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

In the wake of Russia’s invasion, some of the spending power at the exhibition is being directed towards good causes

Plus, a contemporary woven Japanese basket and a colourful work on paper by Kirchner

Imelda Marcos is just one of a series of despots with appalling taste

Founded by Sandy Angus, Tim Etchells and Magnus Renfrew, the event looks to cement a growing market in Japan

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

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

NFT sales have dropped by 92% since last September, but analysts detect subtle evolutions in the blockchain market

Although his paintings now fetch millions, during his lifetime he perhaps ended up pricing them too high

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

The auctions also saw major results for Alex Colville and Emily Carr, and a new auction record for Rita Letendre

The fair’s third location since its founding in 2019 will include more space for food vendors and other external activities

Located in a townhouse near the Champs-Élysées, this will be the mega gallery’s 16th location worldwide

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

The houses say they will not change their practices, but the move could mean more opaque bidding and guarantees

Travel restrictions continue to prevent the physical presence of many international exhibitors at the fair, with 75 galleries opting for satellite booths

Lawmakers must now contend with a new era of discord channels, smart contracts and open-source intelligence to combat cyber criminals

The French-Israeli billionaire is the majority shareholder in BT through his firm Altice

After his record-shattering sale at Christies in May and the announcement of gallery representation, can Ernie Barnes hold on to the momentum?

Commercial spaces will exhibit and sell works made by artists during Russia’s invasion

The Wurundjeri Corporation hopes to crowdfund $175,000 to secure the return of the pieces, which are being sold by the De Pury family at Sotheby’s New York

Philbrick pleaded guilty to an $86m fraud in November in one of the art world's highest-profile criminal lawsuits in decades

In the wake of the latest Covid-19 outbreak, the postponed fair has enhanced last year’s hybrid model

Plus, the Albers Foundation plans a Senegal space, and a golden Indian manuscript at the British Library

The art lending market has tripled in size in eight years and is now worth more than $24bn

Women accounted for nearly half of the lots, led by Yayoi Kusama and her early Infinity Net paining which sold for a record $10.5m

Despite a hefty number of lots, the sale flew by and was peppered with memorable moments, auction records and Oliver Barker’s tireless showmanship

As the city council cuts auction regulations, the houses say they will not change their practices, but the prospect of more opaque bidding and guarantees may prove irresistible

Nearly 60% of the works in the auction house’s ‘The Now’ sale are by women artists, though they are still in the minority by value