Auctions
Object lessons: from a tobacco bird jar to a Frida Kahlo still life
Our pick of highlights from the next fortnight's auctions and fairs
New York's autumn sales were subdued but not necessarily septic
Overall sales were down by around 30% but beyond the disappointing headline figures, women and minority artists shone
Banksy’s The Drinker withdrawn from Sotheby’s sale after rival artist claims ownership
Sculpture—estimated at £1m—was removed from the street by Andy Link in 2004 but later “liberated” from his East End garden
Artist who ‘kidnapped’ Banksy's The Drinker claims ownership ahead of Sotheby's sale
Andy Link says sculpture for which he demanded £5,000 in ransom was later stolen from him. Banksy’s former dealer says otherwise
Anselm Kiefer interview. Plus, New York auction 'gigaweek'
We talk to German artist Anselm Kiefer about his new works inspired by String Theory and ask expert Scott Reyburn why the art market is treading water. Produced in association with Bonhams, auctioneers since 1793
Hammer Time: Sotheby's picks up the pace during a sluggish art week with $270.7m contemporary art sale
Record prices were set for Charles White, Brice Marden, and Wayne Thiebaud, while a Clyfford Still painting prompted a prolonged bidding war
Carved from a youth centre's walls, Keith Haring mural sells at Bonhams New York for $3.86m
The Grace House Mural becomes the first and only such site-specific work by the artist to be sold at auction
Uncertainty hangs over Para Site’s fundraising auction as Hong Kong protests escalate
The non-profit art space derives half its annual income from the charity gala which last year raised a record HK$7.8m
UK buyer bags Artemisia Gentileschi painting for a record €4.8m in Paris
Work depicting Roman heroine Lucretia was in a private collection for 40 years
Two Dutch museums join forces to buy rare, $3m Van Gogh painting at Sotheby's New York
Work acquired by Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam and the Drents Museum in Assen is one of few to survive from the artist's visit to Drenthe
Hammer Time: records set but reserves remain low at Christie's post-war and contemporary art sale
Ed Ruscha's visual pun Hurting the Word Radio #2 rose to $46m, a new world record for the artist, but most lots barely reached their estimate in a slow sales season
Hammer Time: consistency and caution are key at Sotheby's Impressionist and Modern evening sale
The newly private auction house led the night's lots with its known money-maker Claude Monet, and set a world record for the Polish artist Tamara de Lempicka
'The complicated history of Boccioni sculpture is no barrier to record price at Christie's in New York'
Futurist bronze sculpture cast from another bronze in the 1970s sells for $16.2m—four times its estimate
Hammer Time: Christie's Impressionist and Modern evening sale November 2019
In our new video series, deputy art market editor Margaret Carrigan recaps the highlights of New York's billion-dollar auction week
Object lessons: from a Space Age-inspired V.S Gaitonde to a cheeky Norman Rockwell
Our pick of highlights from this week's auctions around the world
Countdown to the auction block: one Rodin's journey from consignment to sale room
How a work of art comes to auction is far from a simple process and its place in the eventual sale order is crucial
Confidence may be low, but New York's auctions are aiming high
Can the quality of the smaller works coming up during "gigaweek" quell economic jitters?
For sale: two Van Gogh paintings come up at Sotheby’s New York next week
One of the works was looted by the Nazis from Jewish collector Jacques Goudstikker, but is now being sold by his heir after restitution
A portrait of Rembrandt sold for more than 30 times its estimate—could it be by the Dutch master himself?
High price for painting at Christie’s in New York last week is prompting speculation but expert says his money is on Isaac de Jouderville
How Banksy is vying for control of resales as his market goes ape
Stunt suspicions swirl after Sotheby’s auction sees 2009 work by street artist sell for far more than its £2m high estimate
'An invaluable resource' for provenance research: German pre-1945 auction catalogues are published online
The database includes 9,000 catalogues from more than 390 auction houses in Germany, Austria and Switzerland
Billionaires battle it out over the Lalannes at Sotheby’s in Paris
Jose Mugrabi and Antoine Arnault among collectors bidding at "white glove" sale of works by François-Xavier and Claude Lalanne
Futurist masterpiece by Umberto Boccioni could sell at Christie's for up to $4.5m
A different version of the sculpture Unique Forms of Continuity in Space sold at the auction house in 1975 for $41,000
'Close to Raphael' Madonna sells for €1.27m at Vienna’s Dorotheum
A leading Italian art historian attributed it to Raphael and associates before the sale
Banksy painting of chimps as MPs sells for record £9.9m at Sotheby's
Nicole Eisenman, Jean-Michel Basquiat and a dozen Italians help weather the Brexit storm
New artists to the block bring excitement to Phillips Contemporary evening sale in London
New record set for Alex Katz, but less-familiar names also exceed expectations
Selling off the Gloucestershire Gustons: Jeremy Lancaster collection kicks off Frieze Week auctions
Christie's sale in London totals £23m with Modern British artists rubbing shoulders with international post-war names
The blue chip delusion: why investors should be wary of the brand name lure
Art is pitched as an asset class, but even big-name artists are not guaranteed to hold their value, let alone turn a profit
Global recession looms—but there's a new twist
Burgeoning private museums offer cause for hope among economic uncertainty and geopolitical turbulence