency on two works by Banksy and sold a rare copy of the US Constitution for $41m
'I did it for the money, your honour': art dealer Inigo Philbrick pleads guilty to fraud and faces up to 20 years in prison
The 34-year-old was arrested while in hiding on the Pacific island Vanuatu
Pace to launch a custom-built NFT platform
Pace Verso launches on 22 November with digital artworks from Lucas Samaras’s 'XYZ' series.
Abu Dhabi plans two new museums in addition to Guggenheim and Zayed
Announcement was made at yesterday's preview of Abu Dhabi Art 2021, where cultural leaders were keen to emphasise their commitment to the emirate following its strict lockdown
Strong prices for female painters and young artists—but Francis Bacon's Pope sells to the guarantor—at Phillips's $137.9m auction in New York
The 20th century and contemporary art evening sale saw stiff competition for works by Shara Hughes, Joan Mitchell, Amy Sherald and Cecily Brown
Lehmann Maupin gallery to move to larger space in Seoul’s Hannam-dong district, home to K-pop artists and movie stars
The US gallery is expanding its footprint in South Korea as young collectors boost a buzzing art scene
‘A reflection of the spirit of collegiality’: Nearly two-thirds of dealers opt out of Art Basel’s $1.6m solidarity fund
Those who participated benefited from a 35% reduction in booth fees during what Art Basel global director Marc Spiegler describes as a “rough year”
Frida Kahlo breaks record for a Latin American artist in Sotheby's $238m Modern art sale
While the auction's star lots included the $34.9m Kahlo and four Monets, the most aggressive bidding was on works by Alexander Calder and Pierre Soulages
Founder of Hic et Nunc pulls the plug on the leading digital art marketplace—but its half a million NFTs live on
Projects such as the Whitworth gallery’s NFT of a William Blake watercolour are now available on other platforms
UK puts temporary export ban on Tipu Sultan tiger's head—but commentators claim it was looted in the 18th century
The finial, valued at £1.5m, is one of eight golden heads that adorned the throne of the so-called Tiger of Mysore, which was broken up by British East India Company forces after his defeat in 1799
Paintings and African art to dominate at Abu Dhabi Art
Emirati art fair expects lots of US collectors as international visits to Dubai Expo give "a really good indication that people have the confidence to travel again"
Rising censorship and conservatism dampen mood at Shanghai's art fairs, but China still has 'economic firepower'
The city's two flagship fairs, Art021 and the West Bund Art & Design Fair, saw a rise in budding collectors interested in younger and more diverse artists
Macklowe collection auction brings $676.1m, the highest sale total in Sotheby’s history
Bidders from Asia snapped up the sale’s two biggest lots, trophy works by Giacometti and Rothko
New app artpass ID promises art market due diligence in one click—but does it really work?
Artpass ID has been created by Dutch tech entrepreneurs David Dehaeck and Nathalie Haveman, and has Rakhi Talwar, former global compliance head at Christie’s, on the team
Caillebotte masterpiece goes to Getty and four auction records smashed at Christie’s New York sale of Edwin Cox’s Impressionist trove
Last night's single-owner sale of the late Texan oilman's vaunted collection brought in a massive $332m
Andy Warhol’s Muhammad Ali and other heavyweights help Christie’s make $420m in 20th-century sale in New York
Only five of the 59 lots went unsold in the auction last night
'I wanted to prove that you could take younger artists and have it work out for the gallery': exhibition opens in tribute to influential New York gallerist Martha Jackson
Show aims to draw more attention to the overlooked work of the postwar Manhattan-based art dealer whose gallery is now occupied by Hauser & Wirth
Crypto wallets at the ready: Sotheby's to accept live bidding in ethereum on two Banksy works
The auction house made Banksy's world record for the pre-shredded work Love is in the Bin
Highlights from November's auctions: from Picasso’s homage to friendship to Cy Twombly’s photographs
Our pick of the works coming up for sale in Paris, New York and Rome
Salon Art + Design returns to New York for its tenth edition
The design fair will likely see a more comfortable, contemporary style that reflects the amount of time buyers have been at home since the rise of Covid-19
Basquiat remains 'king of capital gains' as rare work fetches $40m at Christie's white-glove sale in New York
All lots sold and records were set for ten artists, including Peter Doig, Stanley Whitney, Xinyi Cheng and Nicolas Party at last night's confidence-boosting 21st-century evening auction
Art Basel in Miami Beach to host first 'interactive' NFT exhibition in new collaboration with blockchain Tezos
Show will be accompanied by a talks programme at the Florida fair next month, while visitors will be able to create an AI “generative self-portrait" which they can mint as a takeaway NFT
'An art market half-term report: Fairs get an A-plus for enthusiasm while auction houses receive a B for initiative (but a D for digital art)'
The commercial art world came back with a vengeance in September, but issues around sustainability and volatile prices still abound
Christie's to sell 'The Vision', the last of Constable's famous view of Salisbury Cathedral left in private hands
The oil sketch, Salisbury Cathedral from the Bishop's Grounds, has never appeared at auction before and is expected for sell for between £2m to £3m this December in London
Art X Lagos puts NFTs by African artists in the limelight
Nigeria's contemporary art fair, on until Sunday in physical form and online until 21 November, has partnered with Superrare to show digital works by artists such as Youssef El Idrissi, Linda Dounia and Rendani Nemakhavhani
'No one sells quickly at Artissima—but collectors will always come': the convivial Italian fair that is home of the slow sales movement—and good food
Turin's truffle season would normally attract Chinese collectors to the event, but with travel restrictions keeping Asian buyers away, loyal Italian collectors hold the fort
Art market money laundering crackdown spreads from UK to the US, but what impact is it having and are businesses taking it seriously?
Global inconsistency between regulations makes already complex rules more confusing and while the US is following the EU’s lead, its regulations do not yet include “flat art”—only antiquities