Online bidding pioneer Auction Technology Group (ATG) is intending to go public to secure investment. The former editor of the original ATG, Antiques Trade Gazette, charts its rise and rivals

While today’s art world has been shaped by the prism of price, our current economic model may not be inevitable

The Met director Max Hollein pays tribute to the late gallery owner and collector, who also promoted artists from Max Beckmann to Peter Saul

A Provençal drawing coming up at Christie’s New York is based on a painting in Washington, DC

Yesterday's auction saw auctioneer plugging the brand while wearing one of its watches. What might we see next—Edvard Munch sponsored by Bollinger?

Plus, Gerard Byrne on his work inspired by a Swedish diorama

Exhibitions are taking place across several galleries, although some workshops that support artists with disabilities have been unable to take part due to challenges of pandemic

A portrait of a Young man holding a roundel (around 1470-80) by the Renaissance master seemingly sold to a Russian buyer

Boutique invite-only event consists of 21 galleries from Southern California, the Middle East, and North Africa

Vladimir Ovcharenko won a state tender for the crumbling studio of the 19th century artist and now he must turn it into an art space within seven years

Dutch art fair will now run immediately before the delayed Art Basel, while Tefaf New York Spring has been cancelled altogether this year

The French capital seems resurgent, but other elements may intervene

Interest is growing in Non-Fungible Tokens, which represent digital works and proof of ownership

The controversial levy, introduced by the EU in 2006, is intended to help struggling artists but it ends up pouring more money into the hands of the most successful few

Our pick of highlights from New York's Master Week sales

Spring events must negotiate ongoing travel restrictions and quarantines, and some organisers have already postponed

Chippendale-style furniture, elephant tureens and a broadside edition of the Declaration of Independence were in demand at the sales series last week

As new US president plans to tackle global warming on "an epic scale", green initiatives such as Galleries Commit are gaining steam

Amid Covid-19 pandemic, Italian gallery hopes to "generate smiles" with second outpost in France

Swiss fair was also delayed from June to September in 2020, before being cancelled altogether due to coronavirus

Star lot of upcoming New York Master Week sales is set to smash previous auction record for the Early Renaissance painter

Websites have replaced walk-ins as the second best way to sell art, but staying in top position is outreach to existing clients, according to Artsy Gallery Insights 2021 Report

Some insurers using "aggressive tactics" to reduce barrage of claims following rejection of appeal on clarification of business interruption cover

Auction includes 40 drawings by Le Tan and over 500 eclectic lots from his Parisian apartment

Sale of controversial 1936 painting criticised by organisation behind artist Hergé’s estate

Plus, a $2.2m Batman comic and the artists inspired by political theorist Hannah Arendt

The rare 1940 issue, which marks the first appearance of the Joker and Catwoman, is the second most expensive comic book ever sold

As well as working on high profile restitution cases, the former Herrick Feinstein partner has a PhD in art history

Online edition will open in April, however, as planners prepare for an in-person version, perhaps even later in September or next year

Some air freight crates are being broken open by customs officials in EU, but UK lockdown is posing greater problems, members of the trade say